- Contract
- London
- £60000 - £70000 per annum GBP / Year
Fund Accountant 12 to 18 month contract Global Private Equity firm
Our client is a leading global private equity advisory firm, with over 50 years of working to inspire growth and ideas that transform businesses and over $70 billion in assets under management.
Key Responsibilities
- Production of annual financial statements under UK and US GAAP for review by Funds Admin Manager
- Accounting for daily bank transactions across multiple partnership bank accounts in EUR and USD, using Investran. Reconciliation of all bank accounts on a weekly basis.
- Preparing payment requests
- Posting of ledger entries on a daily basis, using Investran accounting system
- Monitor continuous cash requirements to ensure funds day to day liquidity
- Assist in the preparation of investor reports and checking outputs
- Preparation of weekly cash flow forecasts
- Liaising and helping auditors with requests as part of interim reviews and year end audits
- Collecting and collating quarterly portfolio company Fair Valuation data and securing backup from deal teams
- Assisting in the production of ad hoc reports for internal teams
- Project work
- Prepare answers for ad hoc investor queries
Skills & Competencies
- To be an accurate, numerate and intelligent newly or recently qualified accountant coming from practice or possibly someone who has moved from practice into a fund accounting role in fund management
- Ability to assess complex financial transactions to derive the journal entries required and notes for senior manager review on all outputs is essential
- Preparation of financial statements from journal entry through to full financials including notes for manager review is essential
- A disciplined approach to work including ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Good communication skills
- To have a positive approach to problem solving and a desire to work as part of an entrepreneurial team
- Ability to manage priorities and proactively take on new tasks
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Large scale online Banking systems e.g. RBSI eQ
- Investran or other sophisticated accounting system
