Assistant Fund Accountant - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A well-known Investment Management firm is looking for an Assistant Fund Accountant to join their team in London. You will be responsible for the accurate input of journal entries into the accounting
system, for preparing key investor documents such as investor notices and fund financial statements and for ensuring cash payments and receipts are processed and accounted for in a timely and accurate manner

Responsibilities

Managing fund liquidity through the preparation/update of cash forecasts based on fees, expenses, investment and investor drawdowns and distributions
Production of weekly and monthly Bank Reconciliations
Production of monthly custody reconciliations
Managing and inputting payments across the funds
Bookkeeping for HGPE funds
Collation of quarterly valuations
Maintenance of the Finance group mailbox and responding to queries
Preparation of investor drawdowns and distributions
Preparation of fund financial statements
Assistance with preparing information required for audit and responding to auditor queries
Assistance with regulatory reporting

Experience required

Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
Previous accounting/bookkeeping experience required, preferably in a Private Equity or Asset Management role.
Previous Cash Management (forecasting, and production of reconciliations) experience
Understanding of need for financial control environment
Experience of dealing with high volumes of queries from multiple teams
Experience on an accounting software; knowledge of FIS Investran or E-Front preferable
Experience at multitasking

Benefits and other Info
- £30-35k depending on experience plus study support

Full benefits included

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.