Assistant Manager, Fund Accounting

Job Description

THIS ROLE

The primary technical expert responsible for ensuring excellence in complex fund accounting services 
through expertise and final review authority. This role serves as the ultimate subject matter expert for 
the team on complex accounting matters, leading technical decisions and process innovations while 
providing authoritative guidance on sophisticated client portfolios and advanced accounting modules.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• You’ll serve as the team’s technical authority, providing final review and sign-off on complex accounting deliverables while ensuring compliance with accounting standards, regulations, and internal policies.
• You’ll drive technical excellence by developing standards, methodologies, and best practices, while staying updated on new regulations and ensuring their application within the team.
• You’ll oversee the preparation and review of financial reports, NAV calculations, capital calls, distributions, and investor communications, ensuring accuracy and adherence to client requirements.
• You’ll lead and support team development through coaching, training, and feedback, while managing workload planning, resolving review comments, and ensuring timely delivery.
• You’ll act as a key liaison for clients and stakeholders, addressing complex issues, coordinating deliverables, documenting exceptions, and driving continuous improvement and compliance initiatives.

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 
• Wellbeing: Additional social benefits such as HMO coverage on your Day 1 with 2 dependents covered and group life and accident insurance 
• Annual leave: All our employees are entitled to 26 days paid leave (subject to change due to the job level of the position) 
• Hybrid working arrangement: 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 hold a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with a CPA (or equivalent) preferred, and at least 6 years of relevant experience, including 4 years in corporate accounting.
• You have deep expertise in complex accounting areas such as consolidation, foreign currency transactions, and advanced revenue recognition, with strong knowledge of IFRS/GAAP and statutory requirements.
• You are an authority in reviewing and approving high-level accounting deliverables, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to technical standards.
• You have a proven track record in developing technical standards, driving process improvements, and implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and innovation.
• You demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and support team development while maintaining high-quality standards.

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 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.