Controller
Full Time
Job Description
- Ensure that appropriate records are maintained for entities and underlying assets on our system and contribute to the company strategy of the department
- Provide oversight of provision of services by third party service providers
- Provide transaction support for acquisitions with potential tasks including assisting with the structuring advice, set-up of investment structures in accordance with tax advice, creation of new entities and close liaision with investment team to ensure transaction closing is achieved as planned.
- Provide operational support for the setup of new structures including working with our structuring team, internal counsel, external advisors and Fund Managers to ensure that operating frameworks are set up appropriately and service providers are appropriately selected and appointed
- Provide operational support as required to Product Managers and others as required in the wider team to ensure that business objectives are met
- Present information to the Boards /Operating Committees/Others charged with governance
- Provide supervision/ line management to more junior members of the team
- Build, develop and maintain and develop good working relationships between the team and its internal/external clients and suppliers
- Work with others to ensure Schroder group policies are adhered to and that existing procedures/practices and processes are refined to reduce operational risk.
- Provide oversight of and involvement in invoice authorization and cash management operations
- Complete other ad-hoc projects and tasks from time to time
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Responsible for planning own workload typically against a background of changing priorities and /or external events for the month ahead
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work with a wide team
- Strong attention to detail
- Happy to get involved in variety of tasks and projects
- Have strong technical accounting skills and be driven to keep abreast with current requirements
- Able to work autonomously, keeping your superiors abreast of status as necessary
- Typical educational requirement: - Qualified Accountant ACCA/CIMA/ACA
- Previous experience of fund accounting and real estate or private equity structures. This may have been gained in an audit environment or working for a Fund Manager.
Reference no: 96905