We are hiring for a hugely successful, global Venture Capital fund manager in central London. This is a role covering maternity and will be a for a 12 month engagement. The focus of the role is on the financial reporting for a number of group entities. You will be a fully qualified accountant with hands-on experience of preparing or auditing financial statements. Your background will likely come from an audit firm where you have worked with regulated entities or from the wider financial services sector, ideally within the private equity or venture capital sectors.
The Role
Review year-end financial statements for and multiple entities across multiple jurisdictions.
Act as a key point of contact for administrators, managing audit timetables, information requests and query resolution.
Assist with tax compliance, including FATCA/CRS reporting, K-1/K-3 preparation support and W-form validation.
Assist with the coordination of statutory filing deadlines across the group’s entities.
Prepare audit files and supporting schedules, ensuring documentation is complete, accurate and ready for review.
Perform balance sheet reviews and reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
Carry out internal control reviews and testing, identifying and following up on process gaps.
Review journal entries, accruals and provisions for accuracy prior to reporting deadlines.
Liaise with fund administrators, auditors and other external advisers on reporting and audit matters.
Contribute to process improvements across year end and reporting workflows.
Requirements
You must be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, CA, CPA, ACCA)
Have some post qualified experience (ideally 2-3 years)
Have been auditing and/or preparing financial accounts for similar firms
Working in the Venture Capital or the wider private markets industry in a corporate or group accounting role
Be available from September for a 12 month period
Be based in the UK and not requiring any form of sponsorship
This role will pay a competitive market salary together with a completion bonus
The Opportunity
A leading institutional investment organisation is seeking a Business Analyst to support Front Office change initiatives within its investment platform.
Working closely with portfolio managers, traders, operations and technology teams, you will play a key role in delivering enhancements to the firm’s Order Management System, with a particular focus on Charles River implementation and optimisation.
The role will involve gathering requirements, analysing Front Office workflows, supporting system configuration, and assisting with testing and delivery of investment system improvements.
Your Experience
You will bring experience as a Business Analyst within an investment management or asset management environment, with strong exposure to Front Office systems.
Be able to demonstrate hands-on involvement in Charles River (CRIMS) implementation or enhancement projects
Strong understanding of the investment trade lifecycle and Front Office workflows
Experience working with traders, portfolio managers and investment operations teams
Knowledge of investment instruments including equities, fixed income, funds and derivatives
Strong analytical capability, with proficiency in SQL and Excel
Experience with other OMS platforms such as Aladdin or thinkFolio would be beneficial.
The Client
Our client is a well-established institutional investor managing a large and diversified portfolio on behalf of long-term stakeholders
The organisation has a collaborative investment culture and a strong focus on improving investment systems and operational efficiency.
We are hiring for a hugely successful, global Venture Capital fund manager in central London. This is a role covering maternity and will be a for a 12 month engagement. The focus of the role is on the financial reporting for a number of group entities. You will be a fully qualified accountant with hands-on experience of preparing or auditing financial statements. Your background will likely come from an audit firm where you have worked with regulated entities or from the wider financial services sector, ideally within the private equity or venture capital sectors.
The Role
Review year-end financial statements for and multiple entities across multiple jurisdictions.
Act as a key point of contact for administrators, managing audit timetables, information requests and query resolution.
Assist with tax compliance, including FATCA/CRS reporting, K-1/K-3 preparation support and W-form validation.
Assist with the coordination of statutory filing deadlines across the group’s entities.
Prepare audit files and supporting schedules, ensuring documentation is complete, accurate and ready for review.
Perform balance sheet reviews and reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
Carry out internal control reviews and testing, identifying and following up on process gaps.
Review journal entries, accruals and provisions for accuracy prior to reporting deadlines.
Liaise with fund administrators, auditors and other external advisers on reporting and audit matters.
Contribute to process improvements across year end and reporting workflows.
Requirements
You must be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, CA, CPA, ACCA)
Have some post qualified experience (ideally 2-3 years)
Have been auditing and/or preparing financial accounts for similar firms
Working in the Venture Capital or the wider private markets industry in a corporate or group accounting role
Be available from September for a 12 month period
Be based in the UK and not requiring any form of sponsorship
This role will pay a competitive market salary together with a completion bonus
The Opportunity
A leading institutional investment organisation is seeking a Business Analyst to support Front Office change initiatives within its investment platform.
