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About the Role

We are seeking a strategic and influential leader to drive our Technical Accounting Advisory function, providing expert guidance across global fund accounting operations. This is an exciting opportunity to shape technical accounting strategy, lead transformation initiatives, and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver exceptional support and innovation across the business.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for technical accounting advisory services, driving transformation initiatives that enhance technical expertise, operational efficiency, and service delivery.
• Lead the allocation of technical accounting resources across global fund accounting locations, ensuring the effective deployment of expertise and consistent support worldwide.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior leaders across Delivery and Product functions, fostering collaboration, alignment, and best practice sharing across regions.
• Act as the escalation point for complex fund mechanics, management fee calculations, carried interest models, and investor transaction queries, providing expert guidance to fund accounting teams.
• Sponsor and champion Qashqade, our global carried interest modelling platform, driving internal adoption while supporting client and prospective client engagement.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience within private markets, alternatives, asset management, asset servicing, or fund administration, with a strong foundation in technical accounting.
• Possess comprehensive knowledge of fund accounting operations, transfer agency processes, fund mechanics, management fee calculations, carried interest structures, and investor transactions.
• Demonstrate expertise in industry reporting standards and frameworks, including statutory reporting (IFRS) and regulatory reporting requirements such as Annex IV.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior executives, lead change initiatives, and drive collaboration across globally distributed teams.

Skills

• Technical accounting
• Fund accounting
• Private markets
• Alternative investments
• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Influencing

Location

• Global

Work Type

• Permanent
• Flexible working

Experience Level

• 10+ years

Education Level

• Recognised accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• Motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile

Benefits

• Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
• Private health and dental cover
• Life assurance
• Discounted gym membership
• Eye test
• Corporate GP
• 25 days paid leave plus all UK public holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave, including shared parental leave and adoption leave
• Support and development programmes

About the Company

• A leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide.
• Employs a global workforce of 6,500+ people across 24 jurisdictions.
• Has assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$857 billion.
• Works with 13 of the world’s top-15 private equity firms.
• Services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.
• Operates as trusted partners to clients, delivering intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding.
• Committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture.
• Invests in growing employees’ careers through learning and development programmes.
• Supports employees in achieving balance and flexibility through a hybrid working approach.
• Empowers employees to achieve their potential.
• Supports women managers launching their first fund.

Equal Opportunity

• Committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.