Private Equity-Fund Accounting-Fixed Term Contract (6 month)

The successful candidate will join the Fund Services team as a Senior Associate and will be closely working with Clients and Client Service Managers based in MRU/APAC etc region in connection with the performance of duties related to the administration of Private Equity Funds. Candidate should have 5 plus years of relevant experience in the Administration of Private Equity Funds and NAV calculations. Should have relevant experience in hybrid structure Private Equity Funds, Client relationship management, Preparing Financials/Investor notices and other Client reporting, Processing payments etc.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Review and sign off NAV and Financials of the Private equity and Hybrid Funds that include recording Journal Entries, preparing monthly/Quarterly/Annual Financials, processing payments, preparing investor notices and various client reporting.
• Review Capital Call and distribution workings along with notices and release to respective investors
• Handle migration of Hybrid and PERE Funds from onshore location independently and ensure SLA targets are met.
• Identify and implement process improvement techniques to improve the process efficiency and team productivity.
• Managing the client relationships for the Funds and individually handle the deliverable requirements on daily/weekly/monthly/Quarterly basis.
• Liaising with Onshore team, clients and Auditors on various requirements and ensure all supports are provided to the auditors to get the financials approved on the agreed timeline.
• Liaising with multiple stake holders in the organization and ensure the tight deadlines are met.
• Onboard new PE/Hybrid Funds in the accounting platforms (Investran, Geneva and eFront).
• Manage end execute conversion of Private Equity Funds from other accounting applications to eFront
• Develop customized reports in Investran/eFront to support the client requirements.
• Understand and complete adhoc requests from clients
• Should act as a Subject matter expert of the underlying PE dealing process imparting training if needed, command on key areas of the process and taking lead in transitions and migrations if needed
• Being an SME should be capable enough to find out the root cause of errors and provide solutions accordingly
• Acting as a primary contact for day-to-day contact with clients and other fund participants and able to establish a rapport with Local office managers .
• Investigation of Investors Subscription & redemption documents
• Performing Mail Merge activity to send Financial Notices / Statements to the Investors
• Should be good with Reviewing, analysing and reporting the details of fund level and investor level documents
• Need to have the basic understanding of Excel and the formulas like V-lookup, H-lookup match, index and IF functions etc.
• Good understanding of Fund Setup, Investor Setup, Company Setup, Contacts and circulation list updates over investor portal

Skills Required

• Relevant Experience Minimum 5 years of experience preferably into PERE and Hybrid Funds
• Good experience working on Investran, eFront and Macro enabled workbooks.
• Experience in handling audit requirements and ad hoc client requirements in Fund accounting.
• Good conceptual knowledge in accounting principles and financial statement preparation.
• Good Experience in handling the client relationships and should be good in written and oral communication
• Should be good at dealing activities which includes Static, Capital activities and reporting
• Worked on onboarding new clients and develop reporting templates for the
• Good work experience in Bank debt and loan debt instruments with other Private equity clients instruments
• Experience in Transition of PERE and Hybrid Funds from onshore locations.
• Experience working in Fund Accounting, NAV calculation and Financial Statement preparation of Private Equity/Real Estate/Hybrid Funds
• Graduate or Post graduate in Commerce, MBA Finance, CA/CMA