Fund Accounting Specialist Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of fund accounting specialist. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for written documentation of various processes within the group and perform other miscellaneous financial/accounting duties as directed.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Co-ordinates checks & controls of the raw data & the reports shared by internal teams & external parties
• Verification of Share Class movement in line with Core Fund and with other classes within the fund
• Oversight of both Cash, Stock and derivative reconciliations within the Fund Groups and Liaising with the Fund Administrators / Custodians / Prime Brokers and Front Office to facilitate the reconciliation process
• Sound understanding of Bloomberg, Reuters and pControl
• Exposure on the various financial instruments, its features and functioning
• Self-awareness, maturity and irreproachable integrity
• Knowledge and understanding of the mutual fund and/or segregated funds industry
• Excellent Excel skills using advanced formula

I would like to submit my application for the fund accounting specialist opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for regular status updates to Senior Accounting Manager for the team to ensure operational processes are aligned to system developments.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Prepare monthly financial reporting package for the Hedge Funds, including the determination of "Net Asset Value" and prepare the Statement of Asset and Liabilities and Profit and Loss Statement
• Ensuring fund income and expenses, including management and performance fees, are accrued for and are in accordance with relevant accounting standards
• Accurate and timely processing of all capital activities including subscriptions, redemptions, transfers, rollups, capital commitments and calls
• Derive pricing for portfolio investments
• Cash Management-managing the daily cash flow of trades and monitoring fund cash-flows
• Reporting-preparing bespoke reports to address client requests
• Independently complete cash, portfolio and capital reconciliations and investigate and resolve any discrepancies
• Creation and maintenance of investor information including payment models and contacts

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the fund accounting specialist position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for technical support to the Fund Accounting department, preparing journal entries, monitoring, and correcting journal entry input, reconciling general ledger grant balances, investigating significant or unusual variances, identifying improvements to current processes, reviewing and editing restricted project financial statements and regulatory compliance reports.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, customer service and relationship skills
• Detailed working knowledge of the alternatives industry and of the different areas within service delivery
• The individual should aggressively look to grow their knowledge and expertise in the PE/RE area
• The encumbent will serve as a subject matter expert for more junior staff
• Cognitive Automation
• Technically competent with the fund accounting system
• Subject matter expert in the 7 systems listed above
• Bank or business education with specialization and experience in fund accounting within Depotbank and / or KAG

In response to your job posting for fund accounting specialist, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for quarterly executive level technical accounting updates on new accounting developments and issues and their impact to Legg Mason.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Significant knowledge of instrument characteristics and settlement processes for traditional assets, currencies, and futures
• Process orientated mind over solution based
• Fund Accounting and/or Custody experience
• Proficient with use of Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience in Product Management with strong and proven influencing and communication skills
• Demonstrates a solid grasp of the technology and systems supporting the product with direct knowledge of core fund accounting platforms
• Experience in large change programmes is also an advantage
• Multi task in a start up environment

I would like to submit my application for the fund accounting specialist opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for support to team members within Accounting organization in matters such as bank reconciliation, miscellaneous invoices, etc.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Proficient in the use of Windows, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• PC literacy with proficiency in MS Word and Excel
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reporting and processing (trade capture, reconciliation) activities as per deliverables checklist with focus timelines and accuracy
• Perform securities setup and maintenance based on external vendor data
• Ensure high quality of outputs
• Raise issues/ potential delays to team leader, clients and/ or site leads
• Update Management Information Systems (MIS), Key Performance Indicators and KRIs
• Support team leader in update of risk management documentation/ control assessment