Purpose of the role:
To work as part of a Fund Accounting team providing fund valuation and accounting services to private capital funds and underlying private capital fund vehicles ensuring that they are fully compliant with fund documentation, legal, regulatory requirements and accounting standards to which they are subject.
Responsibilities:
- To prepare, review and analyse the monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual Financial Statements with supporting documentation under various accounting standards (i.e. IFRS, UK GAAP & US GAAP)
- Prepare monthly valuations, reconciliations of fund draw downs and distributions, accruals, expenses etc.
- Input double entry bookkeeping to the accounting system
- Assist in the cash reconciliation and management for the Funds
- Prepare drawdown, equalisation and distribution calculations in accordance with the Fund documentation
- Attend client and audit meetings as required in relation to the provision of Financial Statements to investors
- Liaise with various external and internal parties in the day to day accounting of the Fund and other custom reporting and projects for specific investor needs
Skills required:
- Appropriate professional qualification in accountancy
- Experience within the finance industry with knowledge of accounts preparation or valuation in equity, debt and private capital funds
- Experience of working in a multinational environment
- Experience of working to tight deadlines and capable of working independently