Private Equity Analyst

Apex Group Ltd (India Branch); Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group Ltd (India Branch) in Pune is seeking an experienced fund accounting specialist to manage the month-end NAVs, investor reporting, and reconciliations for Private equity and Hybrid Funds. You will onboard funds, migrate existing ones, and deliver customized Investran reports to meet client needs.

The role requires strong accounting principles knowledge, experience with fund reporting, and excellent client interaction skills to coordinate with onshore teams and auditors.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial statement preparation.
• Experience in financial statement auditing and preparation during articles training.
• Understanding of alternate investment funds and capital markets.
• Analytical ability to read and interpret fund documents.

Responsibilities

• Perform Fund accounting function of the Private equity and Hybrid Funds that include recording Journal Entries, preparing monthly/Quarterly/Annual Financials, processing payments, preparing investor notices and various client reporting.
• Managing the client relationships for the Funds and individually handle the deliverable requirements on daily/weekly/monthly/Quarterly basis.
• Liaising with Onshore team, clients and Auditors on various requirements and ensure all supports are provided to the auditors to get the financials approved on the agreed timeline.
• Onboard new Funds in the accounting platform and migrating existing Funds from other locations.
• Develop customized reports in Investran to support the client requirements.
• Manage multiple client relationships.
• Understand and complete adhoc requests from clients.
• Manage the fund related bank wires on behalf of the client.
• Prepare Cash/Position/Market Value Reconciliations and resolving breaks. Notify Clients/CSMs of valid breaks. If break are due to an erroneous or missing transaction in Accounting system, then make necessary adjustments
• Reviewing pricing of the portfolio and analysing the pricing exceptions if any.
• Responsible for accruing/amortizing daily or monthly non-security related Fee accruals including management fees and financing accruals.
• Effective communication with clients on daily reporting of Estimates/NAVs/Query resolutions.
• Checking that all OTC products traded by the client have been booked correctly.
• Booking of Capital Activities of the fund.
• Finalizing the month end NAV of the client and providing Investor Level Allocation reports at month-end.
• Providing support in Audits for funds in the preparation on financial statements. Complete audit reviews and ensure identified issues are documented and tracked to closure.
• Support operations on projects related to Automations/Work migrations/Conversions etc.

Skills

Fund accounting

Journal entries

Financial reporting

Analytical skills

Client relations

Investran

Education

Articles training in accounting

Tools

Investran

Job description

• Perform Fund accounting function of the Private equity and Hybrid Funds that include recording Journal Entries, preparing monthly/Quarterly/Annual Financials, processing payments, preparing investor notices and various client reporting.
• Managing the client relationships for the Funds and individually handle the deliverable requirements on daily/weekly/monthly/Quarterly basis.
• Liaising with Onshore team, clients and Auditors on various requirements and ensure all supports are provided to the auditors to get the financials approved on the agreed timeline.
• Onboard new Funds in the accounting platform and migrating existing Funds from other locations.
• Develop customized reports in Investran to support the client requirements.
• Manage multiple client relationships.
• Understand and complete adhoc requests from clients.
• Manage the fund related bank wires on behalf of the client.
• Prepare Cash/Position/Market Value Reconciliations and resolving breaks. Notify Clients/CSMs of valid breaks. If break are due to an erroneous or missing transaction in Accounting system, then make necessary adjustments
• Reviewing pricing of the portfolio and analysing the pricing exceptions if any.
• Responsible for accruing/amortizing daily or monthly non-security related Fee accruals including management fees and financing accruals.
• Effective communication with clients on daily reporting of Estimates/NAVs/Query resolutions.
• Checking that all OTC products traded by the client have been booked correctly.
• Booking of Capital Activities of the fund.
• Finalizing the month end NAV of the client and providing Investor Level Allocation reports at month-end.
• Providing support in Audits for funds in the preparation on financial statements. Complete audit reviews and ensure identified issues are documented and tracked to closure.
• Support operations on projects related to Automations/Work migrations/Conversions etc.

Skills Required

• Good conceptual knowledge in accounting principles and financial statement preparation.
• Experience in handling Financial preparation and auditing of Financial statements in article training
• Good understanding of alternate investment funds and capital market.
• Good Analytical skill and capability to read and interpret Fund documents.