Financial and Fund Accountant - London, United Kingdom - Carnegie Consulting Ltd

Carnegie Consulting Ltd
Carnegie Consulting Ltd
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Financial and Fund Accountant - Leading Private Equity Firm (London)
(Hybrid working role)


My client is a market leading international Private Equity firm with more than $35 billion in assets under management and offices in Europe and the US.


Based at the firm's Head Office in central London, the successful applicant will be an integral part of the Finance Team (25+ people) which consists of the corporate accounting team, the fund accounting team, the portfolio accounting team and treasury.


This role will give someone the rare opportunity to gain exposure to responsibilities across these various functions, providing exposure to several key workstreams and a great opportunity to develop a broad skill set with responsibility for a range of internalmanagement and external financial reporting.


Responsibilities

_Corporate accounting_

  • Assisting with the preparation of the month end management accounts and report including financial information, balance sheet reconciliations and commentary on budgetary variances and other nonfinancial data;
  • Preparation of quarterly regulatory reporting requirements, including VAT and FCA returns;
  • Assisting with preparation of annual audit files and statutory accounts for auditors, for entities within the corporate structure;
  • Supervision of fortnightly UK and German payment runs (prepared by the Accounts Assistant) and input of sales and purchase invoices, focusing on accuracy of general ledger postings and payment details;
  • Assisting with annual tax reporting and related information in a variety of jurisdictions and entities; and
  • Involvement in the budget and reforecast processes, including close interaction with department heads.

_Fund accounting_

  • Preparation of quarterly management accounts for an allocation of Hg's funds and associated reporting of financial information to clients;
  • Preparation of statutory Financial Statements for an allocation of Hg's funds under UK and US GAAP and liaising with external auditors to ensure timely signoff;
  • Calculating fund calls and distributions and managing third party administrator to ensure these are distributed to investors on a timely basis;
  • Working closely with the internal Treasury (supporting proactive cash flow and external debt facility management) and Tax functions (supporting UK/US compliance reporting and deal/fund structuring issues);
  • Supporting deal teams on investment transactions followed by timely and accurate accounting and administration in investment administration system (Investran);
  • Preparation of fund performance data reporting as required by investors and client services teams;
  • Performing quarterly, unquoted investment valuations under the IPEV guidelines; and
  • Proactively lead and drive continuous improvement in line with growth and ambitions of wider business;

_Other_

  • Supervision of finance assistants' work;
  • Assist with continued systems implementations and upgrades;
  • Adhoc project work on various areas of the finance function.
  • Strong academic profile including a University degree;
  • ACA/ACCA newly or recently qualified;
  • Coming from an accountancy practice background or from a financial services business;
  • Strong knowledge of Excel;
  • High level of numeracy;
  • Ability to interpret written information.
  • Strong interpersonal skills;
  • Committed and takes ownership of work;
  • Highly organised and able to manage multiple work streams;
  • High level of attention to detail;
  • Ability to work to tight reporting deadlines;
  • Energy and appetite to engage and resolve issues
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