Asset Management - Fund Accounting Associate

Are you looking for an unique opportunity to advance your in depth knowledge of asset management and contribute to a growing international business in a fast paced and innovative environment? This is the right role for you if you want to work in J.P. Morgan Asset Management where we offer the full spectrum of investment strategies - from equity, fixed income, cash management, currency and asset allocation to alternative asset classes such as private equity and hedge funds.

As a Fund Accounting Associate within the Japan Service Delivery team, you will be part of the wider Asia Pacific Service Delivery team belonging to the Operations division. In this role, you are critical in carrying out day to day fund accounting services to clients for both investment trust funds and institutional clients. You will perform effective oversight on the outsourcing vendors performing accounting and valuation for the funds and accounts, guiding the vendors with value-adding expertise. Under the ever-changing market conditions, industry trends and client demands, you are constantly evolving by driving changes.

Job responsibilities:

• Perform and provide oversight for Fund Accounting, Client Fee Billing, Regulatory Reporting, product and fund life cycle events, as well as all related services delivered by our outsourced vendors in Japan as well as overseas locations
• Engage in communicating with local and regional stakeholders and proactive relationship management with internal and/or external parties
• Support business initiatives and client requirements
• Support the team and develop technical expertise especially in the area of products, operational processes and vendor management
• Assist in operations initiatives and provide a focus around automation, utilizing various tools to enhance operational efficiency
• Monitor market developments in different markets and understand how regulations impact operational processes and the funds
• Review operational processes to identify areas for enhancement and identify and escalate key risks and participate in resolution

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, and related disciplines
• At least 5 years of experience across financial institutions and/or professional services firms in fund operations, fund accounting, or fund administration related roles
• Experience in working with international stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with fluency in in both Japanese and English, being able to foster complex conversations with all levels of people internally and externally
• Outstanding business acumen, result-driven attitude with strong sense of conduct and discipline
• Flexible and forward-looking mindset in driving changes
• Advanced skills in using Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Access and PowerPoint)
• Excellent team member who can cultivate an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture
• Ability to articulate and problem solve for complex events or situations
• Issue handling skills is extremely important, from detection to escalation, root-cause analysis, implementation of corrective and preventative actions
• A strong willingness to actively learn new and unfamiliar things

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Prior experience in Asset Management firms will be preferred.