Jason Close

2015 to date: Consultant, Fund Accounting

• Oversight function to ensure all task for Fund Accounting pricing and tasks are reviewed and action. Including daily fund price review and release, Yields, M&C, ONS. First point of contact for client's queries, to investigate and resolve, as required. Working with Transfer Agency, Pricing department & other internal teams.
• Attending & lead client review meetings with Client Relationship Manager.
• Review process and controls.
• Worked on new Clients and funds, Ensure full support for both client and team. dealing in different type off fund products , for LTAF, Fund of Fund, Equities and Bond Funds.
• Produce reporting review template list for both client and team.
• Logging and completing any incidents on internal breaches register.
• Leading meeting with both internal and external teams, monthly & weekly bases.
• Ensured compliance with regulatory standards by conducting thorough audits and reviews.
• Initiated cost-saving measures by evaluating and improving operational processes.

July 12 to 2015: Officer, Fund Accounting

Responsible for daily pricing of UK funds through accurate completion of multi-currency, general ledger, multiple classes and multi-manager accounting, Including all authorized UK structures

Key Result Areas for department:

• Calculation of NAV per fund prospectus and client requirements and all daily tasks.
• Monitoring and verification of missing prices, stale prices, price variances & exchange rates.
• Reconciliation of securities positions, entitlements, tax accruals, currency and cash balances
• Monitoring of income, expense payments & accruals. Trade & Corporate Action input.
• Completing yield & taxation calculations, TERs, and withholding tax schedules
• Weekly and monthly tasks with trustee and client.
• Facilitated workshops focused on skill development, boosting staff morale and productivity.

April 12 to July 12: Training Depart UKFA Fund Accounting

• Produce, review and updated Training documents for UKFA Fund account.
• Develop training session, and present both face to face and via Webb X.

Jan 08 to July 09: Working in Bangalore, India, UKFA Fund Accounting

Setting up and running training of Fund Accounting department in Bangalore, India, creating cover and duality for Global Fund Accounting work stream. Assignment lasted for 18 months, of which I was in India for 12 months at request of business. From initial intake of 6 full time employees, team have now grown to 34 in number.

Key Result Areas for department:

• Ensure all team members had training and understanding of NAV production.
• Calculation of NAV per fund prospectus and client requirements and all daily tasks.
• Monitoring and verification of missing prices, stale prices, price variances & exchange rates.
• Reconciliation of securities positions, entitlements, tax accruals, currency and cash balances.
• Monitoring of income, expense payments & accruals. Trade & Corporate Action input.
• Develop team to ensure full understanding and processing for Fund of Fund assets.
• Maintaining accurate market reference data
• Completing yield & taxation calculations, TERs, and withholding tax schedules

Team Leader Fund Accounting: April 2004 to Dec 07 and Aug 09 to July 12

Managing a team of six people in London, ensuring that Key Result Areas noted above exceeded client expectation as monitored through various SLAs. Additional responsibilities included: -

• Providing cover for Operations Manager.
• Being first point of contact for client's valuation queries.
• Attending client review meetings with Client Relationship Manager.
• Monitoring and authorising month end reports sent to trustees.
• Logging and completing any incidents on internal breaches register.
• Monitoring and improving Training and Competency levels.
• Running weekly team meetings.

Senior Fund Administrator: October 2001 to April 2004.

Responsible for daily pricing of UK mutual funds through accurate completion of multi-currency, general ledger, multiple classes and multi-manager accounting, Including all authorized UK structures.

• Strengthened stakeholder relationships through effective communication and engagement methods.
• Identified departures from agreed-upon procedures and standards and helped close gaps.
• Interviewed staff to obtain personal observations and insights into existing procedural strengths and weaknesses.

• Administered investor capital activity, maintaining accurate records of subscriptions and redemption's.
• Complex calculations to determine fund net asset value.

Senior Fund Accounting Administrator: April 1997 to March 2000

Pricing Clerk: Dec 1994 - Apr1997

Contract Clerk: Oct 1993 - Dec 1994

VDU Clerk: July 1990 - Oct 1993