Financial Accountant - Private Equity

Capital Dynamics; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Dynamics is seeking a Financial Accountant for its London office. This role focuses on preparing management and statutory reporting while ensuring compliance in financial practices. Ideal candidates will have strong accounting knowledge, particularly in IFRS, and experience working within private equity or asset management sectors.

Qualifications

• Educated to Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent.
• Recently qualified - ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience working on NetSuite ERP is ESSENTIAL.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of monthly management and year-end statutory reporting.
• Manage and prepare all statutory financial statements.
• Monitor day-to-day transactional processing and review month-end balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Financial Accounting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite ERP

Job description

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Talent Acquisition Partner (Private Equity & Clean Energy Investors)

Role: Financial Accountant (Private Equity)

Location: London

Stat date: June 2025 (Candidate must be available for an immediate start)

About Capital Dynamics:

Capital Dynamics is an independent global asset management firm focusing on private assets, including private equity (primaries, secondaries, and co-investments) and clean energy.

Established in 1988, the Firm has extensive knowledge and experience developing solutions tailored to meet the exacting needs of a diverse and global client base of institutional and private wealth investors. Capital Dynamics oversees more than USD 14 billion in assets under management and advisement and employs approximately 150 professionals globally across 13 offices in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Role Purpose:

Capital Dynamics seeks to hire a Financial Accountant to join our Finance team in the London office.

The Financial Accountant will support the preparation of the monthly management reporting and the year-end statutory reporting, which will include liaising with the auditors and other teams within Finance and the organization (locally and in our global offices), including Treasury, Legal, and Operations.

Your responsibilities will include monitoring day-to-day transactional processing, reviewing month-end balance sheet reconciliations, preparing and reviewing monthly reporting, including group consolidation, cash flow reporting, and working closely with the Group Financial Controller, FP&A, Treasury, and other finance colleagues to ensure robustness and consistency between data sets.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of timely and accurate internal and external financial, regulatory, and management information for the areas within the role's responsibility.
• Prepare and review monthly audit files, reconciling all balance sheet amounts to supporting documentation, flagging any potential risks / opportunities to senior management.
• Support the preparation of the monthly Group consolidation.
• Prepare the monthly IFRS management reporting for selected entities in the group, and prepare local GAAP statutory accounts.
• Prepare and review monthly cost center P&L’s actuals versus budget reports and full-year forecasting, highlighting potential risks or opportunities.
• Support the preparation of the various VAT reports.
• Provide compliance with the regulatory capital calculations for the various jurisdictions.
• Liaise with the auditors, ensuring a smooth audit process and sign-off audits within 35 days of year-end, and the Group audit is completed within 60 days of year-end.
• Manage and prepare all statutory financial statements, ensuring that all submissions are on time, accurate, and compliant.
• Solid and thorough accounting knowledge of IFRS, (US GAAP and UK GAAP beneficial).
• Understanding of the legal and regulatory compliance framework for the asset management industry (e.g., AIFMD, FATCA).
• Understanding of controls, with an ability to critically evaluate them within a smaller organization.
• Highly analytical with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to balance multiple deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail with a dedication to accuracy, quality, and integrity.
• The ability to simplify complex issues for non-finance people.
• Strong business collaborating pedigree.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Educated to Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent.
• Recently qualified - ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience working on NetSuite ERP is ESSENTIAL.
• Minimum of 5 to 8 years’ relevant experience, ideally working in a financial services organization – i.e., Private Equity, Venture Capital, Asset Management, Hedge Fund, Investment Bank, or a professional accounting firm.
• Understanding of financial accounting controls, with an ability to critically evaluate them within a smaller organization; understanding of accounting procedures; IFRS, US GAAP, and UK GAAP beneficial.
• Understanding of the legal and regulatory compliance framework for the asset management industry (e.g., AIFMD, FATCA).
• Experience supporting the preparation or review of regulatory returns would be advantageous.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Capital Dynamics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating a diverse global workforce. We are a global company with 24 nationalities represented across our staff in 13 offices, spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. We believe diversity and inclusion (“D&I”) is key to being better at what we do, and our initiatives are designed to attract, develop, and advance talented individuals, regardless of race, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, disability status or any other dimension of diversity. We welcome and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join Capital Dynamics.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals, Investment Management, and Financial Services

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