Accountant 2 - Fund Accounting

Job Description

THIS ROLE

A mid-level accounting position responsible for delivering comprehensive fund accounting services with minimal supervision. This role handles both low and medium complexity funds, focusing on core accounting processes and standard cluster communications. The position requires independent execution of established procedures while maintaining quality and timeliness standards. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• You’ll prepare financial statements, NAV reports, and other deliverables in accordance with prescribed guidelines, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to established standards and detailed checklists.
• You’ll apply relevant accounting standards and requirements, maintain accurate fund books and records, perform daily bookkeeping activities, and support periodic financial reporting.
• You’ll process routine transactions, including capital calls, distributions, and investor notices, while following quality control procedures and risk management protocols.
• You’ll identify and escalate potential operational risks, conduct self-reviews to maintain quality standards, and support the documentation and adherence of standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• You’ll build knowledge of client-specific requirements and industry practices, track work progress through timesheets, participate in training and process improvement initiatives, and perform additional duties as required to support business needs.

WHAT WE OFFER 

• Comprehensive remuneration: Motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experience, and skills profile
• Wellbeing: Additional social benefits such as HMO coverage on your Day 1 with 2 dependents covered and group life and accident insurance
• Annual leave: All our employees are entitled to 26 days paid leave  
• Hybrid working arrangement: We recognize the value of working flexibly and are keen to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements
• Support and development: We will ensure you have the right training, tools and development plan to grow and improve your skills every day

Qualifications

ABOUT YOU

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with at least 1.5 years of experience in fund accounting, financial reporting, or a similar role.
• You have a strong understanding of accounting principles and fund structures, with the ability to independently manage moderately complex financial data and accounting processes.
• You are proficient in accounting systems and tools, with intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• You demonstrate excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering accurate and timely results.
• You possess strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with a proactive mindset and openness to feedback and continuous improvement.

Additional Information

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

As a forward-looking business, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders, including our employees, clients, and local communities, while also reducing our impact on the natural environment.

There is always more we can, and should, do to improve, whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee.

Our learning and development programs and systems, including PowerU and MyCampus, enable us to invest in growing our employees' careers. Meanwhile, our hybrid working approach supports employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6,500+ employees, representing 94 nationalities, speaking 41 languages across 25 countries, to achieve their full potential.

Through IQ-EQ Launchpad, we support female managers launching their first fund in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender-balanced.

We are committed to building long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients' sustainability and success contribute directly to our own sustainability and success. From the very beginning, we are emotionally invested in our clients and their journey.