Assitant Vice President | Abu Dhabi

About Citco:

The market leader. The premier provider. The best in thebusiness. At Citco, we’ve been the front-runner in our field since ourincorporation in 1948 led to the evolution of the asset servicing sectoritself. This pioneering spirit continues to guide us today as we innovate andexpand, push beyond the boundaries of our industry, and shape its future. Fromworking exclusively with hedge funds to serving all alternatives, corporationsand private clients, our organization has grown immensely across asset classesand geographies. For us, this progress is a pattern that we’ll only maintain aswe move forward, always prioritizing our performance. So for those who want toplay at the top of their game and be at the vanguard of their space, we say:Welcome to Citco.

About the Team & Business Line:

Fund Administration is Citco’s core business, and ouralternative asset and accounting service is one of the industry’s mostrespected. Our continuous investment in learning and technology solutions meansour people are equipped to deliver a seamless client experience.

Responsibilities:

Your Role:

• Working within a new office environment, you will help to execute a robust training program for new staff.
• Work closely with the Client Integration team and operations teams in the onboarding of a large, complex strategic client
• Work directly with key functional teams, located both onshore and offshore, to ensure optimal client delivery.
• Manage a team of fund accountants by providing ongoing training and support to ensure team/individual goals/objectives are met.
• Provide on-going coaching and feedback to team.
• Ensure employees are engaged, motivated and developed to maintain high quality work that proactively exceeds client expectations.
• Through excellent problem solving skills, you will continually seek to improve the quality and productivity of internal processes and controls
• Participate in performance management conversations.
• Prepare a monthly reporting package for your clients.
• Review monthly financial statements and reconciliation packages prepared by the staff.
• Act as a liaison with the client on matters relating to the preparation of the monthly reporting package.
• Applies strong business knowledge and technical expertise to develop and recommend solutions to complex problems.
• Review daily/monthly operational/control reporting.
• Assist with ad hoc projects.
• Prepare responses to the client on any number of issues and queries which they are requesting from time to time.
• Review administrative/accounting procedures and recommend solutions in order to work towards a more efficient NAV production process.
• Participate in strategic departmental and corporate initiatives.