Purpose of the role:
You will be reporting to a Senior Management responsible for accounting and the management of client relationship, with a particular focus on the mentoring direct report(s) and providing the highest quality of customer service.
Responsibilities:
- Working within a team on all aspects of accounting and reporting to ensure the team and client servicing aspects are run efficiently
- Engagement with client advisors and intermediaries
- Manage and supervise direct reports who would typically be studying towards professional qualifications
- Preparation and implementation of entity customer specific procedures in relation to accounting reporting requirements
- Ensure that client expectations are managed effectively and to agreed best practice, regulatory and statutory deadlines
- Be able to provide sound, quality and technical guidance to clients
- Establish, build and maintain strong relationships and networks with both internal, cross jurisdictional and external contacts including auditors and third parties
- Identify revenue generating activities on existing portfolio
- Support the leadership team with client meetings, new business pitches and new business proposals
- Dealing with investor queries and the delivery of investor statements to include quarterly distributions and NAV production
- Maintain diary task lists and ensure tasks are cleared on a timely basis
Skills required:
- Minimum of six years’ experience in financial services industry
- Hold a qualification such as ACA, ACCA
- A background in fund or real estate accounting, obtained through study and experience, to include relevant legislation and regulation
- Strong technical awareness of IFRS, FRS and US GAAP
- Ability to recognise and respond to risk situations to remain up to date with appropriate legislation and professional standards
- Forward thinker, with strong problem solving skills and methodical approach