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 that clients receive consistent high levels of service.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare periodic financial statements and deliver financial reporting services on a portfolio of closed-ended private equity funds, structured as limited partnerships; to have ownership, responsibility and accountability for specific funds and related entities and the services provided to these clients
- 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
- Develop and maintain good professional relationships with each client, ensuring that all communications, whether written, verbal or face-to-face, are handled in an appropriate, professional and effective manner
- 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 FrontInvest and the relevant accounting ledgers
- Ensure that all accounting records are maintained in a timely manner and to a high standard, in both physical and digital format
- Liaise with the Administrators within the team to ensure that each client’s accounting and financial reporting requirements are met, and that each client receives a unified professional service
- Contribute to the team’s overall performance and suggest changes that enhance service levels and efficiencies
Skills required:
- Expected to have experience of accounting for closed-ended private equity fund structures
- Expected to have a sound knowledge of the fund administration business, related accounting practices and documentation in general, and private equity/venture capital funds in particular; including BVCA and EVCA guidance and best practice