Fund Accountant –Hedge Fund

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A Private Hedge Fund/Family Office with offices in the US and UK is recruiting a Fund Accountant for its West London office to join a thriving and challenging business. The ideal candidate will be a part qualified or fully qualified accountant with previous experience in fund accounting. This is a permanent role, reporting directly to the Financial Controller and CFO.

Main duties:

• Assisting with the preparation financial and management reports for various entities
• Management of various commercial and private properties and associated activities
• Working closely with a small team to release daily NAV calculations and maintaining accurate fund accounting records
• Liaising with prime brokers for any cash or quantity breaks and related matters
• Cash management reviews and forecasting and assisting the CFO managing foreign currency exposure;
• Liaising with auditors for monthly and annual financial statement preparation
• Actively involved in the finance process review and improvement to strengthen reporting and financial controls;
• Cash, interest and dividends reconciliations;
• Ad hoc projects (e.g. reviews of counterpart risks, changes due to accounting standards updates, new system implementation)

Other skills:

• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated
• Advanced Excel skills are essential

The primary place of work is the office but but we are flexible if a candidate would like to work from home once a week.
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• Assisting with the preparation financial and management reports for various entities
• Management of various commercial and private properties and associated activities
• Working closely with a small team to release daily NAV calculations and maintaining accurate fund accounting records
• Liaising with prime brokers for any cash or quantity breaks and related matters
• Cash management reviews and forecasting and assisting the CFO managing foreign currency exposure;
• Liaising with auditors for monthly and annual financial statement preparation
• Actively involved in the finance process review and improvement to strengthen reporting and financial controls;
• Cash, interest and dividends reconciliations;
• Ad hoc projects (e.g. reviews of counterpart risks, changes due to accounting standards updates, new system implementation