Senior Associate - Bond Accounting

India

Responsibilities:

Bank Reconciliations - Conduct bank reconciliations for bond-related cash flows, ensuring accurate matching of interest payments, principal receipts, and trade settlements between bank statements and accounting records. High-volume, routine reconciliations with minimal complexity
Asset Reconciliations - Perform asset reconciliation for bond portfolios, ensuring accurate alignment between internal accounting systems, custodial records, and trade data, with timely resolution of discrepancies related to interest, principal, and settlement activities.
Financial Statement Preparation: Generate balance sheet and P&L reports using Prologue Financials and/or QuickBooks, ensuring accuracy and completeness for client reporting.
Bond Accounting Activities: Accurate posting of journal entries related to bond transactions (interest income, amortization, pay-downs, and realized gains/losses)
Variance Analysis: Identify and explain variances in reconciliations and financial reports, and recommend corrective actions to improve accuracy and efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance automation, streamline workflows, and improve data integrity in bond accounting processes.

Required Background & Qualification:

Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or another related field.
Accounting certification such as Chartered Accountant / CPA / ACCA
At least three years of experience in accounting and financial reporting
Hands-on experience with bank reconciliations, asset reconciliations
Hands-on experience in preparing and posting journal entries (JEs) across multiple entities
Experience in building financial statements using trial balances and ledgers
Specialized knowledge in bond accounting is highly desirable.
Experience with QuickBooks and Prologue is a plus.
Expert level skill in Excel.
Detail-oriented, analytical, and able to communicate clearly with both technical and financial stakeholders.
Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing, and collaborate internally and externally.

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