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Assistant Manager – Fund Accounting

London, UK

Job Summary

Service provider. Lead a team of Fund Accountants and take responsibility for day-to-day accounting for their newly acquired private equity business. Strong academic background. ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification. Supervisory or line management experience.

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Cobalt is currently working alongside a high profile professional services firm specialising within the lucrative real estate sector.

This role involves leading a team of Fund Accountants and taking responsibility for day-to-day accounting for their newly acquired private equity business.

Organisation is a key attribute to this role. The successful candidate will oversee planning and allocating workloads, supervision of progress and secondary reviews of account files, and taking ownership of client relationships.

Responsibilities:

* Lead a team of accountants in the day-to-day operations of several portfolios
* Support the development of junior team members. Prepare and complete Individual development plans
* Review team members’ work, ensuring accuracy, completeness and overall presentation of deliverables (not limited to bookkeeping files, trial balance, financial statements, auditors/investors confirmation)
* Hold regular team meetings and 1:1s to direct reports
* Establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, third parties (such as auditors), and central services, communicating effectively through formalised reporting
* Track on-going workloads and ensure all internal and client requirements are met
* Assist the management in preparing financial statements templates and setting up complex bookkeeping
* Preparation of routine and ad-hoc management reports

Requirements:

* ACA or ACCA or equivalent qualification
* Strong academic background
* Demonstrate full understanding of Real Estate / Private Equity fund accounting
* Experience using Investran or Yardi systems is desirable
* Supervisory or line management experience
* Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal

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  • Job Reference #: JN -052021-73407_1621354767
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