Co-op, Investment Finance Fund Accounting - Edmonton, Canada - AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation)

AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation)

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

DEPARTMENT:
Co-Op Student

CLOSING DATE:
July 9, 2023

Opportunity

Opportunity

Are you looking to complement your academic knowledge with professional 'real world' experience? Are you a purpose-driven individual who wants to contribute to your community? Do you enthusiastically follow financial markets or seek out emerging trends in technology? If so, a student position at AIMCo might be the opportunity for you to gain the experience you need to launch your career while contributing to the financial security of hundreds of thousands of Albertans.

Highly successful students at AIMCo share many of the same characteristics. They are intellectually curious, diligent, and responsible, with a desire to enhance their finance, data, programming and communications skills. They take advantage of their time at AIMCo by building relationships with our talented workforce and each other. AIMCo's students support one another through challenges and enthusiastically celebrate their accomplishments. Often, they use their term to enhance their technical skillsets and build out their professional network.

Our Investment Finance Fund Accounting Department performs highly specialized fund accounting activities across AIMCo's multi layered portfolios, ensuring client accounting fairness is maintained at all times.

We oversee daily unit trades, execute in-kind asset transfers within AIMCo's investment pool structure to ensure AIMCo's AUM is accurately accounted for at all portfolio levels.

Deeply rooted with accounting and data analytic knowledge, we manage accounting policies and improve the integrity of accounting and NAV data within our system.

AIMCo clients rely on our monthly confirmation on SSRS accounting reports to carry out their accounting processes.

The Co-op, Investment Finance Fund Accounting will assist the team in the accurate and timely processing and reporting of all transactions for AIMCo's clients through the completion of daily validation checks.

Responsibilities:

As the successful Co-op, IFFA, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Completion of the daily Fund Accounting validation checklist.
Assisting with changing validation tools to become more efficient and intuitive. This will include General Ledger and dayoverday validations.
Assisting the team in changing the current reporting process with automated PowerBI dashboards for increased efficiency.
Completion of second or thirdyear undergraduate studies in Accounting or Finance
Enrolled in a formal work experience program with remaining work terms available
A team player with strong organizational and communication skills (verbal and written)
Proficient with Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)
Strong financial accounting skills
Experience using data query/visualization tools such as SQL and Power BI would be an asset
Exposure to automated reporting is an asset
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to multitask to meet deadlines
Effective analytical, organization, time management, and communication skills
Good understanding of, and ability to apply, investment accounting rules and guidelines including Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants handbook (GAAP), Public Sector Accounting Board (PASB), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Financial Administration Act is an asset

Success Measures

Your success in the role will be in your ability to finish tasks independently and support various Investment Finance projects.

Your enthusiasm and passion for learning will be supported by the Investment Finance team, made up of various accountants, administrators, and our Director.

Next Steps

We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.

Just like our investments, our international team is stronger when we are diversified.

At AIMCo, we draw upon the differences in who we are, where we come from, and the way we think to foster sophisticated solutions for Albertans.

Doing business the right way means building an equitable organization inclusive of all races, genders, ages, abilities, religions, neurodiversity, identities, and lived experiences.

Simply put, when you can show up as your authentic self every day, you and your team can truly thrive — all in service of our clients and their beneficiaries.