Our client is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. Their Private Equity Fund Services business unit is hiring a fund accounting expert at AM level.

Client Details

Our client is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. Their Private Equity Fund Services business unit is hiring a fund accounting expert at AM level.

Description

Client Engagement

• Manage and maintain day-to-day communications with the clients
• Manage communications with investment professionals, other client personnel, investors, attorneys, auditors, bankers etc.
• Engage in the thorough review and understanding of investment fund legal documents, including complete understanding of partnership allocations and distribution waterfalls

Service Delivery

• Adhere strictly to internal control procedures.
• Ensure monthly and quarterly client deliverables are meet
• Display ability to performance variance analysis to explain significant movements from quarter to quarter.
• Review quarterly and annual financial work papers including portfolio schedules, accruals, partner capital allocations and tax work paper packages.
• During the course of normal day to day operation, responsible for identifying any unusual or potentially suspicious transaction activity and must report and/or escalate in accordance with corporate policy and guidelines detailed in relevant operating procedures.
• Review limited partnership agreements and offering memorandums and ensure compliance with operational and accounting procedures
• Coordination of annual audit and tax return preparation with external accounting firms

Service Quality

• Undertake full review of calculation and verbiage on Limited Partner capital calls and distributions.
• Undertake full review of accounting work paper packages, fees calculations, financial statements and other reports and communications to Limited Partners
• Review quarterly management fee, waterfall, capital account calculations.
• Manage internal workflow to ensure internal processing and client deadlines are met

People Management

• Demonstrate good management skills and the ability to work well with others, individually and within a group.
• Assist with development and implementation of training all levels of accounting staff
• Supervision of subordinate staff (including Associate 1, Associate 2 and Senior Staff)

Other Responsibilities

• Integrate new business/client onboarding
• Coordinate and manage special client and corporate projects

Profile

• Candidate must have a university degree (business, mathematics, finance or economics preferred, accounting concentration a plus) and at least 4 years of PE fund accounting experience
• Strong computer skills are required, especially Microsoft Office, particularly MS Excel.

Job Offer

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Global business platform
• Work-Life Balance

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Amanda Siton +852 2848 4715.