Senior Account Manager – Private Equity / Private Credit

CO_AFSSN Apex Fund Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Singapore seeks a Senior Account Manager specializing in Private Equity and Private Credit to oversee client relationships and fund accounting operations. You will coordinate with senior management, ensure audit compliance, and lead onboarding and ongoing client services while driving efficiency improvements.

The role requires deep fund accounting expertise, strong English communication, and leadership capabilities within a global fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting or related field.
• 10+ years of private equity or real estate fund accounting experience.
• Exposure to private credit funds desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.
• Advanced MS Excel; proficient in MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of Efront or Investran systems is advantageous.
• Professional designation such as CA/CPA/CMA would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end client relationship management and address inquiries and meetings with clients.
• Interact with senior management and clients to review procedures and propose efficiency improvements.
• Maintain compliance with internal and external audit standards and fund accounting controls.
• Lead onboarding of new funds and ensure readiness prior to launch dates.
• Review NAV, trial balance, GL, cash and portfolio reconciliations for assigned funds.
• Support investor services: AML/KYC, capital activity reviews, and periodic statements.
• Manage and develop team performance, assign KRAs and monitor profitability and SLAs.
• Drive process improvements and SSAE 16 control enhancements.

Skills

Relationship management

Client meetings

Audit compliance

Fund accounting

NAV review

Communication skills

Team leadership

MS Excel (advanced)

MS Word

Education

Bachelor or Master degree in accounting

Tools

Efront

Investran

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard‑working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide. Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry‑changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Senior Account Manager – Private Equity / Private Credit

What you will be doing :

• Overall responsibility for client relationship, inquiries and meetings
• Interact with Senior management and clients
• Review procedures and recommend solutions in order to improve efficiencies
• Ensure adherence to all internal and external audit standards
• Implementation of fund structures onto accounting system
• Review of constitutional documents and preparation of client SLA and budgeting
• Operational onboarding of new and take on funds and ensure everything has been prepared prior to the launch and take on date
• Solving operational problems encountered by staff on a day-to-day basis as well as making complex decision making.
• Attendance in client meetings both at onboarding and launched stages.
• Staff development training and monitoring and completion of KRAs.
• Ongoing development of the business by liaising with the senior management and ensuring full communication from bottom up and implementation of new processes and controls as required.
• Ongoing Implementation and refinement of SSAE 16 controls.
• Ensuring client enquiries are answered in accordance with Apex service standards on an ongoing basis.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and other requirements of the funds’ specifications.
• Planning and organizing workload and helping prioritization of deliverables.
• Ensuring best practice are adopted and improving processes to gain efficiencies

Accounting:

• Review of Net Asset Valuation (NAV) files for a portfolio of managed funds, ensuring their accuracy and compliance with fund governing and regulatory procedures
• Review of Trial Balance, GL, Cash & portfolio reconciliation, Income & expense accruals and other reports
• Review Limited Partner and General Partners/Shareholder Allocation, calculations/schedules –includes review of Admin/Management fees/Waterfall/Claw back calculations etc.
• Review of quarterly GST calculations, if applicable
• Review of Partner Capital Account Statements
• Review of draft financial statements
• Liaise with Auditors for timely completion of Financial Audits

Investor Services:

• Review all capital activity pertaining to the funds (Capital calls and Distributions)
• Review of investor onboarding documents to ensure AML/KYC compliance
• Resolve issues and communicate with investors ensuring all investor information is complete and up to date
• Review periodic capital/NAV statements
• Oversee calculation and preparation of waterfall / carried interest
• Review regulatory reporting such as FATCA/CRS Team Management:
• Review the work of team members and provide feedback for improvement in order to guarantee timely delivery and quality of work
• Monitor and track team performance and profitability in order to meet the client service level agreements and achieve financial targets
• Plan resources in line with business demands, participate in the recruitment and selection process, lead, coach, develop and appraise employees within the team
• Establish plan for new client setup and transitions
• Keep Senior Management abreast of all material issues affecting the processing of deliverables
• Ad-Hoc Reports requests and operation metrics as required by management
• Implement training initiative

Self prop Self

Self prop Self

Skills Required:

• Bachelor or Master level degree in accounting 10+ years of private equity or real estate fund accounting work experience Prior exposure to private credit funds would be highly desirable Experience in reviewing and preparing financial statements Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English (both Verbal and written) Motivated, bright and diligent individual who is driven to meet deadlines Attention to detail and ability to work on multiple projects A team leader who can manage individual responsibilities Advanced level MS excel, proficient with MS Word, MS PowerPoint Knowledge and prior experience on Efront or Investran systems is a highly desirable A professional designation such a C.A., C.P.A., or C.M.A. etc., would be an asset

What you will get in return:

A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business; Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience; Training and development opportunities

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences. We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet. For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please https://www.apexgroup.com/corporate-social-responsibility/ “Personal data provided by job applicant(s) will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated strictly confidential. Such personal data can be accessed by different Apex stakeholders within and out of country for the consideration of the job application hereunder. Application made by the job applicant(s) constitutes the irrevocable consent of the job applicant for her/his personal data to be used by Apex stakeholders within or outside country for the purpose of this recruitment.” Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey. Find out more about us