Fund Accountant, Alternative Investments (Luxembourg) 

Fund Accountant, Alternative Investments (Luxembourg) 

Our client is an international fund administration and accounting services firm established in 2007. Our client specialises in private equity, debt, and real estate asset classes. This role will be reporting to the ​Senior Fund Accountant.
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Role Purpose

The Fund Accountant will be primarily responsible for all aspects of day-to-day accounting for one or more assigned structures. You will work closely with more senior members of the team and input key accounting practices.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of bookkeeping transactions and maintenance and of accounting records for multiple client entities;
  
• Prepare timely and accurate accounting output for subsequent review by the senior members of the team or client;
  
• Preparing monthly/quarterly reconciliations of management accounts promptly researching and correcting any variances;
  
• Preparing interim and annual statutory accounts in line with appropriate accounting standards;
  
• Liaising and responding to clients, and third parties and ensuring client and third party request or queries are dealt with appropriately;
  
• Support payment processing in accordance with policy and deadlines;
  
• Escalating identified issues or concerns appropriately and in a timely manner;
  
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and procedures;
  
• Proactively identify exceptions and problems affecting accounting records, communicating same to management, and assisting in their resolution;
  
• Assist senior members in reviewing deliverables prepared by one or more Trainee Fund Accountants;
  
• Support superiors to set up complex bookkeeping from incorporation;
  
• Coach and supervise the workload of one or more Trainee Fund Accountants;
  
• Prior exposure to working with bookkeeping up to trial balance and or financial statements
  
• Ability to multi-task whilst maintaining careful attention to detail;
  
• Ability to read and understand structure papers and legal agreements which will be used to prepare accounts/trial balance;

Qualifications

• Able to work independently, under pressure and to deadlines;
• Competent user of IT; proficient skills in Excel and outlook;
• Being able to thoroughly explain structures and transactions
• Prior exposure to working with bookkeeping up to trial balance and or financial statements
• Ability to read and understand structure papers and legal agreements which will be used to prepare accounts/trial balance;
• Technical knowledge of Funds and financial services legislation and regulations;
• Knowledge FRS, FRS and US GAAP
• Experience using Sage, Investran or Yardi system.