Senior Associate- Fund Accounting

Job Purpose

We look to recruit bright, articulate, and numerate candidates who are not afraid of a challenge and are prepared to work hard and love what they do. Every member in the team plays a part in making our business what it is today and the more we grow, the more important that becomes.

Whatever your career path, ambition, or skillset you will be joining an entrepreneurial environment and become part of a globally connected team. We don’t just want you to succeed, we want you to flourish. To work cohesively in a team, which liaise with Private Equity Firms across globe in the areas of Fund Accounting. The role requires:

• Prepare daily cash reporting for active private equity secondaries funds. Involving collating data from administrators, banking providers, and internal forecasts and using internal data visualization tool to refresh and review the report.
• Reconcile movements in capacity, loan balances and forecast capacity to prior day reporting. Adjust manual forecast data for new deals and other uncertain cash flows based on latest information
• Review cash management proposals from administrators for internal cash movements within the fund structures, and instruct them to make any additional cash movements as required
• Review short term forecast for each fund and vehicle to formulate proposal for near term cash management including loan drawdowns/repayments, Money Market Fund subscriptions/redemptions, and FX trades
• Liaise with fund owners within the Treasury team to review and agree proposals
• Prepare loan instructions and FX instructions to send to administrators and other 3rd party service providers
• Close collaboration with the treasury team, including daily meeting on cash management topics to discuss what’s happened in the day, what to consider for next few days, and medium term investor cash flow planning

Skills Required

• Post-graduate / CFA / CA / MBA / CCRA / CIIA / CAIA & equivalent.
• 9 + years of experience in fund accounting is preferred
• Managing and/or leading employees for 2-3 years
• Strong interpersonal & teamwork skills
• Understanding of PCAP and quarterly preparing PCAP
• Ability to work hands-on, delving into projects with a strong attention to detail and emphasis on producing a high-quality work product.
• Experience working independently, proactively identifying or initiating ways to enhance a process, procedure or outcome that benefits the organization.
• Ability to prioritize a large and varied workload, managing multiple tasks and details simultaneously.
• Ability to show initiative, willingness to learn and take on responsibilities as contributing team member either in a lead or in a backup role to ensure team success.
• Should be solutions focused and can work in unstructured environments under minimum or no supervision.
• Willingness to acknowledge what is not understood and seek assistance.
• Knowledge of MS Office with strong skills in MS Word and MS Excel
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

What you will get in return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to help support the development and delivery of a pioneering product.
• Significant day-to-day responsibility to contribute to the team and demonstrate your own abilities.
• Learning opportunities across a variety of skills and topics.
• Experience with a highly respected multinational organization in the financial sector
• Make a meaningful contribution to the improvement of businesses, communities, and the environment around the world.