Job Description
Company Description
We’re a leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide. We employ a global workforce of 6,500+ people across 24 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$857 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top-15 private equity firms.
Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.
Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients, we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding.
We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.
Job Description
Join our team as a Senior Accountant, Fund Accounting, you will deliver accurate and timely reporting for private equity and private debt clients. You will review key deliverables including NAV packages, financial statements, capital call and distribution workings, and investor notices, while supporting and mentoring junior team members. You will also help onboard new funds, assist with system migrations to Investran and Paxus, and manage core accounting tasks such as journal entries, payments, and client reporting. This role is perfect for someone who values precision, collaboration, and making a meaningful impact in a fast‑growing environment.
What you’ll do
- You’ll review and prepare complex NAV reports, Financial Statements with disclosures, and other client deliverables while ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with SSAE and internal procedures.
- You’ll manage and develop Accountants and Junior Accountants, overseeing their work quality, providing feedback, addressing review comments, and helping build their technical competencies.
- You’ll coordinate client requirements and workflows, confirming data completeness, managing deadlines, escalating missing information, planning workloads, and ensuring timely, high‑quality submissions.
- You’ll oversee workflow, risk, and compliance processes by managing timesheets, approving overtime, monitoring deliverables, drafting error/compliance reports, identifying operational risks, and proposing corrective actions.
- You’ll act as a key communication and support link across clusters and stakeholders, addressing inquiries within 24 hours, assisting in debrief preparations, serving as an alternate for Assistant Managers, and supporting cross‑team needs.
What we offer
- Comprehensive remuneration: Competitive financial packages based upon market rates for your role, proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
- Pension Scheme: Generous employer contribution with the ability to increase employee contributions
- Wellbeing: Additional social benefits such as medical insurance & life assurance, discounted gym memberships and the opportunity to engage with our local community via sports activities, charity programmes & environmental initiatives
- Flexible working: We recognise the value of working flexibly and enable our employees to enjoy an excellent work-life blend
- Support and development: We will ensure you have the right training, tools and development plan to grow and improve your skills every day.
Qualifications
- You hold a degree in Accounting or a business‑related course, with over 4 years of relevant accounting experience and at least 1 year of supervisory background.
- You possess strong knowledge of IndAS, IFRS, and GAAP across US, UK, and Luxembourg jurisdictions, including the preparation and review of financial statements and supporting working papers.
- You have solid operational experience in fund accounting, preferably in private equity or private debt, and are skilled in managing service operations and client deliverables.
- You demonstrate technical capability in Private Equity and Private Debt accounting concepts, with working knowledge of the Investran Accounting Application (super user level preferred).
- You are proficient in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, IF functions), Microsoft Office, accounting software, and have effective written and advanced verbal communication skills in English and an additional foreign language.
Desired
- Experience working in Financial Services or Shared Services office environment.
- Experience working in a multinational office environment.
- Open to travel and other secondment opportunities abroad if required.
- University Degree in Accountancy and other accounting-related courses.
Additional Information
Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.
There is always more we can, and should do, to improve – whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.
Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 24 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.
We’re committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.
