Job Description
Company Description
Fund services | Corporate | Capital markets | Private client | Regulatory & Compliance
We help clients succeed by unlocking new value through expertise, trust and scale. We deliver solutions that solve complex challenges faced by asset managers, financial institutions, corporates, high net-worth individuals and family offices.
With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, faster. We collaborate to win together, sharing successes and shaping the future of our global business. Our culture of support and recognition provides the tools and opportunities for you to grow, while unlocking the most value for our clients and making your mark with Ocorian.
Expertise: We deliver specialist, tech-enabled solutions for our clients grounded on deep industry expertise.
Trust: We’re a trusted partner to over 8,000 clients globally. We are proud to have long-lasting partnerships with our clients.
Scale: With more than 1,500 colleagues, we operate across 20+ countries, our scale enables us to support our clients globally and locally, providing a seamless client experience across borders and service lines.
Job Description
In Belfast, we have around 120 colleagues, including 70 in Fund Services across Accounting, Administration, Investor Services, Company Secretarial and Depositary. Our office, established in the Titanic Quarter in 2011, has grown into a key strategic hub for the group. Around 50 staff support our Global Enablement Functions, including Marketing, Internal Finance, IT, Compliance and HR.
The Fund Accounting team works closely with clients’ finance departments, acting as an extension of their team. We handle ongoing bookkeeping and bank reconciliations, prepare quarterly journals and trial balances, and produce management accounts once investment valuations are received. Semi‑annually or annually, we prepare full statutory accounts, manage audit processes and, for some clients, present at board meetings.
The team includes around 30 accountants in Belfast and offers a full career pathway—from Higher-Level Apprenticeships and graduate trainee roles through to part‑qualified, qualified, senior and manager positions.
We operate a hybrid working model, typically two days in the office and three from home.
Main Responsibilities
The Fund Accounting Manager is part of the team responsible for planning and preparing financial reports for a portfolio of funds, ensuring all reporting deadlines and contractual requirements are met. As a senior member of the team, the role also contributes to strategic development and the training and progression of accounting staff.
Core Accounting
- Review day‑to‑day bookkeeping, including expenses, VAT, accruals, prepayments, loan interest and investment/investor activity.
- Review quarterly management accounts (Income Statement, Balance Sheet/NAV, Changes in Equity, Cash Flows).
- Review interim and annual financial statements and manage auditor relationships.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, statutory and accounting standards.
Stakeholder Management
- Build understanding of client structures, transactions and reporting needs.
- Oversee processes to ensure timely delivery of financial reports.
- Lead client meetings on accounting matters and agree reporting timetables with clients, auditors and advisers.
Other Responsibilities
- Motivate and support staff, maintain quality standards and drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure adherence to Ocorian policies and contribute to their development.
- Support training, development and performance reviews within the team.
- Facilitate clear communication, including regular team meetings.
- Assist with fee proposals and attend meetings with prospective clients.
- Review and release client payments prepared by Administration.
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Qualifications
Knowledge, skills and experience
- This position requires an ACA/ACCA‑qualified accountant (or equivalent) with strong technical expertise in IFRS and UK GAAP.
- Solid and pragmatic accounting skills and technical accounting knowledge
- Excellent presentational, written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
Additional Information
All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful. These are:
- We are CLIENT CENTRIC – Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
- We are AMBITIOUS – We aim high. We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
- We are AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
- We are COLLABORATIVE – With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
- We are ETHICAL– We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent, building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.
Equal Opportunities for Everyone
Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at [email protected].
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.
information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
