Senior Fund Accountant – Global Private Equity

THE SEARCH:

Altus Partners is supporting a global Private Equity fund in search for a Fund Accountant with broad commercial exposure and finance HQ in London. This is an exciting team that offers a true breadth of finance duties, including key contact with the investment business and deal team. The fund operations team offers a forward-looking, modern working culture, good work-life balance, clear career progression and hybrid working.

The accounting itself is outsourced to administrators, offering more of a review focus with plenty of career opportunities as AUM continues to increase with various asset classes.

This opportunity as a Fund Accountant will focus on the Private Equity side of the business and support operational due diligence. The ideal candidate will be recently qualified, or up to 2/3 years PQ with excellent technical knowledge of PE, Investment & Asset Management.

THE ROLE:

• Investment Support: support in investment and operational due diligence, investor reporting, investor relations, responding to investor requests and assistance with portfolio management
• Fund Operations: coordinating quarterly and year-end financial reporting, calculating management fees, overseeing the external audit and administrator functions, taxation support where required
• Reviewing legal documents and contracts, bespoke reporting, internal and external stakeholder management
• Maintaining carried interest calculation model, cash management and treasury oversight
• Governance and Risk Management: internal control monitoring, maintaining fund operations processes, governance and risk diligence of third party managers of investments;
• Project Coordination: project management, strategic support and process improvements;
• Data Analytics: input, verification, refining data and model enhancements

THE REQUIREMENTS:

• Chartered Accountant, ACA, ACCA equivalent
• 0 - 3 years + PQ experience
• Experience with Financial Services clients/FCA regulated environments
• Experience working a top professional services firm as part of accounting qualification
• Technical knowledge of Private Funds
• A proven change facilitator, able to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver project goals.