Private Capital Fund Accountant – NAV & Onboarding

BNP Paribas.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BNP Paribas in Sydney is seeking a Private Capital Fund Accountant to join the Private Capital team. You will handle daily capital activity, NAV reporting, and onboarding/transitions, contributing to a scalable operating model for BNP Paribas clients.

The role emphasizes processing, risk-aware documentation, and collaboration with QA, risk, and audit teams; it supports ongoing client reporting and performance review, with a focus on delivering quality service and compliance.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of related alternative investment experience within the financial services industry preferred.
• Basic understanding of AML/KYC/FATCA requirements.
• Ability to foster and maintain strong interpersonal relationships both internally and externally.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work well individually as well as work as a team.
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral.

Responsibilities

• Process and record capital calls, distributions, fees, investment/divestment etc.
• Prepare NAV reports – including preparation of final trial balances and all underlying portfolio information, fee calculations i.e. management fee and waterfall, accruals and expenses booking to ensure that information is up to date and complete.
• Verify investment-related documents before payment processing with regards to distribution calculations and any other payments towards investors or external parties.
• Assist senior team members in the validation of capital events of any capital event.
• Assist the seniors and the managers on requests from the quality assurance team, operational risk team, internal audit team requests, ISAE audit team etc.
• Ensure all private capital transactions have been executed on the dedicated platforms.
• Review and analysis of documents received in relation to any direct or indirect investments before processing/instructing the related payments.
• Analysis of transactions counterparts from an AML/KYC/FATCA perspective
• Reconciliation of assets and market valuations
• Preparation of client reporting on a monthly/quarterly/bi-annual/annual or on-demand basis
• Assist in the onboarding of new client/assets including system setup, review of documentation, and liaising with related internal and external counterparties in a timely manner
• Assist in project and restructure work
• In addition, participate in strategic internal and external meetings along with the rest of the team; provide input regarding new business requests; responsible for ensuring the operational implementation of delivery changes to meet client needs.
• Be responsible for the production for all activities related to transaction processing and carrying out our 'business as usual' tasks
• Ensure the full-service delivery in line with client SLA
• Support the overall service delivery via cross-team cooperation/communication.
• Participate in client and internal meetings where required
• Incorporate client requirements and process reviews
• Ability to adapt to change, and to approach team and organizational changes with an innovative approach
• Address routine client queries in relation to all aspects of their Private Capital assets
• Strictly compliant with operational risk framework and legislative requirements in all output

Skills

AML/KYC/FATCA knowledge

Interpersonal relationships

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

BNP Paribas in Sydney is seeking a Private Capital Fund Accountant to join the Private Capital team. You will handle daily capital activity, NAV reporting, and onboarding/transitions, contributing to a scalable operating model for BNP Paribas clients.

The role emphasizes processing, risk-aware documentation, and collaboration with QA, risk, and audit teams; it supports ongoing client reporting and performance review, with a focus on delivering quality service and compliance.