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HSBC is currently seeking a Fund Accountant to join their team in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for controlling and managing the financial accounting and reporting for a range of real assets funds and segregated mandates, including investments in real estate, infrastructure funds, joint ventures, and direct properties.
Responsibilities:
1. Ensure timely and high-standard fund pricing, financial reporting, management accounts, and financial statements across all entities.
2. Manage the annual audit process, working closely with auditors to ensure efficiency and timeliness.
3. Oversee service providers to maintain high-quality service levels.
4. Implement and monitor controls over fund accounting, pricing, and reporting, ensuring risks are understood and breaches addressed.
5. Conduct detailed reviews of accounts prepared by third-party administrators.
6. Support operational change projects, including regulatory, operational, control, and client-driven changes.
7. Engage with investment teams to understand transactions and embed standard fund and asset accounting models on new deals.
8. Drive continuous process improvements and collaborate with stakeholders for effective implementation.
9. Ensure compliance with fund and entity governance requirements.
10. Maintain close relationships with investment teams and portfolio managers.
11. Understand fund structures and constitutional arrangements.
12. Prepare reports for Committees and Boards of Funds, entities, and Management Companies.
Skills / Experience:
* Qualified Accountant
* Significant experience in a similar role
* Deep understanding of UK GAAP, IFRS, Lux GAAP, real assets accounting, complex transactions, fund structures, and tax issues
* Organized with a structured approach to managing multiple activities
* Proven ability to produce accurate, timely management and financial reports
* Experience working in deadline-driven environments
* Experience managing multiple funds/entities simultaneously
* Proficiency in managing audits and working with auditors
* Experience managing outsourced service providers
* Ability to collaborate with advisers and fund managers
* Strong issue resolution skills
If interested, please apply. Note: Due to high application volume, only successful candidates will be contacted initially.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Accounting/Auditing
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