Accounting Assistant (Middle Office)

Organizational Context

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), managed by the Office of Investment Management (OIM), oversees a global investment portfolio exceeding $100 billion. OIM, based in New York, actively manages approximately 85% of its assets in-house across diverse asset classes. This Accounting Assistant role is situated within the Middle Office of the Operations Section.

Job Purpose

The Accounting Assistant in the Middle Office of the UNJSPF's Office of Investment Management plays a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and completeness of investment transaction data. This position supports the daily operations by scrutinizing broker confirmations, investigating trade discrepancies, and facilitating communication with external parties. The role is vital for maintaining the integrity of the trade order management and central trade matching systems, contributing to the efficient and controlled processing of global equities and fixed income securities. By ensuring quality control and assisting with performance monitoring, the incumbent directly supports the accurate management of the UNJSPF's substantial investment portfolio.

Responsibilities

The Accounting Assistant is responsible for meticulously scrutinizing source documents and broker confirmations for accuracy and validity. This includes investigating and resolving erroneous or unmatched trade details, and communicating with brokers and counterparties to address discrepancies. The role involves reconciling and reviewing end-of-day trades, ensuring adherence to clearance procedures, and performing quality control for trade capture and validation within the trade order management and central trade matching systems. The incumbent will also manually confirm and validate trade details for non-system-enabled trades, initiate the onboarding of new brokers, and compile data for performance monitoring, including trade volume and processing rates. Additionally, the position involves auditing and monitoring changes to investment-related reference data and contributing to system enhancements and process automation for post-trade support activities, including providing guidance to colleagues.

Work Experience

A minimum of seven years of experience in accounting, finance, or investment operations is required. Experience with post-trade matching platforms (e.g., OMGEO) and trade order management systems (e.g., Bloomberg AIM) is desirable.

Skills

Professionalism, Teamwork, Planning & Organizing, knowledge of global financial markets, cash management, investment operations, data analysis, problem-solving, communication, and system enhancement contributions.

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