Fund Accounting Manager

Job description

**About the Role** Primary responsibilities for this role include (but not limited to): **Fund Accounting and Investor Reporting:** - Lead and support the oversight and delivery of the monthly/quarterly financial, investor and regulatory reporting. - Oversight and high-level knowledge over number of different strategies / assets classes. - Support the annual financial statement review and management of the audit process including team’s delivery in line with KPIs. - Interaction with the Fund Administrators to ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial and investor reporting and insights from wider team taken into consideration. - Lead/Support designated Fund cash and liquidity management, including bridge facilities, treasury positions and counterparty exposure. - Review of monthly bank reconciliations. - Review of invoices in adherence with client’s firm wide and Fund specific policies. - Support the end-to-end payment process of invoices including recharge costs to the Fund. - Support in capital activities (capital calls and distributions) with shadow calculations and first review of related information (calculations, notices, ILPA templates) produced by Fund Administrators. - Assist in monitoring the compliance of the Fund LPA and side letter agreements. - Support the development of processes and controls in India COE. - Support the formal documentation of technical matters and judgements about complex accounting matters, including broader fund matters which impact the Fund’s financial records. - Support the review of performance fee calculations. - Support in formulating responses in relation to investor queries (external) and internal Investor Relations Team. - Support in review and understanding the detail behind the investment valuations and other valuation information for suitability for financial reporting. - Support management of the complexity of the fund structures and governing documents such that the operations reflect the intended tax planning; - Back-up and cover will also need to be provided to other functional support areas within Operations or to other team members on an ad-hoc basis. **Group Reporting:** - Final Review /Shadowing of Management Fees and subsequent reporting to client’s Group Finance function. - Lead the reporting of AUM/FUM information to client’s Group Finance function; - Lead workstream in relation to gathering other ad hoc data requests from PLC Group Finance. **Qualifications:** - CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA, or master’s degree in finance / accounting / business with at least 10+ PQE in either Fund Administration, Private Equity & Venture Capital and/ or accounting experience gained in an Asset Manager or Fund Administrator. - Proven experience in Private Equity /Alternative Asset Industry of 7+ years. - Strong knowledge of private fund structures (Debt and/or equity) and reporting requirements. - Advanced Excel skills; including financial modelling and PowerPoint. - Ability to meet deadlines; solve problems with strong analytical skills with detail orientation. - Proven experience of managing a team. **Required Skills** - Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP and/or Lux GAAP. - Understanding of financial instruments across the capital structure. - Thorough understanding of carry structures and waterfalls desirable. - Experience of complex private equity fund fee calculations and reporting matters.