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Butterfield Fulcrum, a top five leading independent global hedge fund administrator for the alternative asset management industry, is seeking applicants to fill open Investor Services positions in its Waterloo, Ontario office. The successful applicant will be a self-motivated individual who after sufficient training will work comfortably without excessive supervision and in a business-casual working environment.

Investor Services Specialist Key Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of investor details database including creation of statements and confirmations for fund activity
• Processing of Subscriptions and Redemptions including the completion of checklists, liaison with clients and input to company systems
• Support the administration for anti-money laundering (AML) services provided to clients
• Initiation of wire and account transfer transactions through various internet banking platforms to settle redemptions, for payment of client invoices and for payment of fees
• Share in the responsibility for handling incoming investor telephone queries
• Participate actively in various system initiatives and other projects as such arise

Qualifications:

• Secondary school graduate at a minimum; college or university graduate preferred – some familiarity or education in accounting and banking is advantageous
• Experience in a professional work environment
• Exceptional computer skills with strengths in Microsoft Office products. Proficiency with Microsoft
• Excel is particularly an asset. Experience with investor services software would be beneficial.
• Strong time management and organizational skills and a dedicated team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Butterfield Fulcrum offers a very attractive compensation package commensurate with the candidate’s experience.

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This job posting expires at 11:02pm on Tuesday March 20th, 2012

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Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Canada) Limited, a leading global hedge fund administrator for the alternative asset management industry, is seeking experienced applicants with a minimum of 3 years hedge fund accounting experience for a Fund Accountant role in its rapidly growing Waterloo, Ontario office. Led by experienced professionals, Butterfield Fulcrum is committed to quality information, technology, and processes. Since our inception, we have invested in the creation of technology designed specifically to satisfy the demands placed on a fund administrator by hedge fund managers and investors. Continuous development of our proprietary software maintains our position as a global leader in the automation of fund administration. The successful applicant will be a self- motivated individual who after sufficient training will work comfortably without excessive supervision and in a business-casual working environment.

Fund Accountant

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide a full range of fund accounting services to hedge fund clients, including NAV preparation, reviewing corporate actions, verifying security pricing, performing cash and security position reconciliations
• Provide a complete range of fund administration services to hedge fund clients and investors, including compliance procedures, liaising with investment managers, brokers, custodians and auditors
• Provide superior customer service to hedge fund managers and investors
• Participate in various system initiatives and projects

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years industry related experience
• Undergraduate degree with a focus in business administration, accounting or finance.
• Interest in a professional accounting designation (CA, CGA, CMA, ACCA, CFA) an asset but not required
• Strong computer skills with strengths in Microsoft Office products. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is particularly an asset. Understanding of securities such as equities, bonds, forwards, futures, options, etc. preferred but not required
• Strong time management and organizational skills and a dedicated team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Butterfield Fulcrum offers a very attractive compensation package commensurate with the candidates’ experience. Interested candidates should forward their resume via Resumes- WAT@bfgl.com. Please quote the position title in the subject of your email. We thank all candidates for applying however only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted.

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This job posting expires at 10:56pm on Tuesday March 20th, 2012

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Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Canada) Limited, a leading global hedge fund administrator for the alternative asset management industry, is seeking applicants for a Clie3nt Relationship Manager role in its growing Waterloo, Ontario office. Led by experienced professionals, Butterfield Fulcrum is committed to quality information, technology, and processes. Since our inception, we have invested in the creation of technology designed specifically to satisfy the demands placed on a fund administrator by hedge fund managers and investors. Continuous development of our proprietary software maintains our position as a global leader in the automation of fund administration. The successful applicant will be a self-motivated individual who after sufficient training will work comfortably without excessive supervision and in a business-casual working environment.

