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About the Role
This hands-on role is responsible for the day-to-day financial management and reporting of a portfolio of real estate and infrastructure funds, ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely, and high-quality financial information to clients and stakeholders. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing fund accounting activities, including financial reporting, cash management, tax reporting, investor reporting, and month-end and year-end close processes. Working closely with clients, auditors, tax advisers, and internal teams, you will help ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and support the efficient operation of complex investment structures. We are looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented professional with strong technical accounting expertise and a client-focused mindset. This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your career within the financial services industry, gain exposure to a diverse range of real estate and infrastructure investments, and contribute to the continued growth and success of our fund administration business.
Responsibilities
- Review and maintain accurate accounting records, NAV calculations, fee calculations (including management and performance fees), and investment transactions for real estate investment funds.
- Oversee fund operations by managing capital calls, accruals, invoices, payments, investor reporting, and ensuring all reporting deliverables are accurate and submitted on time.
- Prepare and review financial statements, perform variance analysis (including rent and lease-related adjustments), and support year-end audits and financial reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and tax obligations by reviewing ATO filings (ITR, BAS, IAS, AIIR, etc.), monitoring fund activities, and minimizing operational and compliance risks.
- Collaborate with clients, investors, and stakeholders through regular meetings, relationship management, and timely responses to inquiries regarding fund activities and performance.
- Assist in setting up procedures for accurate data processing and update for continuous improvements.
- Collaborate with team members to meet performance expectations.
- Assist in developing an activity-based worksheet for team members for each fund.
- Collaborate with the onboarding team, including compliance, trustee, and all other teams across the business for client onboarding and setup.
- Attend external meetings online/offline with various other cross-team members.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of experience in fund accounting, investment operations, or a related financial role.
- Strong knowledge of Australian Income Tax, GST, and tax requirements for non-resident investors.
- Solid understanding of trusts, property acquisition and disposal accounting, compliance obligations, and fund administration systems such as Yardi.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to effectively engage both internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly organized, deadline-driven, and capable of working independently and collaboratively.
- Strong business process knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and critical-thinking skills.
- Fundamental awareness of one's own worldview and acknowledgement that different world views exist.
- Awareness of personal attitudes, values, beliefs, biases, and assumptions about others.
- Knowledge of the various dimensions of diversity, including gender, race, and ethnicity.
- Acknowledging that people from other cultural groups may not share the same beliefs and practices or perceive experiences in the same way.
- Ability to communicate with respect, empathy, and openness to effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
- Willingness to engage with and contribute to the inclusive culture at IQEQ in line with the purpose and values of the organisation.
- Demonstrate specific behaviors aligned to the core values of We Care, Integrity and People first.
- Effectively create a psychologically safe work environment for all in context to both specialist mini teams and the wider organizational enablement of cross-team functionality.
- Compliance with IQEQ's Information Security policies and procedures to protect IQEQ's information assets against threats and vulnerabilities.
- Ensure compliance with WHS Policies and Procedures and all WHS legislative requirements at all times.
Skills
- Fund accounting
- Investment operations
- Australian Income Tax
- GST
- Tax requirements for non-resident investors
- Trusts
- Property acquisition and disposal accounting
- Compliance obligations
- Fund administration systems (e.g., Yardi)
- Communication
- Stakeholder management
- Relationship-building
- Business process knowledge
- Problem-solving
- Critical-thinking
- Information Security policies and procedures
- WHS Policies and Procedures
Location
- Worldwide
Work Type
- Permanent
- Flexible working
Experience Level
- Senior
- 5–7 years
Education Level
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, or ACCA)
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
- Comprehensive remuneration and pension
- Additional social benefits including a CHESS club, EAP support, and fitness program
- Regular business and team updates, morning teas, and fortnightly huddles
- 20 days paid leave plus all statutory public holidays
- Hybrid working approach
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.
- Driven by the Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.
- Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations.
- Committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.
- Learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable investment in growing employees’ careers.
- Committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.
- Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.