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State Street

Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds

Fund Accounting Senior Associate

Financial AccountingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBoston, MA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Minimum 2 years of related experience, preferably in financial services.
  • Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, including time management and prioritization.
  • Ability to take initiative, perform under pressure, and handle multiple assignments simultaneously.
  • Excellent administrative and organizational skills, with the ability to multitask and work efficiently to meet client deliverables.
  • Strategic and analytical thinking.
  • High responsiveness.
  • Ability to collaborate across organizations and levels.
  • Self-motivation and a strong work ethic.
  • Ability to adapt to change.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of Fund Accountants to produce and deliver net asset values (NAVs) for clients.
  • Manage internal workflow and client deadlines.
  • Manage client relationships and liaise with client personnel daily.
  • Build collaborative relationships with inter-departmental contacts and achieve business goals.
  • Perform NAV production activities for the Accounting team.
  • Manage the Accounting team's daily operations and production activities.
  • Assist with compliance and fiduciary reviews and audits.
  • Identify unusual or potentially suspicious transaction activity during normal day-to-day operations and report or escalate it in accordance with corporate policy, guidelines, and relevant operating procedures.

About the Company

State Street

Holds assets for institutions and runs index funds

State Street holds and services investments for pension funds, insurers, fund companies, and other large institutions, and it also runs index funds through State Street Investment Management. It launched the first US-listed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, in 1993, and in 1924 it became custodian of the first US mutual fund. As a custody bank, it safekeeps clients' stocks and bonds, completes their trades, calculates what their funds are worth, and lends their securities to other investors. It earns fees on the assets it services and manages, plus income from currency trading and from interest on client cash. State Street traces its roots to a bank chartered in 1792 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Founded
1792

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