Head of Real Estate Fund Accounting
Base to £150,000 plus good bonus and benefits.
My client is a global alternative investment group headquartered in London with AUM more than $20 Billion. They are looking to hire a new Head of Fund Accounting to be responsible for the financial control and managing the financial reporting process for their portfolio of real estate funds. Main duties include.
-Oversee the teams quarterly financial, investor, and regulatory reporting.
-Oversee the annual financial statement production across funds and manage the audit process.
-Manage the Administrators to ensure financial reporting is accurate and timely.
-Collaborate with Deal Operations, Tax and external advisors to manage the funds flow, capitalisation and investor notices for investments and divestment's.
-Manage Fund cash and liquidity.
-Monitor the compliance of the Fund LPA and side letter agreements.
-Respond to external investor queries and internal investor relations demands.
-Review / preparation of all investor financial and ad hoc reporting, Fund analysis and dealing with regulatory reporting (AIFMD, Solvency II and other regulations)
-Manage fund cash & treasury positions.
-Manage the complexity of the fund structures and governing documents for tax planning.
-Working Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit on inquiries and periodical reviews
-Perform ongoing and ad hoc analysis of Fund performance, calculation of Fund IRR's, Carried Interest and other Fund performance measures.
-SPV oversight, including managing the flow of information between local service providers and Administrators.
-Leading teams annual Due Diligence visits of the third-party administrators (TPA's)
-Supporting and working with strategy controllers on all operational, reporting and governance.
To be considered for this high-profile leadership role with a global alternative investment group you should be a qualified accountant (background in practice preferred) minimum 8 years PQE, exposure to UK, European, Asian closed end Fund structures with IFRS, experience with either Fund Administration, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Asset Management, Performance Analysis, Accounting, strong knowledge of fund financials / reporting issues and Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling