Senior Accountant
Reporting to: Associate Director
About the role
The purpose of this role is to deliver client accounting deliverables for private equity, private credit and/or real estate fund structures.
Key responsibilities
- Reviewing a range of financial transactions processed by bookkeepers;
- Reviewing bank reconciliation and general ledger reconciliation;
- Treasury and liquidity reporting;
- Bridging facility management and compliance reporting;
- Preparation & review of drawdown and distribution notices for the funds;
- Supporting the tax advisor with the preparation & review of VAT and Corporate tax returns;
- Completion of investor queries as a key part of investor relations support;
- Preparation & review of periodic management accounts;
- Preparation & review of quarterly investor reports;
- Preparation & review of audited and unaudited annual accounts;
- Working closely with other service providers such as auditors, tax advisors and lawyers;
- Following firm’s risk management and quality control procedures at all times including adherence to checklists;
- On the job training and supervision of junior members of team;
- Working closely with manager on planning and resource allocation to meet agreed deliverables;
- Project work to drive positive change and improvement to policies and procedures.
- As experience increases you will have an opportunity to take on more responsibility in day to day running of a portfolio clients.
Qualifications & Experience
- ACA/ACCA qualified or at final stage of qualification (final exams) – 3 years PQE +
- Prior experience in illiquid alternative investment funds administration, such as private equity, private debt and/or real estate funds.
- Technical accounting experience for Private Capital Funds under FRS 102, IFRS, Lux GAAP and US GAAP preferred
- Experience of the use of Allvue, Investran or eFront an advantage
- Proficiency of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Hands on experience in delivering high quality external reporting
- Strong attention to detail, ability to prioritise and plan effectively
Skills Required
- Dynamic and motivated attitude;
- Commitment to best-in-class standards;
- Must be a self-starter & able to work independently;
- Integrity, honesty and professionalism;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with all levels of staff and management within the Belasko Group as well as clients and third-party service providers;
- Taking ownership for planning and structuring your delivery to achieve client deadlines;
- You will be comfortable operating in a client facing environment, thriving under pressure to achieve deadlines;
- Proactive, solution focused and self-sufficient;
- Ability to achieve goals and deadlines whilst juggling different priorities.
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