Fund Accountant – recently qualified

Aria Partners Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Aria Partners Limited is seeking a Fund Accountant to join its London-based operations team. The role focuses on fund accounting, investor reporting, and oversight of external administrators within a small, high-performing team.

The candidate should be ACA/CA/ACCA qualified with strong Excel/modelling skills and a degree. UK private equity or fund admin exposure is ideal. London office, four days a week in the office, with a competitive base salary and bonus.

Qualifications

• ACA, CA or ACCA qualified and degree educated.
• Exposure to private equity or fund admin is ideal.
• Strong fund accounting knowledge with advanced Excel/modelling.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of external fund administrators and quarterly investor reporting.
• Valuation and portfolio monitoring in line with IPEV guidelines.
• Fund economics including carry and performance metrics.
• Fund modelling, projections and scenario analysis.
• Supporting investor reporting, fundraising and AGMs.
• Managing audit, tax and structural oversight across jurisdictions.

Skills

Fund accounting knowledge

Advanced Excel modelling

Attention to detail

Education

ACA/CA/ACCA qualified

Degree educated

Tools

Excel

Fund accounting software

Job description

A leading European mid market Private Equity firm is looking to hire a Fund Accountant to join its London-based operations team.

With significant heritage and a track record of success across multiple funds, this is a superb role for someone recently qualified from Audit (Funds clients), Fund Admin or another Private Equity style fund, with the chance to take on a broad and encompassing role.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Oversight of external fund administrators and quarterly investor reporting
• Valuation and portfolio monitoring in line with IPEV guidelines
• Fund economics including carry and performance metrics
• Fund modelling, projections and scenario analysis
• Supporting investor reporting, fundraising and AGMs
• Managing audit, tax and structural oversight across multiple jurisdictions

Candidate profile:

• ACA, CA or ACCA qualified (essential) and degree educated
• Exposure to private equity, credit or alternative asset management (in-house, audit or fund admin) – this is key for the role given the small size of the team
• Strong fund accounting knowledge and advanced Excel/modelling skills
• Comfortable working in a small, high-performing team
• Positive attitude, solid work ethic, happy to get stuck in

Central London location, 4 days a week in the office, salary in the region of £65-70,000 base plus bonus and benefits.