State Street

Fund Accounting, Assistant Vice President

In short

This role leads a team of Fund Accountants within State Street's North America Accounting Organization, responsible for daily production and delivery of NAVs for clients. It involves day-to-day team management, serving as escalation point for operational issues, coordinating new fund/system implementations, client conversions, compliance reviews, and staff training and development. The company values strong technology, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills, with a solid understanding of Custody and/or Fund Accounting operations, and prefers candidates with 7-10 years of related experience and a BS/BA in Business, Accounting, or Finance.

Who we are looking for
Experienced Fund Accounting leader to join the North America Accounting Organization and lead a team of Fund Accountants to produce and deliver NAVs for our clients.
What you will be responsible for
As Fund Accounting Assistant Vice President, you will:
•Account for the day-to-day management of a functional team(s) and manage daily service delivery and production activities performed by staff
•Primary contact and key escalation point for operational issues, provide technical expertise to resolve daily problems
•Act as primary contact and escalation point for operational issues
•Manage and escalate issues related CoE's and other Shared Services
•Manage daily operations and production activities of the Accounting team
•Coordinate the implementation of new funds, systems and processes. Assist with client conversions and other client projects
•Organize Shared Service internal meetings, as needed, and compile related documentation, assisting with the coordination and development of the agenda and may attend meetings to record notes and action items
•Identify and implement consistent operational best practices
•Assist with compliance/fiduciary reviews and audits
•Train, develop and motivate new staff, complete performance appraisals
•Provide coaching and development opportunities to staff, participate in individual on-going training and development
•Provide technical expertise to resolve daily problems
•Serve on committees. Help define and implement new company initiatives
•During the course of normal day to day operation, be responsible for identifying any unusual or potentially suspicious transaction activity and must report and/or escalate in accordance with corporate policy and guidelines detailed in relevant operating procedures
•Other duties as assigned
What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role:
•Demonstrates strong technology skills, as well as problem solving and analytical skills
•Demonstrates an ability to be a leader within their team, as well as be a leader amongst your peers
•Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, which includes excellent time management skills
•Solid understanding of operational functions within Custody and/or Fund Accounting. Ability to provide technical expertise to resolve daily problems.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
•BS/BA in Business, Accounting, Finance or equivalent experience preferred
•7 to 10 years of experience in related accounting or finance field preferred
Salary Range
$70,000 - $130,000 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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