Senior Accountant, Fund Accounting
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Job Location:
Port Louis - Mauritius
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
A review-focused position responsible for validating fund accounting deliverables and ensuring quality standards. While initially supporting preparation activities as needed the role primarily performs detailed reviews of financial statements and supports complex accounting processes while serving as a technical resource for preparers. The position focuses on quality assurance review oversight and maintaining accounting standards across deliverables.
Core Responsibilities:
- Review financial statements NAV calculations and other client deliverables
- Apply accounting standards and regulatory requirements
- Maintain strong knowledge of client-specific requirements
- Support AMs in coordinating with cluster partners
- Contribute to and support process improvement initiatives
- Provide basic technical guidance to preparers
- Ensure compliance with established procedures
Tasks:
- Review and sign-off fund accounting activities and calculations
- Validate capital calls and distribution workings
- Validate compliance with accounting standards
- Review fund books and records
- Document exceptions and prepare error reports together with review findings and recommendations
- Provide feedback on technical matters to preparers
- Support complex transaction analysis
- Review operational procedures and contribute to best practices development
- Assist AM in coordinating with cluster partners or clients on deadlines and deliverables planning and assigning workload within the team
- Communicate resolution of basic technical issues / concerns to cluster
- Track work progress through timesheet completion
- Participate in required training programs
- Perform other related duties as assigned for role and business needs
Qualifications :
Educational Background:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or a related field or ACCA Level 3 ongoing or ACA
Professional Experience:
- At least 5 years of experience with a minimum of 3 years in fund accounting
Skills and Key Behaviors:
In addition to upholding our Group Values (Authentic Bold and Collaborative) the role holder will be expected to demonstrate the following:
- Proficiency in reviewing financial statements and other relevant reports required for the funds
- Strong understanding of accounting standards (IFRS or GAAP) and regulatory requirements
- Expertise in validating capital calls distribution workings and fund books and records
- Skilled in reviewing and analyzing complex transactions and operational procedures
- With good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills with a particular focus on Excel skills
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on quality assurance
- Ability to maintain accuracy and compliance with established accounting standards and procedures
- Effective review and validation skills ensuring high-quality deliverables
- Capable of providing technical guidance and constructive feedback to preparers
- Detail-oriented and organized ensuring thorough validation of complex processes
- Strong collaborative mindset able to support team initiatives and contribute to best practices development Proactive in identifying and resolving issues ensuring compliance and process efficiency
- Professional demeanor with excellent communication and feedback-sharing skills
- With Can do attitude ability to cope with tight deadlines work under pressure and lead by example
Additional Information :
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders including our employees clients and local communities while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.
There is always more we can and should do to improve whether in relation to our people our clients our planet or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. Were committed to fostering an inclusive equitable and diverse culture for our people led by our Diversity Equity and Inclusion steering committee.
Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees careers while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 5800 employees - from 94 nationalities across 25 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.
Were committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. Were emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Portfolio Management
- Financial Services
- GAAP
- Accounting
- Regulatory Reporting
- Analysis Skills
- Securities Law
- Microsoft Excel
- Private equity
- Financial Accounting
- Bloomberg
About Company
IQEQ is a preeminent service provider to the alternative asset industry. IQEQ works with managers in multiple capacities ranging from hedge fund, private equity fund, and mutual fund launches; private equity fund administration; advisory firm set-up, regulatory registration and infras ... View more
