Senior Reporting Specialist: Asset Finance

SUMMARY:
This company helps individuals build and secure their financial future by growing their savings, safeguarding what’s important to them, and making informed investment decisions. They are looking for a Group Investment Asset Reporting Specialist to join their team.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

• Verify the financial investment asset reporting data received from source providers for accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness.
• Ensure all queries are either resolved satisfactorily or corrected by the relevant business areas.
• Organize, enrich, and analyze large volumes of data.
• Stay technically proficient in IFRS and FSCA reporting requirements.
• Deliver meaningful analysis and detect potential errors through reasonableness checks.
• Ensure reports are accurate and delivered on time.
• Accurately interpret new financial instruments for correct accounting treatment under IFRS and ensure appropriate classification for reporting to statutory bodies.
• Update JDE and other relevant accounting/reporting systems with accurate investment data.
• Upload enriched data to reporting platforms for FSCA purposes, such as QRTs.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of general ledgers and other reporting requirements.
• Act as the primary contact for client queries, focusing on issue resolution.
• Prepare IFRS7 working papers in the agreed format for all legal entities on the company's platforms.
• Assist the Group Reporting Team with compiling valuation techniques for annual financial statements.
• Provide S&P national scale credit ratings in the required format for all legal owners on GIS platforms.
• Oversee tax-related administrative functions such as CGT, S24J, and DWT.
• Handle IFRS10-related responsibilities, including completing fund consolidations within scope, preparing IFRS7 working papers, and supplementary packs for fund subsidiaries.

• Relevant BCom Degree with a Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification.
• At least 7 years of experience in financial services, ideally within Asset Management or Life Insurance.
• Strong expertise in financial instruments.
• Solid understanding of asset management administration systems.
• Extensive knowledge of IFRS7, IFRS10, and general accounting practices related to investment assets and financial instruments.