Senior Accountant, Client Implementation

Role Overview: As a member of the Investor Services group at IQ-EQ, you will be reporting to the Head of New Business Client Implementation & Onboarding. Your primary focus will be on new client onboarding and incremental business, ensuring proactive management and planning in close coordination with the Country clusters. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful implementation of new client work, meeting client quality expectations, contractual commitments, and ensuring scalability of the Shared Service Team. Key Responsibilities: - Work collaboratively with the Cluster onboarding Teams to define, plan, and execute high priority client initiatives within the Back Office shared service environment aligned with Business objectives. - Lead and execute data migration projects for new and existing clients transitioning to Investran. - Extract, transform, and load fund accounting data from legacy systems to Investran. - Setup and configure fund structures, investor records, fee calculations, and reporting templates in Investran. - Conduct thorough comparison of all transactions and reports between erstwhile Client applications versus Investran, highlighting significant changes for implementation. - Complete data migration for all information into Investran from Client books within agreed timelines. - Understand clients" reporting requirements, perform necessary testing, and ensure it meets client requirements. - Provide regular reporting on potential new clients from Country Clusters and their impact on Shared services. - Take complete ownership from the date of migration and ensure smooth go-live of clients into the Investran accounting system. - Contribute to the continuous improvement of the global standard operating model for onboarding new business and related functional groups/business partners. - Assist in developing onboarding and transition plans for new client onboarding and best practice models for service delivery. - Act as the liaison between Front office and Shared Service Client teams to onboard clients to systems. - Participate in discovery sessions to understand new client requirements and define the implementation approach for clients. - Present and articulate shared services scope of work, features, standardized solutions, clear processes, and SLAs. - Coordinate with relevant teams to ensure internal workflows meet client needs and regulatory controls. - Communicate progress and expectations to key internal/external stakeholders. - Optimize the Client onboarding process for the benefit of the Client and Shared Service effectiveness. - Ensure all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and agreed budget. - Document policies and procedures for funds involved in migration and capture client-specific scenarios in the documentation. - Provide structured training and proper hand-off on client deliverables to BAU team. Qualifications Required: - Minimum master's degree in accounting, preferably Certified Accountants. - Background experience in a client-focused environment and Closed-Ended Private Equity Fund Administration. - Technical expertise in accountancy and/or Fund accounting. - Previous experience in a similar industry. - Knowledge of local statutory reporting requirements across North America, Europe, and APAC is a plus. - Experience in accounting systems like Investran and investor level transactions, along with demonstrated KYC/AML experience. (Note: Any additional details about the company were not provided in the Job Description),