As a Trainee Fund Accountant, you will carry out day-to-day loan fund accounting of debt structures that contain loan portfolios under the direction of a Financial Reporting Manager.
Key Responsibilities
* You will assist with the bookkeeping of a range of debt funds, portfolio companies and associated fund structures, liaising with clients and intermediaries as necessary to meet client deliverables such as NAV reporting.
* You will assist and complete basic trainee FA-level aspects of accounting matters for a portfolio of fund structures, including the proper processing/review of daily posting of Loans, general accounting of expenses/income, the preparation and reconciliation of statutory financial statements, and ad-hoc investor queries.
* You will ensure accurate records are maintained on accounting system eFront FIA for all required aspects of different significant financial statements line items.
* You will review the daily/weekly bank reconciliations ensuring both Loan and GL transactions are up to date and provide supporting documentation evidencing transactions.
* You will grow your technical knowledge of Private Credit/Debt instruments with the ability to agree the loan processing transactions and loan reporting to the GL and TB.
Requirements
* You should have a desire to study towards a relevant professional qualification, which we support through our in-house training programme.
* You should possess sound technical financial services knowledge, which we can help develop through ongoing support and training.
* You should be proficient in computer literacy and interpersonal skills, particularly Excel.