Senior Fund Accountant – Global Private Equity

Job title : Senior Fund Accountant – Global Private Equity
Location : London
Job-type : Permanent
Contact : Curtis Millington
Call : Curtis
Email : email Curtis
Reference : 3147401
THE SEARCH:

Altus Partners is supporting a global Private Equity fund in search for a Fund Accountant with broad commercial exposure and finance HQ in London. This is an exciting team that offers a true breadth of finance duties, including key contact with the investment business and deal team. The fund operations team offers a forward-looking, modern working culture, good work-life balance, clear career progression and hybrid working.

The accounting itself is outsourced to administrators, offering more of a review focus with plenty of career opportunities as AUM continues to increase with various asset classes.

This opportunity as a Fund Accountant will focus on the Private Equity side of the business and support operational due diligence. The ideal candidate will be recently qualified, or up to 2/3 years PQ with excellent technical knowledge of PE, Investment & Asset Management.


THE ROLE:

  • Investment Support: support in investment and operational due diligence, investor reporting, investor relations, responding to investor requests and assistance with portfolio management

  • Fund Operations: coordinating quarterly and year-end financial reporting, calculating management fees, overseeing the external audit and administrator functions, taxation support where required

  • Reviewing legal documents and contracts, bespoke reporting, internal and external stakeholder management

  • Maintaining carried interest calculation model, cash management and treasury oversight

  • Governance and Risk Management: internal control monitoring, maintaining fund operations processes, governance and risk diligence of third party managers of investments;

  • Project Coordination: project management, strategic support and process improvements;

  • Data Analytics: input, verification, refining data and model enhancements

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THE REQUIREMENTS:

  • Chartered Accountant, ACA, ACCA equivalent

  • 0 - 3 years + PQ experience

  • Experience with Financial Services clients/FCA regulated environments

  • Experience working a top professional services firm as part of accounting qualification

  • Technical knowledge of Private Funds

  • A proven change facilitator, able to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver project goals.