Fund Accountant

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide a full range of fund accounting services to hedge fund clients, including NAV preparation, reviewing corporate actions, verifying security pricing, performing cash and security position reconciliations
• Provide a complete range of fund administration services to hedge fund clients and investors, including compliance procedures, liaising with investment managers, brokers, custodians and auditors
• Provide superior customer service to hedge fund managers and investors
• Participate in various system initiatives and projects

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years industry related experience preferred
• Undergraduate degree with a focus in business administration, accounting or finance.
• Interest in a professional accounting designation (CA, CGA, CMA, ACCA, CFA) an asset but not required
• Strong computer skills with strengths in Microsoft Office products. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is particularly an asset. Understanding of securities such as equities, bonds, forwards, futures, options, etc. preferred but not required
• Strong time management and organizational skills and a dedicated team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Butterfield Fulcrum offers a very attractive compensation package commensurate with the candidates’ experience. Please quote the position title in the subject of your email. We thank all candidates for applying however only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted.

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This job posting expires at 10:46pm on Tuesday March 20th, 2012

Location: BF Dublin

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Due to exceptional demand for its services Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Limited is seeking an Application Support Developer to work in its Dublin office based in the city centre. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, fast growing organisation.

The successful applicant will be a self-motivated individual who after sufficient training will work comfortably without excessive supervision and in a business-casual working environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide operational and development support to the users of in-house and third party business applications.
• To provide additional functionality to the business by using the appropriate tool sets to enhance third party applications and develop reports, workflows, web pages and forms and/or new applications.
• Improve efficiency of the operations group by providing users with self-service access to data/information where applicable
• The person must understand the impact and urgency of support calls in order to correctly prioritise their workload, including balancing support work against project work.
• The post holder will undertake a variety of project work to provide additional functionality to the business above that provided by the third party business applications. This could include using tools built into applications, for example to write workflows, developing new applets in VB.NET/C#.NET, writing SSRS Reports, developing web pages to search for and display data from applications on the website or interactive web forms for the website.
• Recommend optimisations to current data structures to improve speed in report production.
• To identify, diagnose and rectify any number of problems affecting business applications, which may emanate from software, hardware or the operating systems.
• Ensure proper coding standards are maintained.
• Analyse user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Identify, document and match the appropriate technology to the needs of the various business units (Accounting and Finance, Operations, etc).
• Develop or validate test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces and address all browser and device types.
• Maintain understanding of current web technologies or programming.
• Integrate reports with SharePoint and intranet sites.

Desired Education, Skills and Requirements:

• University degree plus several years of relevant work experience.
• Experience working in application support.
• A logical and systematic approach to problem resolution across a broad spectrum of technologies.
• Experience with MS SQL Server in a production environment, including sound knowledge of constructing complex SQL queries.
• Practical knowledge of the Windows desktop environment.
• Accomplished SQL Skills to include data management, mining, and modelling.
• Expert competency with Microsoft Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio.
• Experience with the Microsoft BI Suite of applications SSAS, SSIS and SSRS.
• Well-developed analytical skills, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• A technical and programming skill set generally matching the following list; asp.net, c#, javascript, AJAX, web art design, WWF, WPF, LINQ, TSQL, Silverlight, ComponentArt and SharePoint.
• Accounting or Financial Services technical experience considered an asset.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to communicate technical information in a non-technical language to users. Be able to pick up and interpret technical information quickly.
• High performance mind-set, with the ability to work in a team-oriented environment with multiple completing priorities.
• Experience with using share registers and other hedge related financial systems is considered an asset.

Compensation

BFG provides all of its employees with an extremely competitive and attractive compensation package. In addition to base salary, there is a group bonus scheme, group medical insurance scheme, group pension scheme, reimbursement of professional subscriptions, paid holidays and assistance towards gym memberships.

Starting salary will be dependent on previous experience.

BFG is an equal opportunity employer.

About BF

Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Ltd is a member of the Butterfield Fulcrum Group (“BFG”) and is licensed by the Financial Regulator to provide Fund Administration Services to both Irish and Non-Irish schemes.

BFG is a boutique provider of alternative investment services with powerful technology and strong institutional backing. This combination provides BFG with the strength and flexibility to excel as a strategic partner to its clients. Our management team has cumulative experience exceeding 75 years in businesses related to third party financial processing and our staff turnover is among the lowest in the industry. A winning combination of proprietary technology and industry leading vendor based software places BFG in the position to provide a level of service beyond the reach of much of our competition. BFG has been in the alternative investment servicing business since 1995.

