Apex Group Careers

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Client Services Structured Finance Solutions
Location: Sao Paulo

Description

Apex is looking for a highly motivated individual to manage one of our client structured finance portfolios. Entities under management average at 20-40 SPVs. The client services team member will act as front of house for our corporate service offering to their portfolio of clients. The team member will be responsible for the overall client relationship. They will perform technical accounting, and value add services whilst coordinating with all our internal Apex teams and external client servicers to ensure the client deliverables are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Job specification

• Oversight of client deliverables within the client portfolio to ensure adherence to corporate service agreement.
• Ensuring high levels of service delivery including acting as a primary point of contact for operations issue resolution. Acting as the internal technical lead for the client portfolio.
• Working closely with offshore servicing teams to ensure a high quality and supremely coordinated service is delivered to client relationships.
• Reviewing of periodic management accounts and financial statements to required standard and deadlines.
• Preparing accounting memos on such topics as going concern, impairment etc.
• Reviewing transaction documents to ensure adherence to any requirements stipulated therein and extracting relevant data for the preparation of the financial reporting deliverables.
• Liaison with auditors to plan the annual audit and manage the audit query process to ensure timely completion within client and/or statutory deadlines.
• Preparation of periodic tax and compliance returns e.g., VAT returns, DAC6, CBC, FATCA, CRS. Liaison with the tax advisors to ensure corporation tax filings and payments submitted within statutory deadlines.
• Ensuring client fully compliant with other regulatory obligations e.g., MAR, AML, EMIR.
• Attending and presenting at board meetings and drafting related board papers and minutes
• Managing the on-boarding of new client entities from a client services perspective.
• Coordinating with our Business Development team in identifying and following up on business opportunities and the development of our services.
• Sharing information and providing training, guidance, advice, and assistance to other team members as required.
• Ad-hoc project work, as required, including the assessment of new legislation relevant to client SPV’s.
• Understanding and speaking knowledgably about Apex Group services and its values.

Skills Required:

• Typically, 2-3 years industry experience
• Qualified Accountant
• Expert knowledge of IFRS and GAAP
• Ability to work on own initiative and take full ownership of client portfolio
• Ability to work effectively in fast paced, complex and dynamic work environment
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship management skills
• Knowledge of corporate governance, relevant local laws and regulatory requirements would be a distinct advantage.
• Please submit your resume in English

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
• Training and development opportunities

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favorable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, color, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependents, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/

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