Fund Accountant

Colonial Group; Taguig; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

MA Financial Group in the Philippines seeks a Fund Accountant to support the Global Credit Solutions fund suite. You will own five private credit funds and prepare monthly accounts, including reconciliations, distributions, unit pricing, and tax calculations for registered and unregistered schemes.

You'll handle cash and accruals, MTM valuations, intercompany activity, and collaborate with auditors, tax advisors, and cross-border teams across trusts and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years fund accounting experience.
• Experience liaising with international organizations via BPO/local company.
• Experience in asset management / funds management.
• Proficient in fund accounting with AASB 9 (AASB 13/10 exposure preferred).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of five private credit funds.
• Prepare monthly accounts: balance sheet reconciliations, distributions, unit pricing, taxable income for registered/unregistered schemes.
• Manage cash, accruals, prepayments, management and performance fees, DRP and distributions, MTM valuations, intercompany transactions, interest expense.
• Handle foreign currency and derivative valuation.
• Collaborate across Australian Trusts, Cayman LPs and US LLCs; payments to vendors and ATO.
• Tax compliance including monthly IAS, quarterly BAS; distributions with fund registry; liaising with auditors.
• Prepare annual and half-year financial statements and liaise with fund auditors.
• Prepare annual/semi-annual fund tax workpapers; liaise with tax advisors on tax positions; support reporting and investor queries.
• Partner with investment, fund operations, product, tax, distribution and client services teams.

Skills

Fund accounting

Private credit funds understanding

Education

CA/CPA qualified or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

Job description

About us

MA Financial Group is a global alternative asset manager specialising in private credit, real estate and hospitality.

We lend to property, corporate and specialty finance sectors and provide corporate advice.

We invest and manage $13.3 billion on behalf of our clients, have $165 billion in managed loans and have advised on over $125 billion in advisory and equity capital market transactions.

We have a team of over 900 professionals across locations in Australia, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United States and the Philippines.

MA Financial is a place of opportunity and unlimited potential. It's a place that empowers you to think, collaborate, and help create something truly valuable.

Key Responsibilities

This role is an exciting opportunity to join the fund accounting function supporting MA's Global Credit Solutions business and fund suite.

The role will have:

• Ownership of five private credit funds
• Preparation of monthly accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, distribution calculations, unit pricing calculations, taxable income calculations for registered and unregistered schemes

This includes:

• Cash, income accruals, prepayments, expense accruals, management fees, performance fees, DRP and distributions, MTM valuations, intercompany transactions, interest expense for leveraged positions
• Foreign currency and derivative valuation
• Working across Australian Trusts, Cayman Limited Partnerships and US Limited Liability Companies
• Payment of vendor invoices including management and performance fees and payments to the ATO
• Tax compliance including monthly IAS, quarterly BAS o Lodging distribution calculations with the fund registry and reviewing the output
• Preparation of annual and half year financial statements, providing relevant information to fund auditors to complete the fund audits
• Preparation of annual and semi-annual fund tax workpapers and liaising with tax advisors on tax position of fund and the flow on impact to distributions Supporting with reporting, investor and internal stakeholder querieregarding unit pricing, distributions, fund returns
• Partnering with investment, fund operations, product, tax, distribution and client services team

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 2 years fund accounting experience
• Must have experience working for a BPO or local company with direct liaison with international organizations
• Experience in asset management / funds management
• Proven technical proficiency across fund accounting (specifically AASB 9, exposure to AASB 13 and AASB 10 preferred)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, word, Outlook etc)
• CA, CPA qualified or equivalent

Nice to have

• Experience in Australian or Global credit asset management companies highly desirable
• Basic Australian tax knowledge (S128F, RITCs, WHT)