Fund Accountant recruitment
The Finance Team is supporting the Investment Team, which is managing a well-diversified global portfolio of alternative assets, including private equity and hedge funds, but also including private equity real estate funds. This position is offering the opportunity to work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial and truly international team.
To support the team in our offices in the heart of Schaffhausen, we are now looking for an
Fund Accountant
to provide support to the Senior Fund Accountant and the Finance Team in the ongoing daily business as well as in the reporting to the company’s clients. In particular, you are involved in the following aspects:
- Capturing and updating investment portfolio transactions (including obtaining approvals for funding) in the investment software
- Updating valuations for portfolio investments
- Capital call validation, monitoring and follow-up with the Treasury Team in the US
- Support the Team with document storage management
- Maintenance of static data in investment software
- Reconciliations of monthly and quarterly investment statements
- Reconciliations of bank statements
- Assisting in the completion and submission of subscriptions and redemptions for investments
- Assisting in cash forecasting and evaluating cash requirements
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly and quarterly performance reports for various clients and other ad-hoc reporting needs
- Routine interaction with the in-house and the US based Investment Team
The ideal candidate should have the following profile:
- A degree in Finance or Accounting (or equivalent)
- Significant work experience of 2+ years in Accounting
- Fluent in English, verbal and written
- Basic understanding of investments or a strong interest in the investment world
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office tools (especially Excel)
- Previous working experience with databases is an advantage
- Experience interacting in an international environment is s a plus
We are looking for a reliable team player with the ability to work independently and under pressure to respect timelines. A high level of flexibility, accuracy, and attention to detail is an absolute must-have.
For this position we can only accept Swiss or EU/EFTA applicants.