Financial Reporting/ Fund Accountant

Financial Reporting/Fund Accountant
London
Permanent
Salary circa £60 - 65,000 pa plus bonus and car allowance


Our client is a multinational private equity and venture capital company with headquarters in London. They are currently looking for an experienced Financial Reporting Accountant to develop and provide a full management and financial reporting service for specified Limited Partners and associated companies.

As a Financial Reporting/Fund Accountant your main responsibilities will involve:

• Organising and presenting accounts, reports and other ad hoc financial information for specified Funds and related companies in compliance with IFRS, the Partnership Agreements, regulatory requirements and taxation legislation. 
• Working closely with deal teams and investment operations to ensure that the investment set up and approval process is completed efficiently.
• Monitor Investment Committee decisions and other actions that require recording in the company’s systems. Work across the finance team to ensure investments are regularly reviewed, correctly accounted for and steps are taken to address any issues (quarterly sign off processes and valuations preparation, adjustments to equity / capital structures, billing etc).
• Calculating and paying distributions to the partners, including the GP's priority profit share and supporting allocations information.
• Maintaining relevant accounting books and records for the portfolio assets, fund partnerships and related companies.
• Providing technical accounting advice for the treatment of investment portfolio transactions.
• Provide technical and financial information and advice on funds to support fund-raising and other projects including the maintenance of the various track record models.
• Contributing to the design, development and enhancement of systems, processes and reports for both new and existing funds in order to achieve best practice targets and add value to reporting.
• Developing models to provide forward looking

As a Financial Reporting accountant your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

• ACA or ACCA qualified with minimum of a Degree level education (or equivalent) 
• Practical experience within Private Equity or Financial Services (Real estate, Infrastructure funds) with some exposure to fund or partnership accounting. 
• Commercial outlook and a commercial mind-set is essential; visibility of assets.
• Previous practical financial accounting experience, tax returns and multi-currency transactions. 
• Advanced Excel skills, with knowledge of Excel macros desirable
• Knowledge of efront is an advantage.