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This job posting expires at 10:21pm on Sunday March 11th, 2012

Location: BF Dublin

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Due to exceptional demand for its services Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Limited is seeking an IT Business Analystto work in its Dublin office based in the city centre. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, fast growing organisation.

The successful candidate must be a motivated and dedicated leader with a great sense of responsibility. A work ethic of dependability through punctuality, flexibility, and adaptability to perform as an efficient, detail oriented team player. Demonstrated experience with current systems analysis principles, methods, procedures, practices, and tools. Proven ability to communicate effectively with displayed levels of knowledge, skills and responsibilities.

Core Responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering & Documentation – Facilitates meetings and/or design sessions to validate, prioritise, and document specific requirements for application enhancements and/or new development. Works with the user team, the project team, the quality assurance team, and thedevelopment team to create documentation suitable for their use, including process diagrams,use cases, business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Process Improvement & Workflow Management – Proactively gather information regarding business processes for review and analysis by operations team. Create documentation, and diagrams to assist in the analysis of a process. Develop the workflow to integrate and automate the defined solution.
• Customer Technical Advice & Guidance -Technology point of contact with assigned business area explaining, interpreting and enforcing policies and procedures, negotiating solutions to complex problems and disseminating technical information. Provides technical advice and guidance to assigned business area, determination of technology components and evaluation of IT delivery. Acts as technical resource to users of systems within assigned business area and facilitates process improvement discussions with customer and/or project teams.

About BF

Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Ltd is a member of the Butterfield Fulcrum Group (“BFG”) and is licensed by the Financial Regulator to provide Fund Administration Services to both Irish and Non-Irish schemes.

BFG is a boutique provider of alternative investment services with powerful technology and strong institutional backing. This combination provides BFG with the strength and flexibility to excel as a strategic partner to its clients. Our management team has cumulative experience exceeding 75 years in businesses related to third party financial processing and our staff turnover is among the lowest in the industry. A winning combination of proprietary technology and industry leading vendor based software places BFG in the position to provide a level of service beyond the reach of much of our competition. BFG has been in the alternative investment servicing business since 1995.

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This job posting expires at 10:13pm on Sunday March 11th, 2012

Location: BF Dublin

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Due to exceptional demand for its services Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Limited is seeking a Client Relationship Manager (“CRM”) to work in its Dublin office based in the city centre. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, fast growing organization.

The successful applicant will work as part of our team of Client Relationship Managers servicing European based clients. The role involves managing multiple client relationships within BFG’s Global Operating Model. Each CRM is the single point of contact for each client, which requires the CRM to work closely with staff in our India (Bangalore) and Canada (Waterloo) offices to supervise all elements of the services that BFG provides.

The successful candidate should:

• Have a minimum of Five years experience in the administration of Hedge Funds
• Possess a recognized accounting designation, MBA, CFA or other relevant qualification.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Be proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of software applications
• Have a working knowledge of Bloomberg
• Be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of funds, fund structures, fee calculations, trading strategies, financial instruments and fund offering documentation.

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

• Performed a similar role
• Have worked with Advent Geneva

Candidates will be required to attend for interview, which may include conference calls with other locations. Candidates will also be required to sit an excel based case study and industry knowledge test.

Compensation

BFG provides all of its employees with an extremely competitive and attractive compensation package. In addition to base salary, there is a group bonus scheme, group medical insurance scheme, group pension scheme, reimbursement of professional subscriptions, paid holidays and assistance towards Gym memberships.

Starting salary will be dependent on previous experience.

BFG is an equal opportunity employer.

About BF

Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Ltd is a member of the Butterfield Fulcrum Group (“BFG”) and is licensed by the Financial Regulator to provide Fund Administration Services to both Irish and Non-Irish schemes.

BFG is a boutique provider of alternative investment services with powerful technology and strong institutional backing. This combination provides BFG with the strength and flexibility to excel as a strategic partner to its clients. Our management team has cumulative experience exceeding 75 years in businesses related to third party financial processing and our staff turnover is among the lowest in the industry. A winning combination of proprietary technology and industry leading vendor based software places BFG in the position to provide a level of service beyond the reach of much of our competition. BFG has been in the alternative investment servicing business since 1995.

