Augentius has offices around the world and has chosen Belfast for its Operational Centre of Excellence (image courtesy Augentius).

Augentius Fund Administration is creating a new Operational Centre of Excellence in Belfast which will create over 150 financial sector new jobs over the next two years.

The company already employs 17 staff in Belfast which will increase to 30 by the end of this year. The rest of the new jobs will be recruited by the end of 2014.

Augentius is a London based partnership with international offices including Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New York, Mauritius and Singapore. It provides outsourced fund administration services to private equity clients.

The Augentius investment in Northern Ireland is being supported by Invest NI, with Belfast being chosen for the location of the new centre of excellence ahead of competition from Dublin, India, China and Canada.

Augentius says the decision to set up the new base in Belfast was influenced by the city’s availability of high quality relevant skills and the region’s strong education record, with the firm looking to establish close working links with Queen’s University and the University of Ulster.

One of the founding partners of Augentius, David Bailey says he is very proud of the fact that the firm is expert in developing junior and part qualified accountants by providing training and sector experience resulting in fully qualified accountants running their own clients and teams.

For details of all job opportunities with the company, go to the Augentius Fund Administration careers site.