Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant - Private Equity

Altum Consulting is supporting a global Private Equity brand to recruit a Senior Accountant to join their flourishing and growing team. This role maintains strong collaborative ties with the Investment Accounting, Treasury, Portfolio & Risk Analysis, and Legal & Tax teams to enhance and refine processes and controls. The business values initiative, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

The successful candidate will report directly to the Head of Financial Accounting and oversee four direct reports. Responsibilities include leading the GL accounting area, ensuring the integrity of the general ledger, and managing financial information for stakeholders. The role requires hands-on leadership, a commitment to accuracy, and the ability to foster strong inter-departmental relationships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and approving the accounting of Invoices input by the AP team
• Accounting and closing process
• Recording and validating all kinds of transactions and other information in accordance with the appropriate accounting standards using the accounting system (PeopleSoft). This includes bank bookings, investments, management fees, payroll, T&E, income and expense accruals and tax calculation.
• Participating in month-end and year-end closing of management entities.
• Reviewing monthly financial results of management entities.
• Monitoring and reconciling the balances of the management entities.
  • External/Internal billing
  • Facilitating audits (Financial, SOX and ISAE)
  • Making recommendations regarding process and efficiency improvements, particularly focus on systems/tools

Key Attributes:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting or finance
• Professional finance qualification preferred
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently in a structured manner.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities under tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills along with proficient English communication skills, both written and oral.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel. Experience with data visualisation tools and Macros is advantageous.

Please reach out to George Brown on the attached details to discuss this role further.