Working closely with portfolio managers, traders, operations and technology teams, you will play a key role in delivering enhancements to the firm’s Order Management System, with a particular focus on Charles River implementation and optimisation.
The role will involve gathering requirements, analysing Front Office workflows, supporting system configuration, and assisting with testing and delivery of investment system improvements.
Your Experience
You will bring experience as a Business Analyst within an investment management or asset management environment, with strong exposure to Front Office systems.
Be able to demonstrate hands-on involvement in Charles River (CRIMS) implementation or enhancement projects
Strong understanding of the investment trade lifecycle and Front Office workflows
Experience working with traders, portfolio managers and investment operations teams
Knowledge of investment instruments including equities, fixed income, funds and derivatives
Strong analytical capability, with proficiency in SQL and Excel
Experience with other OMS platforms such as Aladdin or thinkFolio would be beneficial.
The Client
Our client is a well-established institutional investor managing a large and diversified portfolio on behalf of long-term stakeholders
The organisation has a collaborative investment culture and a strong focus on improving investment systems and operational efficiency.
Payroll & Finance Operations
* Oversee payroll processes in collaboration with HR, ensuring accurate reconciliation between HR data, payroll reports, and payment batches * Review and manage payroll-related postings and ensure accuracy in financial reporting * Co-ordinate bank payment imports and ensure the timely release of payments by authorised approvers
Accounts Payable
* Take overall responsibility for the Accounts Payable function, including supervision of the AP Manager * Ensure all supplier invoices are recorded accurately and on a timely basis * Oversee payment run preparation and execution * Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, resolving invoice and payment queries * Monitor and analyse trade creditor balances, maintaining trackers for complex or high-value suppliers Month-End Close & Management Accounts * Manage the month-end timetable, ensuring the timely closure of all source ledgers * Prepare and post month-end journals, including payroll, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation * Perform reconciliations of key balance sheet accounts * Produce monthly management accounts for review by the Finance Controller and Finance Director * Deliver initial variance analysis against budget, with clear and concise commentary
Month-End Close & Management Accounts
* Manage the month-end timetable, ensuring the timely closure of all source ledgers * Prepare and post month-end journals, including payroll, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation * Perform reconciliations of key balance sheet accounts * Produce monthly management accounts for review by the Finance Controller and Finance Director * Deliver initial variance analysis against budget, with clear and concise commentary
Treasury Management
* Oversee daily cash flow reporting, ensuring all firm receipts are processed promptly * Monitor cash balances and ensure sufficient liquidity for operational requirements * Ringfence funds for key outflows and manage payment expectations across stakeholders
SRA Client Money Compliance
* Review monthly client cash packs prepared by legal cashiers * Conduct balance analysis to support COFA sign-off * Review and authorise payments to claimants prepared by third-party payment providers * Ensure ongoing compliance with SRA Accounts Rules
Audit & Compliance
* Support preparation for SRA client account audits and annual statutory audits * Act as the key point of contact for audit walkthroughs and queries within areas of responsibility * Maintain strong financial controls and documentation to support audit requirements
Investment Accountant Global Life Insurance Provider
12 to 18 month FTC
Our client is a global market leading life insurance provider.
This Investment Accountant in London, reporting to a Director within the investment services team is a key business role within the department. The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for validating the completeness and accuracy of the investment accounting data provided via multiple outsourced service providers, ensuring the completion of robust controls and reconciliations, attesting that all Investment asset accounting is correct and delivered to SAP for IFRS reporting, as well as German GAAP. There will also be a requirement to complete data quality checks and support the enhancement of data quality for investment data used in regulatory reporting processes at a Group and local level. The successful candidate will require effective communication and stakeholder management skills to work across BAU and project activities spanning several international markets and working environments.
