Fund Accountant in London

Langham Hall was formed to provide premium quality accounting, fund administration and investor reporting services together with a selection of consultancy services, to real estate and private equity fund clients. Services now cover AIFMD Depositary, Host AIFM, compliance and company secretarial.

Established in London in 2006, it now has offices in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, New York, Jersey, Guernsey and Luxembourg, with over 800 staff looking after $200bn of assets under administration and depositary. The Company is the fastest growing in its sector and continues to expand rapidly. Langham Hall was the first in its sector to be nominated and to win the BVCA “Best Specialist Professional Services Firm of the Year” and has since won numerous awards. There are exciting opportunities for people joining Langham Hall at this stage of its evolution.

Role Overview

This is a strong opportunity for a driven and capable individual to contribute meaningfully within a focused and professional team. As a Fund Accountant in Langham Hall’s London office, the role involves overseeing a small team delivering accounting and administrative services to a portfolio of real estate and/or private equity clients. The position is well suited to an accountant with solid experience in the preparation of annual accounts and a clear understanding of transactional activity. A sound knowledge of consolidations and group accounts is also important.

Key Responsibilities

• Primary contact for clients with daily contact and regular in-person client meetings;
• Take ownership of portfolios of clients and customer relationships; implement policies, procedures, and checklists;
• Compile and analyse financial information underlying the financial statements, including the treatment of business transactions;
• Oversee preparation of management accounts both at asset and fund level, including supporting files and review of all work produced by team;
• Preparation of consolidations;
• Production of quarterly NAVs;
• Investor tax, CIS, and VAT reporting;
• Responsible for team planning, monitoring deadlines and coaching and developing junior staff members;
• Cash flow forecasting and treasury work;
• Plan year end audit including audit files and liaise with external auditors and clients;
• Prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS or UK GAAP;
• Contribute recommendations for improving the organisation's operations.

In addition to the duties listed above, the candidate may be requested to perform any other ad hoc duties or projects as requested.

Technical Knowledge/Skills required

• Strong technical accounting skills, ideally gained within real estate funds or an asset management environment;
• A full understanding of UK GAAP or IFRS and other relevant accounting standards, and related preparation of statutory financial statements and auditor liaison;
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, procedure manuals and performance measurement reports at asset and fund level;
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations for which there may be little precedence;
• Some experience of effectively presenting information and responding to questions from groups of managers and especially clients;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Confident and proactive approach and professional attitude to work;
• Highly organised with good time management and planning skills.

Desired Technical Knowledge / Skills

• Experience in supervising or coaching staff;
• Working knowledge of US GAAP;
• Knowledge of Sun or other Accounting Systems.

Qualifications & Experience

Typically 3+ years’ experience.

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