Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a privately-held financial institution and has been a thought leader and solutions provider for almost 200 years. We serve the most sophisticated individuals and institutions with award-winning expertise in Investment Management, Private Banking, and Investor Services. Our 5,000 colleagues operate from 17 cities throughout North America, Europe and Asia..
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This openness sparks innovation and agility, which adds to the entrepreneurial spirit and provides many more career opportunities for our staff. We are a group of high-performing, dedicated and caring professionals who believe that working together is the foundation for superior client service excellence.
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The Financial Reporting Supervisor is responsible for managing the day-to-day provision of financial reporting services of the Financial reporting Department. Working closely with the Financial Reporting Manager and the Team Leader, the Supervisor will allocate tasks and workload to the Financial Reporting Representatives and Senior Financial Reporting Representatives to ensure the timely and high-quality preparation of statutory annual and semi-annual financial statements.
Responsibilities:
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Undertaking primary responsibility for the provision of financial reporting services to his/her allocated clients.
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Day to day management of operations for preparation, review and delivery of statutory reports and assigned sections of board packs.
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Providing an escalation point for clients' queries.
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Responsibility for communications to regulators, compliance and internal and external audit.
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Communicating with clients on a regular basis; acting as a key client contact, ensuring timely and accurate responses to any client queries.
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Reviewing and updating department procedures to ensure they are current, complete and reflect best practice.
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Assisting in the evaluation and development of enhancements to the Financial Reporting and Fund Accounting system to automate procedures for financial reporting purposes.
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Primary responsibility for coaching and developing his/her reporting team-members and providing appropriate feedback via periodic meetings and the firm's performance appraisal process.
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Assisting in projects to improve the efficiency, quality and accuracy of deliverables.
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Developing and maintaining a strong familiarity with applicable laws, regulations and interpretations governing financial statements and disclosure, including Irish GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP, Luxembourg GAAP, UCITS Requirements, Companies Acts and Stock Exchange listing requirements (e.g. Irish Stock Exchange).
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Keeping team-members informed of new industry developments relating to financial reporting disclosure requirements.
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Prepare Forms NQ and 24F-2 for U.S. registered companies.
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Maintain a working knowledge of EDGAR Reports.
Qualifications:
- Primary degree in accounting/finance related discipline
- Professional accountancy qualification desirable (qualified or part qualified).
- Minimum of 3 years experience in a fund administration environment or similar experience in a financial reporting role.
- Highly organized, detail orientated and self-motivated.
- Must possess strong reviewing skills.
- Proven ability to manage and complete a variety of projects simultaneously.
- Experienced in the monitoring and application of regulatory changes affecting funds.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Possesses ability to work in a potentially high pressure, client-driven environment.
- Strong focus on mentoring and coaching all direct reports.
- Creativity in developing solutions to meet client and control requirements.
- Fluency in English essential and knowledge of German and/or French desirable.
- Must be highly computer literate with strong Excel, Word and Powerpoint skills.
- Highly computer literate with knowledge of Confluence Unity software desirable.
