Fund Accountant
Department: Real Estate & Private Equity
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: London
Reporting To: Assistant Manager/Manager
Description
The Company Langham Hall was formed to provide premium quality accounting, fund administration and investor reporting services together with a selection of consultancy services, to real estate and private equity fund clients. Services now cover AIFMD Depositary, Host AIFM, compliance and company secretarial. Established in London in 2006, it now has offices in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, New York, Jersey, Guernsey and Luxembourg, with over 800 staff looking after $200bn of assets under administration and depositary. The Company is the fastest growing in its sector and continues to expand rapidly. Langham Hall was the first in its sector to be nominated and to win the BVCA “Best Specialist Professional Services Firm of the Year” and has since won numerous awards. There are exciting opportunities for people joining Langham Hall at this stage of its evolution.
Key Responsibilities
* Primary contact for clients with daily contact and regular in-person client meetings.
* Take ownership of portfolios of clients and customer relationships; implement policies, procedures and checklists.
* Compile and analyse financial information underlying the financial statements, including the treatment of business transactions.
* Oversee preparation of management accounts both at asset and fund level, including supporting files and review of all work produced by team.
* Preparation of consolidations.
* Bank debt covenant reporting.
* Production of quarterly NAVs.
* Investor tax, CIS and VAT reporting.
* Responsible for team planning, monitoring deadlines and coaching and developing junior staff members.
* Cash flow forecasting and treasury work.
* Plan year end audit including audit files and liaise with external auditors and clients.
* Prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS or UK GAAP.
* Contribute recommendations for improving the organisation's operations.
In addition to the duties listed above, the candidate may be requested to perform any other ad hoc duties or projects as requested.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Required Technical Knowledge/Skills
* Strong technical accounting skills, ideally gained within real estate funds or an asset management environment.
* A full understanding of UK GAAP or IFRS and other relevant accounting standards, and related preparation of statutory financial statements and auditor liaison.
* Ability to write reports, business correspondence, procedure manuals and performance measurement reports at asset and fund level.
* Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations for which there may be little precedence.
* Some experience of effectively presenting information and responding to questions from groups of managers and especially clients.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Confident and proactive approach and professional attitude to work
* Highly organised with good time management and planning skills.
Desired Technical Knowledge / Skills
* Experience in supervising or coaching staff.
* Working knowledge of US GAAP.
* Knowledge of Sun or other Accounting Systems.
Benefits
* 24 days holiday.
* Discretionary bonus scheme.
* Healthcare, life insurance and pension after probation qualifying period.
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