Assistant Accountant

Job details

Kennedypearce is partnering with a leading Investment Business based in the West End that is looking for an Assistant Accountant/ Junior Fund Accountant to join their team. This is a 1 year contract with the review to extend paying £250-300 a day umbrella. This is a hybrid role.

Please note that experience working with the accounting software Investran is a MUST.

As a Junior Fund Accountant, your expected tasks and responsibilities include (and are not limited to): Bookkeeping, Financial control, and reporting

• Taking ownership in preparing timely and accurate quarterly and annual fund reporting for the designated managed funds including investor reporting
• Maintaining financial control over the underlying general ledgers and performing all other accounting related tasks across multiple entities within managed funds (covering UK, French and Luxembourg incorporated entities);
• Recording and reconciling specific asset principal and investment income activity in line with detailed revenue recognition policies;
• Ensuring that all financial information is prepared on an accurate and timely basis. Also ensuring the ongoing integrity and completeness of the underlying financial systems and data;
• Assisting in the preparation and delivery of annual statutory financial statements in accordance with the appropriate GAAP and supporting the team for Year End Audits
• Preparing tax reporting documentation from underlying fund data;
• Responding to periodic and ad-hoc tax and investor reporting queries from external LPs and co-investors.

Requirements

• Finalist or Newly qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA;
• At least 2-3 years Accounting relevant working experience in a private equity or private debt fund institution is essential;
• Experience with Investran is must.
• Experience as Fund Accountant for entities within a limited partnership fund structure is necessary;
• Strong IT skills (MS Office), in particularly Excel;
• Experience with WSO and/or Loan IQ is beneficial;
• Excellent language skills in English; other languages, especially French would be beneficial;
• Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail and high degree of quality;
• Proactive communication and good organization skills to priorities workload and keep key stakeholders informed;
• Ability to work accurately and productively under pressure and tight deadlines;
• Self-motivated, team player with an independent working style.