Fund Accountant
- Recruiter
- Hays Senior Finance
- Location
- Scotland, Edinburgh
- Salary
- £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 30 Nov 2016
- Closes
- 07 Dec 2016
- Ref
- 2869270
- Contact
- Lynsey Pitkeathly
- Job Title
- Financial Accountant
- Category
- Accountancy Practice
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Fund Accounting opportunity in Edinburgh for a highly successful Asset Management firm in Edinburgh.
Fund Accountant
A Fund Accountant role in Edinburgh with a prestigious Asset Management firm.
Your new company
Hays senior finance are working on behalf of a prestigious investments business in Edinburgh for a Fund Accountant with a major client. The Fund accountant will be responsible for financial reporting and statutory accounts review, process improvement across systems and processes and engaging with clients across fund services teams.
Your new role
You will be responsible for providing support to the Supervisor in the preparation, review and timely completion of reports & accounts for retail funds. Managing relationships with clients and establishing fit for purpose SLA, systems and process as part of the role before the role moves into a business as usual process. The role will be involved in fund migration, implementing change & efficiencies to support growth and there will be involvement in a key automation project and continuous process improvements across client services functions. You will be experienced in P&L, balance sheet and SORP accounts with extensive experience in analysing and preparing data.
What you'll need to succeed
This role is an exciting role, newly created from expansion. The fund accounting manager, in addition to management experience will need to have a strong investment accounting background with statutory reporting experience across OEIC, hedge and ideally property accounting exposure to support the portfolio. Exposure to projects and technical review of systems is essential to support the objectives before the Go live deadline. Our client is looking for energetic and a quality focussed professionals to join them and the role will be attractive to those looking for a challenge and have a real desire to develop their career within a progressive organisation.
What you'll get in return
Our client has a generous benefits package including pension, holiday entitlement and bonus scheme in addition to flexible working policy and progressive culture. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experience fund accountant looking to take the next step in their career or a proven manager within the investments sector looking for their next challenge. This role would suit a results focussed and driven individual who excels in a varied and fast paced role.
What you need to do now
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