Fund Accountant

The Role

Fund Accountant

The primary objective of this role is the production and validation of financial information to a high degree of accuracy on a timely basis. The role involves a broad range of activities with competing time pressures, so the successful candidate will have the ability and desire to take full ownership of a number of activities that are integral to the Fund Accounting function. The pace is fast and the team is a dynamic and diverse combination of individuals.

Examples of specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Validating official fund NAV's - daily and monthly

• Tracking receipt of invoices, obtaining relevant approval and ensuring swift payment

• Ownership of the accrual process, communicating changes to the fund administrator and liaising with departments internally to ensure all accruals are up to date

• Reviewing subscription and redemption contract notes. Interacting with the Investor Relations teams, both internal and fund administrator's, to ensure accurate capital flows are communicated for trading

• Producing weekly NAV estimates for the funds

• Supporting the other members of the team

Once knowledge, qualifications or experience has been attained, responsibilities may additionally include:

• Preparing budgets, forecasts and other management reports for the funds

• Producing quarterly data for regulatory reporting, tax reporting and analysis, board reports

• Improving processes and workflows

Candidate Attributes

• Willingness and ability to take ownership of, and be responsible for, a range of deliverables
• Intelligent and motivated self-starter with strong time management skills
• Ability to deliver high quality work in a time pressured environment
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively prioritise/reprioritise tasks
• Strong interpersonal skills - a team player is essential
• Ability to think logically and independently in order to add value
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Technical Skills

• At least 6 months prior industry experience, preferably in a fund accounting or similar role at a hedge fund or fund administrator
• Strong academic record
• Advanced Excel, including knowledge of sumifs, vlookups, pivot tables
• Nice to haves:
  • Part qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA
  • Database/VBA/SQL experience