Accountant

Accountant - Financial Instruments
To £58,000 + Benefits
City of London

The Company:
A large investment organisation are actively recruiting for a proactive Financial Accountant. You will have exposure to a variety of funds, working with different teams on an advisory basis, being brought in as the technical expert to carry out reviews and deal with technical queries.

The Role:
Provide essential advice on financial instruments and advise the accounting team on various complex issues. Resolve technical queried and perform second reviews on financial statements. Identify control weaknesses and recommend control procedures to reduce risk. Support the development of new
services and new business proposals through expert knowledge of internal procedures. Provide training for the service accounting team - designing and delivering presentations training sessions on private equity (PE) and accounting for PE.

Ad-hoc special projects, preparing sales packs with sample investor reports and accounts and designing demonstrations for various types of funds (private equity/venture capital, property, infrastructure, mezzanine, investment trusts, GPs, carried interest partners, etc.) and fee proposals Helping/advising in developing new product lines (new types of funds) and new jurisdictions.

The Candidate:
-The successul candidate will have practical and extensive experience of Financial Instruments to include
knowledge ofhedging options, debt funds and derivatives.
-Fully qualified accountant - (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
-Solid understanding of IFRS and US GAAP UK GAAP.
-You will be dducated to degree level.
-Practical experience of performing a technical accounting role
-Experience working within Financial Services, i.e. Banking/Audit background.
-Ideally have experience of Real Estate investment.

October 18, 2012 • Posted in: General

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