£30000 - £35000 Per year
Assistant Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Managing fund liquidity through the preparation/update of cash forecasts based on fees, expenses, investment and investor drawdowns and distributions
- Production of weekly and monthly Bank Reconciliations
- Production of monthly custody reconciliations
- Managing and inputting payments across the funds
- Bookkeeping for the funds the business has
- Collation of quarterly valuations
- Maintenance of the Finance group mailbox and responding to queries
- Preparation of investor drawdowns and distributions
- Preparation of fund financial statements
- Assistance with preparing information required for audit and responding to auditor queries
- Assistance with regulatory reporting
- Collation of financial information for the investment team to support investor reporting and fundraising activity
- Collaborate with the Tax Assistant to facilitate their preparation of tax reporting documents
- Various ad-hoc tasks
- Ensure payments are made in accordance with procedures and in line with the payment terms
- Monitor the new deals log, collating the required information from the investment team in order to facilitate deals funding on time
- Ensure the accounting books and records are kept up to date through timely and accurate input of accounting journal entries
- Ensure queries are appropriately responded to and escalated to the team Managers where necessary
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Must be proficient in Excel and Word
- Deadline-focused
- Reliable
- Accurate with high attention to detail
- Enthusiastic, willing to learn and take on new responsibilities
- Able to work calmly and accurately under pressure and assimilate new information
- Able to work effectively in a team environment
- Organized in approach to work, with the ability to priorities effectively
- Sound communication skills (written and oral) with the confidence to deal with key senior stakeholders
- Knowledge of UK GAAP desirable
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
- Previous accounting/bookkeeping experience desired, preferably in a Private Equity or Asset Management role
- Previous Cash Management (forecasting, and production of reconciliations) experience
- Understanding of need for financial control environment
- Experience of dealing with high volumes of queries from multiple teams
- Experience at multi-tasking
- Strong organizational skills with an ability to meet multiple deadlines
Reference no: 106443