About the Opportunity
Job Type: Fixed Term Contractor
Contract duration : 11 months.
Application Deadline: 31 December 2026
Job Description
Title: Taiwan Fund Accounting & Control Assistant Manager
Department: Fund Servicing & Oversight / Asset Management Delivery
Location: Taiwan
Reports To: Head of Taiwan Fund Accounting & Control
Level: 4
We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.
About your team
Global Business Operations is responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of Front, Middle & Back Office Operations across global locations. This includes:
Investment Operations [All Asset Classes]
Asset Management Operations [incl. Fund Accounting, Trade Management Services, Corporate Actions, Positions Service, Asset Valuation, Data Management, Fund & Client Onboarding, Regulatory Reporting, Fund Statutory Reporting & Investment Statistics]
Retail/Distributions Operations
Change Management for Shared Services, Strategic Planning, Regulatory Reporting & Risk
The Asia Pacific ex-Japan Asset Management Operations [APxJ AMO] Unit is responsible for ensuring the consistent, accurate and timely delivery of:
Investment Services for Asia instructed; Trades & Positions and Security & Fund data
Fund Accounting Oversight for FIL’s outsourced product ranges in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan & Korea.
Custodian &Third Party Administrator Relationship Management across the Region.
Investment Services for the Region is performed out of Dalian, Fund Accounting Oversight is performed in each of the jurisdictions that FIL manages Local Fund Ranges. Custodian & Vendor Relationship Management is performed in Hong Kong.
About your role
The Taiwan Fund Accounting & Control team is primarily responsible for ensuring the accurate & timely calculation of Fund NAVs, Fund Administration and production of Financial Statements for Taiwan SITE’s outsourced products; and the consistent application of FIL-wide polices & practices, for the Taiwan products.
The function is also responsible for managing the Third Party Administrator (TPA), monitoring the service quality against Service Level Agreements and leading service level meetings and reviews.
The function also works closely with AP Product Development, Taiwan Legal, Taiwan Compliance, Taiwan Business Units, AP Investment Management and UK/AP AMO, in support of product development and local regulatory developments. It also manages the Audit relationship for the local Funds.
The Taiwan Fund Accounting Assistant Manager(12-month contractor) is responsible for ensuring timely & accurate delivery of all daily, weekly & monthly Fund Accounting Oversight tasks/activities, support for related change activities & product development initiatives, improvements to processes, related risk management and production of Management Information
Key Responsibilities
Oversight of the TPAs to ensure:
Timely & accurate production of daily NAVs
Application of local Regulatory & Financial Accounting Standards in respect of the Fund Accounting and preparation of Financial Statements for FIL’s Taiwan Funds, including, but not limited to, the accurate & timely:
Capture & processing of Corporate Actions [incl. PM decisions on Voluntary Events]
Recording of stock & cash transactions, resulting positions for valuations, and reconciliation of positions between Fund Accounting books & records and Bank Accounts at the Custodian
Reporting & resolution of breaks in stock, cash, income & WHT records
Reporting & resolution of any regulatory breaches, and/or NAV Errors
Calculation, accrual & payment of Fund expenses & fees, and calculation/reporting of TERs/FERs, and recording of “On-going Charges” in Key Fact Statements
Calculation and recording of Fund Distributions, and the reporting of Income Forecasts, Yield Calculations & Stable…