You will be an ACA or ACCA qualified Accountant with a practical knowledge of Fund Accounting and current accounting standards.  You will have a proven track record in the management of the accounting responsibilities for a portfolio of funds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and continually develop the process to ensure the timely delivery of client accounting requirements in relation to financial reports and accounts for all funds and related entities such as management companies, general partners, holding companies, feeder vehicles and co investment schemes.

• Work closely with the administration teams to ensure that the bookkeeping and accounting arising from all transactions and in particular the investment transactions are performed in a timely and accurate manner and provide such support and guidance as is necessary to ensure that this objective is constantly met. The relationship with the administration teams must be interactive.

• Liaise with clients and other professional advisers to agree timetables for the production of annual, interim and management accounts. This will include the consolidation of investment holding companies in other jurisdictions.

• Attend board meetings and other client meetings as required in order to present accounts to clients.

• Liaise with auditors to ensure the timely completion of audits for fund and fund related entities.

• Ensure that regulatory and statutory reporting requirements are met.

• Ensure that continuing obligations of stock exchange listed entities are met in so far as they relate to the financial accounting responsibilities.

• Ensure that current accounting standards and best practice principles are applied to the accounts production process and kept current as such standards and principles develop.