Key Responsibilities
Providing first level input and control checks on the monthly Investment Accounting numbers into the General Ledger (SAP), with reconciliation to source system (Clearwater) covering IFRS and German GAAP
Ensuring the timely clearance of suspense & aged balances, reconciliation breaks and validating the accuracy of asset classifications
Data preparation and validations for accrued interest postings and other ad hoc entries
Complete the monthly cash reconciliation
Tracking of redemptions and subscriptions in the company’s investment structures and ensuring accurate postings in Clearwater
Ability to understand and review investment asset data attributes across multiple asset classes including private loans, derivatives, funds, and bonds. This is applicable for directly held assets as well as on a look-through basis
Perform first level control validations on investment asset data attributes to ensure completeness and accuracy covering issuer level data, rating analysis, coupons, CIC codes, internal classifications
Assistance in monitoring the delivery of data from outsourced service providers and the oversight of services provided
Document and maintain the Investment operating processes and procedures ensuring all are up to date
Assistance in the production of regular BAU reporting deliverables including analytical reviews and control attestations
Own assigned tasks and ensure these are completed in line with SLAs
Ensure adequate documentation of all tasks undertaken and updated in line with any changes in accordance with internal control frameworks
Operating under a continuous improvement mindset to challenging existing processes and working with service providers as necessary to implement
Assist in the embedding of the risk culture and control framework across ISS including identification of risks and controls and remedial actions to address all points
Role requirements
Qualified Accountant or equivalent
Minimum of 3 years experience working in a Finance or Investments role in the Insurance or Financial Services industry. We are looking for someone who has trained and qualified within the Insurance or Financial Services industry rather than someone who has worked at an accountancy practice
Experience in investment assets including accounting, ideally covering IFRS and Solvency II reporting
Experience of working in a dynamic development environment with an appreciation of BAU, Change and Projects
Excellent organisation skills, time management and the ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Strong technical and problem-solving skills
Attention to detail, quality driven mentality, and high standards of accuracy
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, developers, and subject matter experts
Ability to react to changing priorities and work unsupervised, a can do attitude
Given the nature of this role and the evolving state of the team, this individual will need to be comfortable and thrive in an environment of change and, at times, uncertainty
The Opportunity
A newly created role supporting the continued implementation of Advent Geneva, focused on leading Phase 2 of a multi-year programme
As an Advent Geneva SME, you will work closely with senior stakeholders across London and the US (Fund Accounting, Investor Relations, Middle Office and Technology) to drive accuracy, scalability and transparency across core systems
You will play a key role in delivering the next phase of the implementation, including onboarding 50+ funds and entitie
Key responsibilities include analysing and optimising Geneva / GIA functionality, supporting fund structure implementation, and overseeing trade, position and investor data flows
You will manage data governance across IBOR, internal platforms and third-party administrators, reconcile data across systems, and lead root cause analysis to resolve discrepancies
A strong focus will be placed on driving automation, improving reporting consistency and enhancing overall data architecture
Your Experience
You will be a technical implementation and support specialist with a strong background delivering fund accounting and investment technology solutions within alternative asset managers
Hands-on experience with Advent Geneva is highly desirable
You will demonstrate a deep understanding of investment data (transactions, positions, valuations and P&L), combined with a highly analytical mindset and strong problem-solving capability
Experience working in a data-focused or business analysis role is essential, alongside a good understanding of data warehousing principles
Exposure to private credit or CLOs is advantageous, as are working knowledge of SQL, BI tools and Python
The Client
A global alternative investment firm focused on private credit and opportunistic strategies, partnering with financial institutions and corporates on complex, bespoke transactions
The firm has an established institutional investor base and a strong reputation for its agile, deal-led approach and technical expertise across international markets
Fund Administrator 6 month FTC Private Debt
Our client is one of Europe’s leading private debt funds managing and advising approximately $20 billion of capital.
There is currently an opportunity for a Fund Administrator to join the Senior Fund Controller team on a 6 month FTC. This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone from a third party fund administrator firm to gain experience in a dynamic and fast-growing investment firm.
About the role
The Fund Administrator will work across the Accounts team and with other members of Finance and Administration with updating investor information, and corresponding with LPs regarding Distributions, Drawdowns and Financials
Generating and distributing Drawdown and Distribution Notices, tax information, compliance details and financials to investors
Updating Static Data across Investran and the Investor Portal, including updating deals and positions on Investran
Liaising with IR to ensure new Investors are accurately added to Investran and the Investor Portal
Assisting with investor queries
Liaising with the Luxembourg AIFM to assist with fund administration, including maintaining LP and Share registers
What we are looking for
A strong team player, flexible, highly motivated and have good attention to detail
Ideally have an accounting administration background from a UK based third party fund administrator or someone working as an in house fund administrator at a fund manager
Proficient in the use of Investran and Microsoft Office 365
