Purpose of the role:
To support the AccountPpreparation team in the preparation of year-end and interim financial statements together with other financial reporting for a wide range of fund clients.
Responsibilities:
- Always strive for excellent client service and delivery and help junior employees understand the Firm's ethos of excellence for them to do the same
- Preparation of interim and year-end financial statements prepared under IFRS, UK GAAP, US GAAP and stated accounting policies
- Preparation of an audit pack for provision to auditors and responsibility for audit process for selected clients
- Preparation of quarterly AIFMD returns
- Preparation of Reporting Fund Regime returns
- Administration support for internal systems, including the addition of new ledgers and transactions
- Achieve chargeability, WIP, recoverability and debtor targets within deadlines set
- Apply internal risk management procedures
- Ensure all team requests are completed in a timely manner
- Give regular feedback/status on the file progression at all levels
- React to client requests/documents received (eg: invoices, bank statements, reminders) in a timely manner
Skills required:
- ACA/CA/ACCA qualified or equivalent or be working towards the completion of such qualification
- Strong numerical, analytical and problem solving skills with excellent attention to detail as well as accurate and timely completion of work
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Word and Excel (intermediate level)
- Good flexibility, with the ability to work to time pressure
- Strong analytical and organisational skills are essential, with accurate and timely completion of work
- Ability to adapt to a variety of work on a number of clients