Fixed Income Fund Accountant and Operations Specialist San Francisco, CA

Fixed Income Fund Accountant and Operations Specialist

• Company

  Matthews International Capital Management

• Location

  San Francisco, CA

• Compensation

  Not Specified

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  Feb 18, 2013

• eFC Ref no

  1162087

This person will be responsible for operational functions, such as reconciliations, trade matching, and settlement as well as accounting and administrative functions.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

The Fund Accountant will report to the Vice President of Fund Accounting and Operations.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Working closely with various business teams within Matthews, the Fixed Income Fund Accountant and Operations specialist
will primarily be responsible for operational functions such as reconciliations, trade matching, and settlement as well
as accounting and administrative functions such as review of financial statements, daily, monthly and quarterly accounting
reporting.  Most responsibilities will be performed daily, but some will follow weekly, monthly, or quarterly cycles.



Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•Assist with middle and back office functions related to fixed income portfolios which includes locally denominated
(deliverable and non-deliverable currencies) and USD bonds, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, futures, and currency
 forwards throughout the trade life cycle, including trade matching and settlement reconciliation.
•Income reconciliation for Fixed Income coupon payments, trade matching, tracking variable rate coupon changes, and reconciliation
 of margin payments for derivatives.  Liaise with various counterparties such as brokers, fund accountants and custodians Acquire / prepare
 and review various data, such as performance, accounting reports, and security trade related data
•Income reporting such as yield calculations, P&L reporting, and amortization and accretion management.  Maintaining a schedule of receivables
 related to fixed income and derivatives and reconciling these balances with counterparties
•Work with the Operations team to review annual/semi-annual/quarterly mutual fund financial statements
•Assist with management of various other accounting and operations functions such as foreign tax reporting relating to our investments,
 shareholder ownership reporting and Passive Foreign Investment Company reporting
•Opportunity to participate in various other projects that will help contribute to a fast growing Company in an exciting environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

•At least 3 years of experience with Financial Statement Review, Mutual Fund operations or Fund Accounting (including reconciliations).
•International Fixed Income experience a must
•Must have excellent attention to details and good communication skills.
•Have strong critical thinking and analytical and problem-solving skills.
•Must have some experience with Microsoft Excel.  Experience with Microsoft Word and Bloomberg is preferred.