Client Accountant Funds

As a Client Accountant youll serve as the primary day-to-day contact for private equity real estate credit or debt fund clients managing fund accounting activities client deliverables investor transactions and financial reporting while fostering strong client relationships and ensuring regulatory and reporting compliance.

What youll do

• Youll manage day-to-day relationships with designated fund clients acting as the primary front-office contact and maintaining effective communication through regular engagement with CFOs financial controllers and other stakeholders
• Youll review quarterly and annual financial statements reports and fund accounting activities ensuring compliance with applicable reporting frameworks such as UK GAAP and IFRS as well as fund legal documentation and LPAs
• Youll oversee and review investor drawdown and distribution calculations ensuring the accurate recording allocation communication and processing of all investor and fund cash movements
• Youll take ownership of client deliverables by coordinating timelines monitoring progress resolving issues proactively prioritizing competing deadlines and ensuring high-quality timely completion of all reporting requirements
• Youll mentor and support team members contribute to process improvements and risk reduction initiatives and demonstrate strong relationship-building teamwork decision-making resilience organizational and stakeholder management skills to drive successful client outcomes

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 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 hold a higher-level education qualification IATI qualification or equivalent and are ACCA ACA or CIMA qualified (or qualified by experience with equivalent expertise)
• You have 3 years of experience in a professional office environment ideally within financial services or an accounting practice managing multiple client relationships
• You possess strong accounting knowledge with experience reviewing working paper files and financial statements including disclosures or can demonstrate equivalent expertise through relevant experience and continuing professional development (CPD)
• You have proven experience managing client relationships communicating effectively with stakeholders and resolving client issues in a professional and timely manner
• You support and mentor less experienced team members while utilizing intermediate Excel skills to analyze data manage financial information and enhance team performance

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 lead to our sustainability and success. Were emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time