Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a fast-paced corporate accounting team within a complex hedge fund environment. We require a grounded, articulate, and experienced qualified Financial Controller with energy and enthusiasm who is willing to roll up their sleeves and contribute to the success of the team.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for reviewing delivering full month end management accounts, which are prepared by the Finance Analysts
• A hands-on approach to journals, prepayments/accrual entries, inter-company transactions
• Comfortable with a large number of cost centers across the group
• Cash-flow monitoring, FX trades to fund foreign offices
• Able to produce reporting packs for senior management and strategic partners
• Receipt of performance fees and management fees into the group
• Managing external relationships: audit, tax, other outsource providers
• Understands how to allocate profits across a partnership structure
• Good understanding of transfer pricing across a global group
• Comfortable analyzing complex data sets, strong systems user, experience of using Great Plains an advantage but not essential.
• Coaching the Finance Analysts and driving forward their professional development.
• Establish and maintain best-in-class controls and processes for the global corporate accounting function

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 5-10 years’ experience, ideally trained in-house at an accounting firm. ·
• Experience gained within asset management in-house role as an accountant within Group/Corporate accounting team (not Funds)
• Experience of complex consolidations
• Ability to coach, lead and motivate team members
• US GAAP knowledge is desirable
• Diligent, organized, strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships and to interface well with other departments, including very senior stakeholders.
• A team player with a professional approach and a keen desire to learn.
• Degree educated, Qualified accountant, minimum 5 years PQE
• ACA/ACCA or international equivalent.