Fund Services VP: Private Equity & Financial Leadership

The Citco Group Limited; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Training & education support

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

The Citco Group Limited in the Philippines seeks a senior accounting professional to join its Private Equity team. You will maintain ledgers, prepare financial statements, allocations, and oversee client deliverables and audits.

The role requires a Master’s in Accounting/Finance, 8+ years in financial services accounting, leadership, and strong Excel skills; CPA is a plus. You will lead staff, coordinate across groups, and drive process improvements across our global fund administration platform.

Qualifications

• Master Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent professional qualification (CA/CPA/ACCA).
• 8+ years’ experience in accounting for financial services (Private Equity, Asset Management, or Fund Administration).
• Skills in negotiation, budgeting, margin analysis, rating agency relations, and technical accounting.
• Experience managing staff for 3+ years.
• Strong knowledge of waterfall structures, modeling and calculations.
• Proven record of large-scale business/technology reengineering initiatives in PE/hedge funds/fund of funds.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and other accounting bases.
• Experience in reviewing and preparing ledgers and financial statements.
• Strong leadership and supervisory experience.
• Project management skills with attention to detail and multitasking.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and control the general ledger and various sub-ledgers.
• Prepare and review financial statements, footnotes and partner capital statements.
• Prepare and review limited partner and general partner allocations.
• Prepare and review trial balances and work paper products.
• Review capital activity for funds including capital calls and distributions.
• Prepare and review fee calculations (management/admin fees, waterfall clawback, carried interest).
• Manage and monitor the timing/quality of client deliverables; lead client relationships.
• Interact with senior management; provide technical accounting knowledge to clients.
• Lead preparation of client service plans including budgets; manage new client setups.
• Coordinate with Operations, Financial Statements, Tax and Investor Relations groups.
• Coordinate, manage and monitor external audit process.
• Review PE fund client’s partnership agreements, PPMs and materials.
• Implement fund structures on accounting systems.
• Coach and develop staff; build infrastructure.
• Prepare ad hoc reports as needed.
• Review trading/operations processes for the PE division.

Skills

Negotiation

Budgeting

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Detail orientation

Multi-tasking

Education

Master degree in Accounting/Finance

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

CPA designation

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Citco Group Limited in the Philippines seeks a senior accounting professional to join its Private Equity team. You will maintain ledgers, prepare financial statements, allocations, and oversee client deliverables and audits.

The role requires a Master’s in Accounting/Finance, 8+ years in financial services accounting, leadership, and strong Excel skills; CPA is a plus. You will lead staff, coordinate across groups, and drive process improvements across our global fund administration platform.