Purpose of the role:
To ensure that at all times, clients receive a premier and proactive service and that all accounting activity is identified, prioritised and handled in a timely and efficient manner and clients receive consistent high levels of service.
Responsibilities:
- To complete the daily and periodic bookkeeping requirements for a portfolio of closed-ended funds, structured as companies and limited partnerships
- To assist in the preparation of periodic financial statements and deliver financial reporting services on a portfolio of closed-ended funds, structured as companies and limited partnerships; to have ownership, responsibility and accountability for specific funds and related entities and the services provided by their Fund Services to these clients
- To build a thorough understanding of the activities of each of the funds and entities for which you will have responsibility and ensure that all necessary activities and actions are organised and undertaken in a timely, diligent and accurate manner
- To develop and maintain good professional relationships with each of the clients, ensuring that all communications, whether written, verbal and face-to-face are handled in a professional and effective manner
- Provide cover for colleagues during holidays or other periods of absence
- Obtain transaction information on funds and related entities, from internal and external contacts, extrapolate the necessary accounting information and ensure that the transactions are captured in the FrontInvest platform
- Maintain the accounting records of each entity in accordance with its constitutive documentation and with consideration to market expectations and best practice (e.g. BVCA/EVCA), client requirements, applicable laws and regulations, and accounting standards
- Ensure that all accounting records are maintained in a timely manner and to a high standard, in digital format
- Contribute to the attainment of the Fund Services business objectives
- Ensure all activities and services are delivered in compliance with policies and procedures
Skills required:
- Have a solid practical understanding of bookkeeping
- Demonstrate a high degree of accuracy and a meticulous approach to bookkeeping and financial statements preparation, ensuring that all activity is undertaken in line with professional standards
- Possess an ability to garner and interpret information quickly and disseminate it to the necessary people
- Have the ability to work as a team member and receptive to coaching and constructive feedback
- Present positive solutions in the face of challenges and have the confidence to escalate issues if necessary
- On occasion, work additional time to ensure deadlines are met
- Have a good level of competency with Microsoft Office (primarily Outlook, Excel and Word)
- Ensure you maintain the CPD standards necessary for your professional qualification/regulatory accreditation (if applicable)