Senior Fund Accountant£80,000-£90,000 plus bonusLondon

Job Description

Senior Fund Accountant £80,000-£90,000 plus bonus London

• Accounting function: Assisting with the information flow to external accounting providers to allow the preparation of management accounts and financial statements for the Investment Advisor and Fund entities and consolidated statementsfor the Investment Advisor and the Fund, ensuring internal controls and procedures are followed, assisting with the audit process and liaising with the Investment Advisors and the Fund’s auditors and tax advisers as required to perform role successfully.

• Fund function: Aiding the deal team in the smooth running of the Fund by assisting with administrative, accounting, due diligence and reporting matters as and when necessary

· Transaction management function: To assist with the tax structuring process of the Fund transactions, the setting up of investment structures, management of external advisors, management of fund flow process and subsequent administrationand reporting requirements of the Fund entitiesAccounting work

• Review of quarterly Trial Balances supplied by external advisors to ensure all project transactions have been accounted for
• Assist with the review of annual financial statements for Investment Advisor and Fund entities prepared by external third parties (under FRS 10x and / or under IFRS)
• Assist with the audit process for the Investment Advisor’s and the Fund’s audits (and individual fund entities, as required, to comply with any external financing requirements)
• Aid to ensure all statutory filing requirements for Investment Advisor and the Fund in respect of all tax and financial reporting/filing matters (including income tax and VAT) are met
• Assist with internal and external reporting in respect of scheduled and ad-hoc analysis/reports, third party requests, reports to external finance providers, regulatory authorities and investors.
• Drafting quarterly distribution minutes for all entities and following up with external advisors to ensure distributions are carried out in a timely manner
• Ensuring outsourced accountancy suppliers are provided with project financial information on a regular, at least monthly, basis
• Ensuring outsourced accountancy suppliers are provided with all payment, banking and invoice information required to prepare monthly management accounts for the Investment Advisor itself
• Raising all of the Investment Advisor’s invoices under various service agreements
• Assist with review of service providers from cost standpoint and monitoring of accounts (including review of invoices received from the Fund administrators)
• Ensure internal controls and procedures are followed

Fund work

• Managing the Fund Administrators payment processes to ensure all approved payments are completed in a timely manner and assist with the management of payments within/outside the group
• Maintaining the Fund’s structure charts to ensure they are updated for new and closed deals. Provide ad hoc charts for banks and other financiers as required to enable the fund to enter into new facility agreements
• Assisting with the production of a quarterly accounts pack for the Investment Advisor
• Reviewing Non Disclosure Agreements as and when necessary
• Drafting minutes and resolutions for the Fund and its entities and liaising with lawyers / professional advisors on the same

Transaction work

• Assist with the Tax structuring process for new deals including the Fund’s subsidiary set up and on going administration, negotiating agreements with fund administrators, and liquidation of subsidiaries as and when required
• Assist with fund flows for transactions, expenses and deal completions
• Management of expenses on deals including proper addressing and review of invoices
• Assist with pre-completion reporting requirements such as CPs required by banks or other lenders

Preparation of minutes and resolutions for the Fund and its entities in relation to investment transactions as requiredPlease note.At Alexander Charles we take the protection of your data very seriously and I would draw your attention to our GDPR statement which can be found on our website under the heading "legal"By sending us your details, you will have deemed to have considered and accepted these terms.