Assistant Manager - Fund Accounting

Job Description

THIS ROLE

You'll be the primary technical expert responsible for ensuring excellence in complex fund accounting services through expertise and final review authority. You'll serve as the ultimate subject matter expert for the team on complex accounting matters, leading technical decisions and process innovations while providing authoritative guidance on sophisticated client portfolios and advanced accounting modules.
 
WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• You'll serve as the team’s technical authority, supporting complex accounting matters and ensuring high-quality outputs.
• You'll perform final reviews of sophisticated accounting deliverables to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• You'll drive technical excellence and innovation, while establishing best practices, standards, and methodologies.
• You'll ensure adherence to accounting standards, statutory requirements, and internal policies.
• You'll provide technical guidance, training, and stakeholder support, acting as the primary expert for client-specific and fund segment matters.

WHAT WE OFFER  

• Comprehensive remuneration: Motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences 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 recognise the value of working flexibly and is 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 have 6+ years of experience (at least 4 in fund accounting OR financial reporting, OR external audit) with expertise in complex portfolios and advanced accounting modules.
• You are a subject matter expert in technical accounting, with strong knowledge of accounting standards, regulations, and the final review/sign-off of complex financial reports.
• You are proficient in advanced accounting systems and in developing/reviewing SOPs, methodologies, and compliance processes.
• You have strong leadership capabilities, including workload planning, resolving review issues, coaching team members, and driving technical development.
• You possess excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills, with a proactive, detail-oriented, and process improvement mindset.

Additional Information

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our 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’re 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 programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 24 countries - to each achieve their potential.  Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced. 

We’re committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.