Mutual Fund Pricing - REMOTE

Position Summary

The Pricing Accountant supports the daily pricing and valuation activities that underpin accurate unit value calculations across the organization. This role offers the opportunity to build broad knowledge of the mutual fund pricing function, financial operations, systems, corporate actions, and audit support.

This is a dual-level opportunity. The position will be filled at the F or G level based on the selected candidate’s experience, capabilities, and readiness. Candidates who demonstrate strong potential but are not yet ready for the G level may be hired at the F level with a development path toward expanded responsibilities and G-level expectations.

The successful candidate will bring strong learning agility, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and a willingness to learn all facets of the pricing functions rather than specialize in a single area. This role is also intended to build the breadth of business knowledge, credibility, and leadership capability needed for future people leadership opportunities. As experience grows, the role may take on increasing responsibility for coordinating work, supporting team capability, reinforcing quality standards, and helping improve team processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather daily net asset value, dividend-per-share, and capital-gain-per-share information for nearly 8,000 mutual funds from approximately 300 mutual fund companies.

• Use mutual fund pricing information to support approximately 930,000 unit value calculations each day the New York Stock Exchange is open.

• Review pricing inputs and processes to help ensure the accuracy of each unit value calculation.

• Calculate net asset values for approximately 81 fund-of-fund portfolios across three different NRS plans using the MFACT vendor package.

• Work with the UVC system, the front-end financial operations system supporting the pricing function.

• Assist with corporate action activities, including mutual fund name changes, mutual fund mergers, unit value calculations, and internal mapping structures.

• Support internal and external audit requests by providing accurate information and documentation.

• Develop working knowledge across all areas of the pricing function and contribute to process improvements and team initiatives.

• Take ownership of assigned work, exercise sound judgment, and identify and resolve issues in a timely manner.

• Collaborate effectively with partners across teams and positively influence and develop others without direct authority.

• Coordinate assigned daily pricing activities and communicate priorities, coverage needs, and handoffs to help the team meet nightly deadlines

• Provide peer coaching, process guidance, and cross-training; help teammates build working knowledge across pricing activities and systems.

• Support consistent execution by maintaining clear process documentation and communicating updates to affected partners.

• Partner with the manager and teammates to identify recurring issues and implement practical process improvements.

• Build the business perspective and organizational knowledge needed to support future expanded responsibilities and leadership opportunities.

Work Schedule

Nightly pricing responsibilities typically continue until approximately 9:30 p.m. and may extend later depending on business needs. The Pricing Accountant must be willing to work a rotating schedule to provide coverage for nightly pricing processes. Certain Nationwide Holidays where the market is open will also need nightly coverage.

Required Qualifications

• FINRA Series 6 registration. Candidates who do not currently hold the designation must obtain it within one year of their hire date.

• Experience with Microsoft Office products, particularly Microsoft Access and Excel.

• Knowledge of mutual funds and related pricing or valuation concepts.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.

• Demonstrated ability to learn new systems, processes, and business concepts quickly.

• Ability to take ownership, use sound judgment, meet deadlines, and deliver dependable results.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with mutual fund pricing, net asset value calculations, unit value calculations, financial operations, or related investment operations.

• Experience working with financial systems, vendor applications, corporate actions, or audit requests.

• Demonstrated interest in learning multiple areas of a function and expanding organizational knowledge.

• Experience influencing, coaching, mentoring, or developing others without formal supervisory authority.

• Evidence of leadership potential and a desire to pursue future people leadership opportunities.

Success in This Role

Success in this position means delivering accurate and timely pricing results today while continuously expanding knowledge across the pricing function. As responsibilities expand, success also includes helping the team deliver consistently through clear coordination, effective knowledge sharing, constructive peer coaching, timely escalation of quality concerns, and practical process improvements. The ideal candidate will be curious, adaptable, accountable, and collaborative, with the credibility and leadership mindset to influence others and grow into future leadership opportunities.

This position can be staffed remotely for potential applicants with critical industry skills and relevant experience.

This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program.

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Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists in maintaining relationships with outside service providers including audit, pricing, accounting and tax service providers.

• Manages valuation and liquidity management functions and reviews data and reporting compiled by less experienced associates.

• Leads proxy committee meetings and reviews data compiled by less experienced associates.

• Partners with service providers to ensure solid working relationships and performance results.

• Oversees accounting control review by checking for accuracy and completeness of day –to-day control information and data pulled by lower level associates.

• Owns due diligence and planning process for securities lending.

• Coordinates fund events.

• Reviews and presents final 15c reporting products produced by less experienced l associates.

• Partners with less experienced associates on prospectus updates.

• Oversees work by less experienced associates related to expense payments and budget accruals.

• Assists with gathering and compiling board reporting material.

• Manages, with assistance, some aspects of financial reporting, accounting oversight, treasury and trading functions and vendor relationships.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Leader, IMG Financial Administration. Does not have direct or indirect reports.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related field.

Experience: Eight years of mutual fund experience, strong preference for mutual fund accounting, administration or custody experience

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Working knowledge of GAAP and accrual-based accounting, mutual fund regulatory and compliance requirements, mutual fund accounting and audit guidelines, and mutual fund industry practices and procedures. Understanding of financial statement preparation and analysis. Understanding of the principles of taxation and the related impact on financial statement preparation.

Skills/Competencies: Requires a high level of expertise in relationship management, providing solutions, collaboration, results orientation, written and verbal communications, and the ability to take ownership and initiate action.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office working conditions.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.