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This job posting expires at 3:14am on Saturday March 10th, 2012

Location: BF Dublin

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Due to exceptional demand for its services Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Limited is seeks a Fund Accountant Supervisor to work in its Dublin office based in the city centre. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, fast growing organization.

The successful applicant will work closely with a Client Relationship Manager to provide excellent service to BFG clients. The role involves working on funds with a variety of deliverables, daily, weekly and monthly

Core responsibilities:

• Review reconciliation of cash and security transactions
• Review pricing of portfolio’s including Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed Income, OTC’s and Forwards
• Preparation of fee schedules including calculation of management and performance fees.
• Preparation of investor allocations for each NAV cycle.
• Responding to client queries in a timely and efficient manner
• Preparation of SAS70 compliant daily, weekly and monthly files
• Supervision and training of fund accountants on all aspects of NAV process
• Assist in preparation of audited Financial Statements and annual audit
• Preparation of reporting for the Regulatory authorities

The successful candidate should:

• Have a minimum of three years experience in the administration of Hedge Funds
• Third level qualification (minimum 2.2 degree), qualified or part qualified accountant or other relevant qualification.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Be proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of software applications
• Have a working knowledge of Bloomberg
• Be able to demonstrate a understanding of funds, fund structures, fee calculations, trading strategies, financial instruments and fund offering documentation.

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

• Performed a similar role
• Have worked with Advent Geneva

Candidates will be required to attend for interview. Candidates will also be required to sit an excel based case study and industry knowledge test.

Compensation

BFG provides all of its employees with an extremely competitive and attractive compensation package. In addition to base salary, there is a group bonus scheme, group medical insurance scheme, group pension scheme, reimbursement of professional subscriptions, paid holidays and assistance towards Gym memberships. Starting salary will be dependent on previous experience.

BFG is an equal opportunity employer.

About BF

Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Ireland) Ltd is a member of the Butterfield Fulcrum Group (“BFG”) and is licensed by the Financial Regulator to provide Fund Administration Services to both Irish and Non-Irish schemes.

BFG is a boutique provider of alternative investment services with powerful technology and strong institutional backing. This combination provides BFG with the strength and flexibility to excel as a strategic partner to its clients. Our management team has cumulative experience exceeding 75 years in businesses related to third party financial processing and our staff turnover is among the lowest in the industry. A winning combination of proprietary technology and industry leading vendor based software places BFG in the position to provide a level of service beyond the reach of much of our competition. BFG has been in the alternative investment servicing business since 1995.

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This job posting expires at 7:47pm on Tuesday March 13th, 2012

New York, London, Hamilton, Bermuda:  December 13, 2011 – Butterfield Fulcrum, a leading independent fund services provider, is pleased to announce today that Red Kite, one of the world’s leading metals-focused fund groups, has selected the firm as their fund administrator.

After a detailed analysis of Red Kite’s specific needs, Butterfield Fulcrum designed a customized solution to answer the client’s requirements. Teams from both Red Kite and Butterfield Fulcrum worked together to develop a unique bespoke administration process.

Glenn Henderson, CEO of Butterfield Fulcrum, said: “We are extremely pleased to welcome Red Kite as a client. This appointment confirms our commitment to providing customized administration services to asset managers with some of the most complex commodity trading strategies, asset classes and complex fund structures in the alternatives sector.”

Red Kite commented: “We are delighted to select Butterfield Fulcrum as our fund administrator and we look forward to a close working relationship in the future.”

About Red Kite

Founded in 2004, Red Kite is one of the world’s leading metals-focused fund groups.  Within its trading funds, it manages futures and arbitrage positions combined with a significant physical metals merchanting operation.  The group also has a mine finance fund, providing capital to mining companies and generating yield and physical marketing returns.

About Butterfield Fulcrum

Butterfield Fulcrum is a leading independent services provider with 25 years of experience servicing clients in the alternative investment industry.  Butterfield Fulcrum provides a full service fund administration offering including front, middle and back office solutions to hedge funds, fund of funds, managed accounts, family offices, private equity and real estate funds.    The company services more than 800 funds and has 10 offices in nine countries and employs over 500 people.  For more information, please visit www.bfgl.com.

Butterfield Fulcrum Sales Contact 

Jeff Strauss, Butterfield Fulcrum US
Tel: + 212-295-3823.
Email: jstrauss@bfgl.com

Edwin Parker, Butterfield Fulcrum Europe
Tel: +44 20 3195 0336
Email:eparker@bfgl.com

Media Contact 

Lisa Jane O’Neil
LJO Associates, Inc
Tel: +212 786 7629 or 917 361 8303
Email: lisajane@ljoassociates.com

New York, London, Hamilton, Bermuda:  January 11, 2011 – Butterfield Fulcrum, a leading independent fund services provider, is pleased to announce today that it has successfully completed an examination of its global middle and back office, fund administration solutions and services for the SOC 1 Type II Certification.

A big four audit firm has examined the design and effectiveness of specified controls and the scope of the report covered eight locations and jurisdictions in which Butterfield Fulcrum operates or has offices. The 2011 SOC 1 Report (formerly SAS 70 Type 2 reports) were prepared in accordance with the SSAE No. 16 and the ISAE 3402.

Tim Calveley, Executive Director of Butterfield Fulcrum, said: “One of our most important objectives is to demonstrate and validate industry-leading controls and processes.  Building upon previous independent examinations, completed annually since 2006, we have further subjected our middle office solutions, which leverage the Paladyne suite of products, to similar rigorous testing as part of the new ISAE framework.”

The independent examination consisted of an evaluation of the design and operating effectiveness of controls related to month end net asset value (“NAV”) processes, investor relations processes and information technology. From a fund accounting and investor relations perspective, controls included in the examination support trade processing, price verification, reconciliations of cash and positions, NAV production and investor services. From an information technology perspective, the examination included controls related to logical and physical security, disaster recovery, data transmission, and change and problem management.

About Butterfield Fulcrum

Butterfield Fulcrum is a leading independent services provider with 25 years of experience servicing clients in the alternative investment industry.  Butterfield Fulcrum provides a full service fund administration offering including front, middle and back office solutions to hedge funds, fund of funds, managed accounts, family offices, private equity and real estate funds.    The company services more than 800 funds and has 10 offices in nine countries and employs over 500 people.

Butterfield Fulcrum Sales Contact 

Jeff Strauss, Butterfield Fulcrum US
Tel: + 212-295-3823.
Email: jstrauss@bfgl.com

Edwin Parker, Butterfield Fulcrum Europe
Tel: +44 20 3195 0336
Email:eparker@bfgl.com

Media Contact 

Lisa Jane O’Neil, LJO Associates, Inc
Tel: +212 786 7629 or 917 361 8303
Email: lisajane@ljoassociates.com

Butterfield Fulcrum will join other industry leaders in sponsoring the first in a quarterly series on “Best Practices for the Fund Industry” at Club 101, 101 Park Ave., New York, on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011.

Entitled, “Navigating the Complex and Evolving Fund Landscape”, the event will focus on a discussion with industry leaders on the challenges facing managers and investors in 2012, with solutions for the future. In addition to Butterfield Fulcrum, other sponsors include Paladyne, FinAnalytica, Pertrac, KPMG, and MGA.

A cocktail reception with Hors D’Oeuvres will kick off the event at 4pm at Club 101. The event will then run through 7:30pm, with the following presentations planned:

• TOPIC:  “Regulatory and Compliance Developments for 2012″ — presented by KPMG — 5pm – 5:30pm.
• TOPIC:  “Global Macro Risks and Impacts on the Fund Business and Portfolio:  Predictions for 2012″ — presented by Medley Global Advisors — 5:30 – 6pm.
• PANEL DISCUSSION:  “Operational Challenges Facing Managers in 2012 and Investor’s Expectations for Solutions:  A Debate on Best Practices in Technology, Transparency, Independence and Compliance.” 6 – 6:30pm.
• NETWORKING:  More Hors D’Oeuvres and Cocktails — 6:30 – 7:30pm.

Seating is limited.  Please confirm your attendance in advance.  RSVP:  Dcooke@bfgl.com  tel: 212.682.2691