Client Accountant

As a Client Accountant youll serve as the primary day-to-day contact for private equity real estate credit or debt fund clients ensuring accurate fund administration strong client relationships and the timely delivery of financial reporting and investor services.

What youll do

• Youll manage designated fund clients acting as their key front-office contact while building strong relationships and maintaining effective communication with CFOs financial controllers investors and internal stakeholders
• Youll review quarterly and annual financial statements reports investor drawdown calculations and distribution calculations to ensure accuracy compliance with reporting standards (such as UK GAAP or IFRS) and proper allocation of investor funds
• Youll oversee fund cash movements and investor communications ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded and relevant investor notices are issued in a timely manner
• Youll coordinate and monitor client deliverables agree timelines with clients prioritize workloads effectively proactively resolve issues and ensure all deadlines and reporting requirements are met
• Youll demonstrate strong ownership attention to detail organizational skills stakeholder management decision-making teamwork resilience and process improvement capabilities while mentoring colleagues and contributing to operational efficiencies and risk reduction

What we offer

• Comprehensive remuneration: Motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications level of experiences and skills profile
• Wellbeing: Additional social benefits such as private health and dental cover life assurance discounted gym membership eye test and corporate GP
• Annual leave: All our employees are entitled to 25 days paid leave plus all UK public holidays. Enhanced maternity and paternity including shared parental leave and adoption leave
• Flexible working: We recognize the value of working flexibly and is keen to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements
• Support and development: We will ensure you have the right training tools and development plan to grow and improve your skills every day

Qualifications :

• You have a higher-level education IATI qualification or equivalent and are ACCA ACA or CIMA qualified (or Qualified by Experience/equivalent).
• You bring 3 years of experience in a professional office environment ideally within financial services or an accounting practice managing multiple client relationships.
• You have experience reviewing working paper files and financial statements including disclosures or can demonstrate a strong accounting background supported by relevant professional experience and continuing professional development (CPD).
• You have proven client relationship management skills with the ability to resolve issues directly with clients and maintain effective stakeholder communication.
• You are proficient in intermediate Excel have experience mentoring and supporting junior team members and demonstrate strong collaboration organization and problem-solving skills.

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 6500 employees - from 94 nationalities across 24 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