Senior Manager, Capital Markets

Company Description

About Iq-Eq

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 5,800+ people across 25 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$750 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.

At IQ-EQ UK, we don’t just talk about being a great workplace – we’ve been recognized for it. Recently named in The Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 we craft spaces where potential is nurtured, individuality is celebrated, and careers flourish. Loving where you work shouldn’t be a bonus, it should be the baseline.

Job Description

This Role

You will join IQ-EQ as a Senior Manager in Capital Markets, where you will take ownership of structured finance portfolios and deliver exceptional client service. You will lead financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and administration while guiding junior colleagues and building trusted client relationships. You will play a key role in ensuring excellence, consistency, and efficiency across our Capital Markets offering.

What You Will Do

• You manage a portfolio of Capital Markets clients, including ABS, MBS, CLOs, and other structured finance vehicles, delivering accurate and timely reporting
• You act as a trusted advisor to clients, working with auditors, legal advisors, and intermediaries to ensure seamless service delivery
• You support and develop junior colleagues, reviewing their work and providing technical guidance to ensure quality and accuracy
• You ensure compliance with corporate governance and regulatory standards, applying up-to-date knowledge of financial reporting requirements
• You contribute to improving processes, systems, and client service within the Corporate Services team

Day-to-Day Tasks: What the Role Involves

• You prepare and review financial statements under UK GAAP and IFRS, including group consolidations
• You oversee bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT preparation and filing, and provide audit assistance for client portfolios
• You manage bank account administration, review payment setups, and act as a back-up for client payment processes
• You maintain regular communication with clients, providing updates, resolving queries, and escalating issues when needed
• You deliver ad-hoc projects and assignments on time, ensuring quality and accuracy in all outputs

What We Offer

• Comprehensive remuneration: Motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
• Pension Scheme: Generous employer contribution with the ability to allow and increase employee contributions
• Wellbeing: Additional social benefits such as private health and dental cover, life assurance, discounted gym membership, eye test and corporate GP
• Annual leave: All our employees are entitled to 25 days paid leave, plus all UK public holidays. Enhanced maternity and paternity, including shared parental leave and adoption leave
• Flexible working: We recognise the value of working flexibly and is keen to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements
• Support and development: We will ensure you have the right training, tools and development plan to grow and improve your skills every day

Qualifications

About You

• You are a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
• You have strong experience in Capital Markets, with exposure to structured finance vehicles from incorporation to closure
• You bring expertise in bookkeeping, VAT preparation, and financial statement preparation under UK GAAP and IFRS
• You are proficient in accounting software (QuickBooks or Xero) and have strong Microsoft Excel skills
• You communicate effectively, manage multiple deliverables, and build trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders

Additional Information

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

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 5,800+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 25 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 leads to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.