Fund Accounting Oversight Specialist

Job Description:

Are you a qualified accountant with experience from within an Investment Accounting, Fund Management or Audit background?

If so, our client, a global investment firm based in London, has an exciting opportunity for a Fund Accounting Oversight Specialist to join them on a permanent basis.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Highly experienced individual from an Investment Accounting, Fund Management or Audit background.


• Qualified Accountant or equivalent professional/academic qualification.


• Fund accounting and regulations knowledge (Ireland, Luxembourg, UK, Channel Islands).


• Product knowledge of fund structures - section 110, LP/GP, FCP, RAIF, ICAV, QIF, ELTIF, LTAFs.


• Stakeholder (external and internal) management skills.


• Ability and experience of communicating complex topics clearly and concisely.


• Expertise in private debt, alternative credit, leveraged finance, restructuring, real estate, private assets fund structures, money market funds.


• Instrument knowledge - Private equity / Private Debt / Derivatives / Fixed income.


• Accounting policies / GAAPs (IFRS).


• Experience of presenting to Committees and/or Boards.


• Strong people management skills with experience of supervising a team.


• NAV and Pricing knowledge.


• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables to deliver work efficiently and effectively.


• Good problem solving and analytical skills.


• Ability to demonstrate company values.


• A self-starter with experience of working on projects.


• Fund costs and charges.

Core Responsibilities:

• Financial accounting oversight including liaison with administrators, internal teams, and reporting to fund boards.


• Overseeing and assisting in the development of junior members of the team.


• Fund accounting oversight including performance fees, income monitoring and costs and charges.


• Providing technical fund accounting advice to fund boards and projects.


• Ability to present to Boards and senior stakeholder clearly and succinctly at varying levels of detail.


• Capability to chair meetings and workshops with stakeholders.


• Proactive and delivery focused with excellent communication skills - both written and verbal.


• Reacting positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines.


• Have a genuine interest in learning and expanding their expertise and understanding of the challenges and developments impacting the Asset Management industry.


• Ability to develop, strong working relationships internally and externally.


• Excellent attention to detail and determination to see initiatives through to completion.

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15908

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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