AddressOur client a rapidly growing Global Fund Manager who have a focus on ESG products are looking for an accountant to join their growing team looking after clients accounts, performing accounting duties and working with clients to onboard.
The role
This is a great opportunity to enhance your current skill sets and be a main point of contact for Senior Management along with liaising with stakeholders and building key relationships in this dynamic environment
Financial Accounting responsibilities
- Demonstration of process improvement/re-engineering experience to improve efficiency and effectiveness
- Financial analysis across the funds
- Handling the fund’s accounts and collaborating in the preparation of periodic reports and regulatory reports for the fund’s entities
- Preparing the funds’ periodic Net Asset Value calculation and year-end financial statements, coordinating the audits, and reviewing other fund related reports
- Coordinate Investor servicing, including investor onboarding, capital calls, distributions as well as issuance of shareholder statements
- Organising and participating in board meetings and shareholders' meetings
- Reviewing tax returns and tax balances and maintaining relevant contacts with the tax authorities.
It is likely that you will come either direct from a professional services environment or are already working in the Funds Services sector, you will have a combination of the following skills and experience
- CA / CPA qualified (or close to)
- Experience with Private equity or real assets preferred
- Keen to show initiative and present solutions
- Interest in/knowledge of sustainability and impact investing well regarded
- Able to demonstrate core finance team capabilities
o Client Focus
o Cultivates Innovation
o Collaborates - Strong Communication skills
- Good team player
- Ability to build relationships with stakeholders
