THE SEARCH:
Altus Partners is supporting a global Private Equity fund in search of 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.
THE REQUIREMENTS:
* Chartered Accountant, ACA, ACCA equivalent.
* 0 - 3 years + PQ experience.
* Experience with Financial Services clients/FCA regulated environments.
* Experience working at 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.
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