Head of Accounting Services

3 weeks ago

Parramatta, Australia Link Group Full time

**Overview**

In your role of Head of Accounting Services, you will lead a dynamic team of fund accountants and fund account managers who provide boutique accounting services to a diverse portfolio of clients across Corporate Markets, specifically Link Fund Solutions clients.

**Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities**
- Transition management / client onboarding - play an active role in the on-boarding of new clients and ensuring the effective and timely implementation of client change requests
- Responsible for supervising, tracking and delivering day to day fund accounting services in accordance with our clients’ service level agreements
- Coordinate and where appropriate lead internal projects such as system implementations and upgrades
- Proactively identify activities and tasks that can be transitioned to the global hub in the pursuit of operational efficiency
- Proactive management of resource and workforce planning for the team
- Allocate and provide direction to the team on the day to day management activities and requirements to ensure consistency and accuracy
- Oversight of daily/weekly/monthly deliverables including:

- Unit prices for managed investment funds, private equity funds and listed investment companies
- Distributable income calculations for managed investment funds
- General and special purpose accounts for retail and wholesale managed investment funds and listed investment companies.
- Oversight and responsibility of team’s daily/weekly/monthly functions, including:

- Liaison with clients, external tax and audit parties as well as various internal stakeholders.
- Define and implement best practice methodologies to ensure clients are receiving consistent and quality service
- Review and suggest improvements to procedures with efficiency/risk reduction in mind, using your previous experience. Proactive risk management and identification of impacts to teams when initiatives commence
- Identify, implement, and review appropriate quality controls in order to meet client standards
- Ensure adherence to legal and regulatory requirements and hold the appropriate regulatory approvals
- Where appropriate follow transition governance framework to ensure smooth transition of activities to our global hub support team

People Leadership
- Build and maintain a high performing team through high performance leadership, role modelling the Link values and employee engagement practices
- Actively develop capability across the Accounting team, reduce key person dependences
- Implement development plans for team members to prepare them to progress to high performing Accountants and Fund Account Managers
- Develop and implement training on specific fund accounting topics and where appropriate support professional training through on the job learning or professional courses
- Contribute to discussions and decision making around annual budgeting, overall team cost and expenditure, FTE headcount, leave liability and remuneration

**Experience & Personal Attributes**
- Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in staff management including performance management, recruitment, induction, setting KPIs, assigning tasks.
- All round grasp of accounting standards and taxation affecting the managed funds industry
- Strong leadership skills and management skills
- Strong client services skills
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to work as a part of a team
- Problem solving, implementing practical solutions
- Ability to research and analyse legislative requirements and changes, update policy documents, checklists, templates, and procedures.
- Able to implement and complete project work both within teams and autonomously
- Able to co-ordinate conflicting deadlines
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- CA/CPA qualified.
- Competent in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software quickly

**What’s it like to work here?**

We’re proud to have created a culture and work environment that is supportive, values diversity, inclusion, flexibility, and blended working. We pride ourselves on being open and transparent and we genuinely value the health and wellbeing of our people. Joining Link Group means you'll join an employer who fosters pathways for continuous learning and skill development, providing you with the tools you need to focus on career growth and personal development. We provide a range of benefits including:

- Supporting you along your journey to retirement, offering salary sacrificing via Superannuation
- Enabling you to plan for your families future via our paid parental leave scheme
- Wellness programs, including rewards and resourced tailored to support you and your family
- Providing a variety of employee discounts and services, including health insurance
- We'll enable you to work in a blended working environment via our FlexiWorks program
- Rewarding you for your hard work via our recognition program
- You'll even be paid to give back to the community via volunteer le

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