Investment Back Office - Trainee Accountant, Dublin Pike

Your Role As an Investment Back Office Trainee Accountant you will receive exposure to all the teams within the Investment Back Office starting with Investment Accounting.

Overall responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Ensure that all daily tasks and controls performed in the Investment Back Office are executed efficiently and effectively in accordance with our Internal Control of Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework

Processing of investment transactions and policyholder cash flows

Daily verification and review of instrument pricing

Daily pricing and review of unit linked funds

Reconciliations of investment related bank and custody accounts

Investment compliance monitoring and reporting

Perform investment accounting and analysis, assist in the preparation of financial statements and financial regulatory returns

Liaise with local Financial, Fund Administration, Actuarial and Group reporting teams

Ongoing update of process and procedure documents

Ad-hoc project work as required by business needs

Required Skills and Experience

Recent graduate with a third level qualification in a course with a strong financial or mathematical content, such as Accountancy, Finance, Business or Mathematics

Willingness to undertake an accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Computer literate and competent with MS Excel

Very good written and oral communication skills in English

Relevant financial services experience is an advantage

Hi-Portfolio and/or SAP experience is an advantage

Required Competencies and Behaviours

Be well organised and capable of working to tight deadlines

Excellent attention to detail and numeracy skills

A confident communicator, a versatile team player and an ability to work on your own initiative

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Positive and flexible attitude to change

Customer focused approach

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