REF: TT53884
Job Title: Financial Accountant
Industry: Private Equity
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Central London
Salary Guide: £60,000 + Bonus
Our client is a well-established PE fund based in London. Due to internal progression they are now seeking a driven and ambitious newly-qualified accountant to join their finance team.
Description
Our client is a well-established private equity fund based in central London. Due to natural progression within the finance team, they are now looking to hire a recently-qualified accountant from a top-tier accounting firm to join their LLP finance team. You would have close interaction with the COO/ CFO and cover financial accounting responsibilities, including the preparation of the annual financial statements and regular reporting, supervision of the outsourced management accounting function, liaising with external auditors and tax advisors, supporting the FP&A function on regular budgeting and forecasting process, and other ad hoc tasks across the corporate entity, tax, and (potentially) fund accounting functions.
Requirements
The successful candidate will have an excellent academic background, be a recently-qualified accountant (ACA/ CA or equivalent), and have been trained in a top-tier accounting firm. You will need excellent technical, communication, and presentation skills and proficiency with MS Excel. Experience of private equity audit is preferred, but is not an absolute prerequisite. The capacity to work four days per week in central London is required.
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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. We are sorry, but if you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for approaching 40 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe.