Fund Accountant/Snr Fund Accountant (Private Equity Firm)

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assisting senior finance manager on operational due diligence requests from investors / potential investors
• Assisting senior finance manager on with investments / Fund structuring, including setting up of holding companies and bank accounts
• Assisting senior finance manager in coordinating the investment approval process and working closely with the teams to review and sign off of all deals
• Assisting senior finance manager to plan and execute key collaborations and meetings and activities relating to fund operations
• Liaise with the investment team and portfolio management, to drive the regular investment valuation process; ensure valuations are prepared in accordance with industry guidelines and relevant accounting standards
• Assisting senior finance manager with annual audit and tax compliance process for the Funds and the Firm, including maintaining an active dialogue with auditors to ensure compliance with accounting standards
• Ensure the Fund is compliant with its own AML obligation
• Oversee the work of the third-party administrators
• Actively participate in financial monitoring of investee companies
• Cash/liquidity management for Fund and all General Partners and affiliated entities
• Generate routine financial reports for management and conduct regular finance performance reviews (actual vs budgets)
• Monitor, document and implement effective accounting processes and controls; ensuring policies and processes are consistent and appropriate, in accordance with accounting standards and company policies with regular review and adjust in accordance to business dynamics
• Identify and implement ongoing process improvement, achieve better efficiency in costs, timing, and quality of deliverables

Requirements

• Bachelor degree of Finance, Business Administration or related discipline
• Qualified Accountant (CPA) with formal training from audit firm

• 3+ years gained from Fund administration or PE firm