Fund Accountant – Private Equity Firm

Job title : Fund Accountant – Private Equity Firm
Location : London
Job-type : Permanent
Reference : J8791
THE SEARCH:

Altus Partners have partnered with a growing private equity firm in a search to find a Fund Accountant. You will be looking after 2 funds and will gain exposure into fund accounting, tax, legal, liaising with the deal team, managing senior stakeholders within the firm and working alongside incredibly entrepreneurial individuals.

THE ROLE:

•Delivering insightful and timely MI to senior management, including (but not limited to) profit and loss, actual vs budget, balance sheet, KPI's and commentary (including any key judgements in the month)

•Improve the automation, efficiency, and controls in all processes

•Working with the Investment team on new transactions to ensure they are structured well from a finance perspective and that they are appropriately accounted for

•Executing the month-end and year-end processes as efficiently as possible

•Aiding in the preparation of year-end and mid-year IFRS financial statements and the associated audit

•Preparing ad-hoc reporting requests as the business needs

•Engaging with external service providers as required, e.g. Fund administrators, Tax compliance•Working effectively with the finance team and others (Operations / IT / Front Office), where required, to manage outputs and deliverables

THE REQUIREMENTS:

•You will have proven experience in credit, private equity or real estate debt funds

•Qualified Chartered Accountant ACA / ACCA (ideally big four qualified)

•1 – 2 years minimum post qualification experience

•University degree or equivalent •Strong technical accounting knowledge

•Proficient with excel and experience of working with finance software

•Understanding the principles of effective financial systems including processes and controls

•Strong analytical skills

•Good verbal and written communication skills

•High personal/professional ethics and integrity

•Ability to work well under pressure to tight deadlines and to deliver high-quality output in line with requirements, often defined by others