Real Estate Fund Controller position working for a Global Organisation based in Canary Wharf - providing core Oversight for a number of funds
The successful applicant will take full responsibility for controlling and managing the financial accounting and reporting across a range of real assets funds and segregated mandates including investments in real estate, infrastructure funds, joint ventures and direct properties.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that fund pricing and financial reporting including management accounts and financial statements are produced consistently, on time and to a high standard across all entities.
- Manage service providers to ensure an efficient and high-quality level of service is maintained
- Ensure appropriate controls over fund accounting, pricing and reporting are in place and operating effectively.
- Be proactive in understanding transactions and any matters which have an accounting impact and work with the client's investment teams to embed standard fund and asset accounting operating models on new deals.
- Ensure there is continual improvement in the relevant underlying processes and work with internal and external stakeholders to implement necessary change
- Ensure fund and entity governance requirements are met
- Maintain close relationship with relevant investment teams and portfolio managers
- Preparation of reports to Committees and Boards of Directors of Funds, entities and Management Companies
Experience Sought
- Good knowledge of Real Estate Investments / Fund Oversight
- In depth understanding of current accounting standards (UK GAAP, IFRS and Lux GAAP) accounting for real assets activities and complex transactions common fund structures and tax issues
- Strong verbal/written communication skills
- Organised with a structured approach to working across multiple activities
- Production of accurate and timely management and financial reporting
- Dealing with auditors and managing the audit process
- Managing outsourced service providers
- Dealing with advisers and fund managers
Eames Consulting is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
