Head of Fund Accounting

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FNZ Full time

We are seeking a Head of Fund Accounting to join our dynamic Fund Services team in Melbourne. In this role you will lead the Fund Accounting team in maintaining financial records for superannuation funds and IDPS accounts administered by FNZ. You will be fundamental in the delivery of appropriate accounting outcomes, strong financial controls and service excellence. Key responsibilities include setting strategic direction, driving system enhancements, strengthening risk controls, and overseeing governance frameworks. You'll also manage auditors and client interactions, ensuring consistency and continuous improvement across client groups while aligning with industry best practices.

The Fund Accounting team prepares and reviews management accounts, regulatory returns, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders, including clients, tax agents, and auditors. They also monitor regulatory and financial changes, ensuring successful project implementation and compliance with industry standards.

The responsibilities will include:

  • Provide leadership and coaching to the Fund Accounting Team to build a high performing unit and deliver success through team engagement.
  • Accountable for financial outputs, ensuring efficient and accurate delivery of month end close, compliance and statutory obligations are being met.
  • Oversight of all Fund accounting procedures, records and reconciliations to ensuring integrity as related to Fund level financial reporting.
  • Supervision of the fund's financial statements preparation process.
  • Influence the strategic direction and takes responsibility for the full range of fund accounting functions, including documenting processes, developing standard templates, service standards and operational agreements.
  • Presentations to FNZ funds/trustees to provide oversight and reporting on financial activities relating to the Super Funds and IDPS and ensure appropriate approval of regulatory documents.
  • Ensure successful delivery of annual and half year financial statements and regulatory returns of FNZ's Registered Superannuation and Non-Superannuation Entities.
  • Develop and promote organisational strategies, policies, standards, and guidelines for organisational growth.
  • Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
  • Support the Head of Fund Services on a range of strategic and operational projects.
  • Develop organisational capabilities to drive innovation. Leads and plans the development of innovation capabilities and implementation of innovation processes, tools and frameworks.
  • Monitoring and adherence of Australian Accounting standards and legislation in relation to all operations and responsibilities of the Fund Account Team.
  • Considers tax legislative changes and ATO rulings relevant to Super Funds and Wealth management.

What are we ideally looking for in a successful candidate?

  • CA or CPA-qualified candidate
  • Minimum 10 years of proven experience of leading a Fund Accounting team
  • Ideally possess broad Super & IDPS product knowledge in a Wrap and Workplace Super context.
  • Proven Experience in leading a team accountable for preparing APRA Quarterly and Annual Reporting Forms
  • Proven Experience in preparing Statutory Financial Reports
  • Detailed knowledge of tax in superannuation and investment products
  • Proven ability to drive change
  • Embrace our business – high profile contributor to the FNZ Wrap business
  • Possess an analytical mind – be able to assess data or situations from multiple angles and make decisions and ability to problem-solve.
  • Solutions focussed, hardworking and positive attitude.

Why should you join us?

  • A hybrid 3+2 model combining working from the office and from home.
  • A competitive salary and excellent benefits, including full comprehensive health insurance, Life insurance, additional annual leave days after your first 12 months, sick days, and more.
  • Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world's largest companies.
  • We provide global career opportunities for our employees at any of our offices in the UK, Czech Republic, Australia, New Zealand, China and more.

If this role appeals to you, please apply by the 21st March 2025.

*Please note we shortlist as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw advertising at any time.

For more information, please reach out to us on apac_recruitment@fnz.com.

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealth's growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.

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