Fund Controller

Carnegie Consulting; London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services seeks an experienced Fund Controller to manage a successful team focused on private equity and real estate. The role involves comprehensive oversight of fund operations, reporting, and audits, with a requirement for a qualified accountant and a strong team-oriented approach. The position offers a hybrid work model and mandates UK residency.

Qualifications

• Must be fully qualified accountant with recent fund accounting or controlling experience.
• Solid experience in fund structuring and set-up.
• Able to work as part of a close-knit team.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the management fee, carried interest and liquidity management.
• Full responsibility for the quarterly reporting process and fund audit.
• Lead on operational elements of investor due diligence.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

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A terrific opportunity to join a successful fund manager to lead a small team, responsible for their most successful fund. The company is based in central London and offers the successful candidate a hybrid work option of three days in the office. You will be a very experienced accountant with fund accounting/controlling experience across Private Markets (Private Equity, Private Debt/Credit, Venture Capital, Infrastructure, Real Estate etc). You will have managed a small team before.

The Role

• Liquidity Management: Oversight of the management fee, carried interest and liquidity management of the funds
• Fund structuring and set up: Responsibility for, and co-ordination of, the Fund set-up process and the onboarding of investors into new products
• Fund investment and transaction structuring and advice to the deal team, including leading on deal completion and implementation into business as usual
• Reporting: Full responsibility and oversight of the quarterly reporting process, including NAV and financial statement approval
• Audit: Lead the Fund audit process across all funds
• Full co-ordination of key service providers, including fund administrators, auditors, bankers, depositaries and external AIFM, including monitoring of KPIs
• Support the tax and compliance teams with ongoing filing and compliance requirements
• Client Operational Due Diligence: Lead on operational elements of investor due diligence.
• Be comfortable presenting to large, external institutional investors across core financial and operational aspects
• Manager Due Diligence: Oversee the Operational Due Diligence process on all underlying fund managers across the portfolio. Assess risks and report independently into the Investment Committee
• Partnership with the internal teams to deliver client reporting and due diligence materials

Requirements

• You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• You will have requisite and recent experience in a fund accounting or controlling capacity within Private Markets
• Solid experience in fund structuring and fund set-up
• Able to work as part of a small and close-knit team
• Excellent all round interpersonal skills

Additional

• This role will be based in the office three days a week, so you must be based in the UK
• This role will not be offering sponsorship so you must have the correct eligibility to work in the UK

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

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