• • Primary contact for clients with daily contact and regular in-person client meetings
• • Take ownership of client portfolios and relationships; implement policies, procedures and checklists
•  Compile and analyse financial information underlying the financial statements, including the treatment of business transactions.
• • Preparation of periodic financial statements, cash flows, and associated notes including liaison with clients over transaction related issues.
• • Oversee preparation of asset level management reporting.
• • Oversee preparation of management accounts and supporting files, and review all work produced by team.
• • Coaching and developing junior staff members.
• • Plan year end audit including audit files and liaise with external auditors and clients.
• • Prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS or UK GAAP.
• • Contribute recommendations for improving the organisation's operations.

Required Technical Knowledge / Skills:• Experience in the fund accounting sector is essential.• A full understanding of UK GAAP or IFRS and other relevant accounting standards,consolidations and related preparation of statutory financial statements and auditor liaison.• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, procedure manuals and performance measurement reports at asset and fund level.• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations for which there may be little precedence.• Some experience of presenting information and responding to questions from groups of managers and especially clients.• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.• Confident and proactive approach and professional attitude to work.• Organised with good time management and planning skills.Desired Technical Knowledge / Skills• Experience in Real Estate is highly desirable.• Experience of managing or coaching staff would be an asset.• Working knowledge of US GAAP• Knowledge of Sun Systems

 

Who we're looking for

Required Technical Knowledge / Skills:

• • Experience in the fund accounting sector is essential.
• • A full understanding of UK GAAP or IFRS and other relevant accounting standards, consolidations and related preparation of statutory financial statements and auditor liaison.
• • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, procedure manuals and performance measurement reports at asset and fund level.
• • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations for which there may be little precedence.
• • Some experience of presenting information and responding to questions from groups of managers and especially clients.
• • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• • Confident and proactive approach and professional attitude to work.
• • Organised with good time management and planning skills.

Desired Technical Knowledge / Skills:

 

• • Experience in Real Estate is highly desirable.
• • Experience of managing or coaching staff would be an asset.
• • Working knowledge of US GAAP
• • Knowledge of Sun Systems

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents.

About our client

The company serves a number of high profile clients from the real estate, private equity and fund of funds worlds, across a variety of structures, jurisdictions and manager styles.

What's on offer

A competitive salary and full benefits package including private health care, pension and discretionary bonus. 

Page Personnel Contact

For more information or to apply, phone: 020 7269 2190. Alternatively, email strand@pagepersonnel.co.uk, quoting Job Ref: 6028662