About the Role
This role is key to the Finance Transformation Programme, focusing on evolving processes, data, and technology to improve efficiency and analysis. The Private Credit Accounting Controller will ensure accurate financial reporting, robust control execution, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness for the firm's private credit products and related regulated entities. The role also involves supporting the monthly global close process for Revenue and Distribution accounting and participating in all streams of finance transformation.
Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate financial reporting, robust control execution, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness.
- Partner closely with Investments, Operations, Fund Administrators, Treasury, Legal, Compliance, Product Development, and external service providers.
- Support the coordination of the monthly global close process for Revenue and Distribution accounting.
- Actively participate in all streams of finance transformation, including design, testing, data migration, reporting, and analytics.
- Carry out other duties as assigned.
- Understand and abide by the firm's regulatory obligations, regulated entity requirements, and JHI policies.
Requirements
- A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- 8+ years of relevant accounting experience.
- Ability to work accurately and independently with excellent attention to detail and pride in presentation and delivery of workpapers.
- Results-driven approach, including ability to make enhancements and improvements to processes and increase transparency of analysis.
- Ability to get up to speed quickly, but also enthusiasm to take time to understand the area and its requirements.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and work with the team and others at Janus Henderson.
- Ability to take a step back and review and challenge.
- Ability to meet deadlines, for example at month end.
- Ability to analyze data and provide relevant financial insight.
- Willingness to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements.
- Willingness to adhere to past political contributions and political activities disclosure and certification requirements.
Skills
- Financial governance
- Accounting oversight
- Control environment for private credit products
- Accurate financial reporting
- Robust control execution
- Regulatory compliance
- Audit readiness
- Monthly global close process coordination
- Revenue accounting
- Distribution accounting
- Finance transformation
- Design
- Testing
- Data migration
- Reporting
- Analytics
- Investment Management experience (preferred)
- Private Credit experience (preferred)
- Financial Services industry experience (preferred)
- SAP S/4HANA experience (beneficial)
- Experience of working in a global organisation (beneficial)
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years of relevant accounting experience
Education Level
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool.
Benefits
- Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
- Generous Holiday policies
- Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
- Paid volunteer time
- Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
- Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
- All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
- Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen
- Competitive compensation
- Pension/retirement plans
About the Company
- A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.
- Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.
- Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do: Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust
Equal Opportunity
- Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
- We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
- Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you!
- We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment.
- If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at recruiter@janushenderson.com.
