Middle Office Specialist – Asset Management Companies 100%

Tasks

• Responsible for Accounting, Regulatory & Tax Reporting, Portfolio Valuation, Audit, Administration, and Monitoring, including under joint management:
• Treasury, Cash Management: Cash Flow, FX, Repos, Deposits, Corporate Actions, Intra-Group & Intercompany Transactions, Accrual-Basis Accounting & Documentation.
• Account Opening: Bloomberg, Depositories, NAV System, Allfunds, brokers, Client Contracts & Documentation.
• Portfolio Model Setup (Recons, Benchmarks, Asset Class Allocation)
• Accounting for SICAVs/funds, in compliance with local regulations.
• Sicav & MFE Shareholders: account opening, account maintenance, funding, trading, reconciliation, settlement, payments.
• Close monitoring of the services provided by the external administrator of the collective investment vehicles, including reports to senior internal stakeholders such as the Chief Officer, Relationship Manager, and Portfolio Manager.
• Regulatory and tax reporting related to SICAVs and mutual funds, and for Julius Baer International Gestion.
• Reconciliations (Cash, Holdings, Provisions…), Client Settlement & Client Statements by assets under management, Net New Money.
• Client Reporting: Monthly generation, review, and delivery.
• Manage GMIS (Global Management Information System): Calculation and Control, Management, Net New Money.
• Billing: Calculation, Accrual, Processing, Control.
• Coordinate corporate secretary functions (Board of Directors, shareholder meetings, AML, and Group internal audits).
• Relations with Regulators (CNMV, Stock Exchange, and Bank of Spain).
• Tax refund documentation, delivery, and follow-up with tax authorities and custodians.
• Support the mutual fund distribution functions for the discretionary and advisory portfolio foreign collective investment schemes.

Requirements

• Ability to build trust and respect
• 5+ years of experience in the middle office or operations department of an asset management company in similar roles.
• Knowledge of Spanish regulations related to accounting, auditing, regulatory matters, and taxation—including SICAVs, UOTIS, alternative investment funds, portfolios, and other investment vehicles.
• Knowledge of all operational aspects related to the vehicle's investments: funding, negotiation, execution, settlement, reconciliation, and cash management.
• Understanding the business's needs in order to provide the best service to relationship managers, portfolio managers, and clients.
• Understanding and implementing internal policies and security standards.
• High level of English (written and spoken).