Finance And Accounting Officer, Investments

Job description / Role

Charterhouse are currently working with an Investment Client who are looking to identify and recruit a Finance & Accounting Officer.

At a Team Analyst level, this role in support of the front office, will focus across areas of trade processing and cash settlements whilst also monitoring and managing cash positions and bank reconciliations. In conjunction, this role will also focus towards areas of data management, documentation and any trade support matters.

This Officer will also have responsibility towards areas of finance and bookkeeping activities; to ensure accurate journals and a maintenance of general ledgers across the investment portfolios. From a middle office and trade support prospective, this Officer will also have a responsibility to support areas of audit trails and activities whilst also being able to deliver both management reports and across any ad-hoc projects linking to the investment operations.

Within this search there are numerous key criteria linked to both technical competency and industry background along with a skillset within both reporting and communication capabilities. This Officer shall be required to demonstrate two to three years of experience within a middle office, trade support or accounting-based role, from within a banking and/or financial services institution and applicants shall also be required to deliver product knowledge linked-to derivatives, equity and swap instruments.

Coupled with a technical proficiency, the successful candidate shall also be required to deliver accurate, precise and articulate reporting skills both verbally and in written form. In conjunction, the client will also look for people who are driven and excited to join this boutique firm with a resonation for their line of operation and investment ethos.

About the Company

Charterhouse Middle East was formed in 2004 following the successful launch of Charterhouse Australia in 2003. Following its initial success, Charterhouse has established itself as a reputed recruitment specialist in its industry with footprints in Asia (Hong Kong and Singapore), Australasia (Sydney and Melbourne) and the Middle East (Dubai). We offer professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services across a variety of industrial sectors as well as bespoke RPO services tailored to service to our clients specific requirements. Charterhouse Labour Solutions which provides Employee Outsourcing, HR solutions and Payroll Services, making Charterhouse one of only a handful of organisations within the UAE able to offer this service with a license issued through the Economic Development Department.

One of the keys to our success is our staff, they possess a track record of recruiting in both the regional and international markets, with a specialised understanding of their market space. This, we believe, offers the best platform of service to our client and candidate base. In addition, our team is offered the strongest candidate generation and marketing tools, an exceptional database and support from an experienced administration and research team, to ensure that we can provide the best possible service levels. We strive to achieve excellent levels of service. Our consultants are specialists within their respective markets and hence are able to provide specialist market insights, salary trends, and are able to network with candidates who are both active and passive opportunity seekers.

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