EY is the only professional services firm with a separate business unit, the Financial Services Office (“FSO), dedicated to the wealth and asset management, bank and capital markets, and insurance firms. Our FSO teams have been at the forefront of the most significant industry events that are reshaping and redefining the financial services industry.  As a Manager in EY Comply you will work primarily at the Hoboken office, which is an EY “office of the future” and comprised of high-performing resources, who work closely with our experienced client serving professionals, to deliver managed services to our Financial Services clients. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic FSO team!

The opportunity

You will play a key role in defining the way hedge fund and mutual fund advisors meet regulatory, tax, and financial statement reporting requirements by using EY Comply, a proprietary EY technology platform.  Top-tier hedge funds and mutual fund asset managers are onboarding to EY Comply, which brings together investment risk data, transaction, and holdings data into a single platform for workflow management, transparency, and accountability to lower reporting costs and streamline the regulatory filing, tax reporting, and financial reporting processes. Join our team and assist leading mutual fund and hedge fund advisors in transforming their business models to address their most complex reporting and technology challenges. 

Your key responsibilities

• Understand the intricacies of hedge fund and mutual fund regulatory and financial statement reporting.
• Review and validate regulatory reports per reg requirements for WAM/BCM institutions (e.g., Form N-PORT, AIFMD, CSSF, PRIIPS, BHC, TIC, FOCUS, Form N-CEN, CPO-PQR, and Form PF) based on established methodologies 
• Review the financial statements for accurate calculations based on source data from the clients’ fund administrator(s)
• Effectively manage teams with diverse backgrounds to deliver exceptional quality work and service to our clients. 
• Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented environment while counselling and mentoring others. 
• Drive high quality work products within expected timeframes and budget. Monitor progress, manage risks and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. 
• Stay current on business and industry trends relevant to our clients, including the latest regulatory developments, and industry practices for hedge funds and mutual fund advisors
• Training, motivating, mentoring and coaching Seniors and staffs to meet the project objectives
• Proactively develop and impart training on new onboarded or upcoming initiatives for team members
• Work on identifying process improvement areas and bring in the culture of automation
• Actively participate in the selection of new regulatory tools/frameworks and methodologies. Recommend and assist in its implementation

Skills and attributes for success

• Understanding of processes and ability to execute detailed procedures based on knowledge of fund financial statement and regulatory filing principles 
• Mastery of the intricacies in hedge fund and mutual fund regulatory reporting, and financial statement reporting
• Mastery mutual fund and hedge fund investment characteristics and the application of regulatory and financial reporting rules to those investments
• Ability to deliver client and process requirements in a regulatory driven environment, and understanding operationally complex fund accounting principles 
• Ability to develop relationships with team members across multiple geographic locations and time zones

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 8+ years of experience in BCM or WAM industry on finance or regulatory projects
• Proven experience as a business analyst on regulatory and capital reporting
• Experience in requirements documentation and experience in all stages of project life cycles including analysis, design, build and test support and implementation
• Minimum 6 years of work experience related to financial reporting and regulatory reporting in the financial services industry
• Experience related to fund accounting and/or fund administration, including the ability to conduct technical reviews and understand SEC regulations and U.S. GAAP, and FAQs as they pertain to required reporting.
• Analytical skills, especially those related to fund accounting and asset management
• Strong proven communication skills demonstrated through effective writing and presentations to clients and internal stakeholders; based on critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Effective leadership, project management, and organizational skills
• Experience managing large teams and the ability to leverage the team’s talents in solving problems
• An understanding of financial products and services, in particular mutual funds, hedge funds and private equity funds 
• An interest in working in an environment which encourages continuous learning, development and identification of opportunities for improvement of individual and team performance
• Proven ability to lead a team
• Should pay attention to detail, excellent analytical skills and must display effective interaction capabilities with various stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, coaching, and conflict resolution skills
• Time and project management skills
• Ability to analyze processes and information, identify problems and trends, and develop effective solutions and strategies
• A willingness to travel basis project/ client needs
• A Master’s degree in business, accounting, economics, finance or related discipline
• CFA or CPA a plus 
• Experience with software tools (e.g. Python) and data vendors (e.g. Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, etc.) a plus.

What we look for

You should be flexible and able to manage multiple responsibilities, including delivery of exceptional quality work to our clients. In addition, you’ll be a motivated self-starter, and will value sharing best practices with your colleagues and leaders.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career. 

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. 
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. 
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. 
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. 

About EY

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. 

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. 

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

You will be happy with:

 

• Private
  medical care
• Group life
  insurance
• Multisport
  card
• Subsidized 
  language
  courses
• Foreign
  languages
  online
  platform
• Opera/theatre
  vouchers,
  cinema tickets
• Udemy
  platform
  access
• Art, sport
  and charity
  groups
• Diverse & Inclusive Work Environment
• Casual
  dress code