My client is a well-respected Real Estate Investment Fund with offices based in Soho, Central London. They are looking for a Real Estate Fund Accountant to come on-board ASAP for an initial 12-month fixed term contract. All going well, there would be capacity to extend beyond this point into a permanent role.
Main duties would include but are not limited to:
* Production of financial statements and quarterly reports
* Distribution/drawdown notices
* Priority Profit Share calculations
* Cash flow management for funds
* Full management of the fund/group audit process
* Responding to Investor queries
* Assisting Corporate finance/investment professionals/Luxembourg in tax structuring during the acquisition process
* Assisting Asset Managers during the Investment Hold phase and sale process
* Assisting in legal documentation required for completing investments
* Assisting/managing due diligence costs
* UK/US tax processes
The successful candidate would be ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent with at least 1 years post qualified experience with Fund Accounting withing Real Estate (ideally this would be 2+). This could come from working in-house at a Real Estate Fund or from having RE clients in a practice or Fund Administration environment.
Strong IFRS knowledge and understanding of other European GAAP standards would be a distinct advantage.
In return, you would be working in a c...