Fund Accountant - Real Assets
Location
Guernsey | United Kingdom
Job description
Reports to the Financial Reporting Manager
With continued growth across the Aztec Group, we're always on the lookout for bright individuals to join our journey and help support current and future business needs. This is a great opportunity for someone with some relevant work experience, and who has ideally started their professional qualifications, to join a progressive employer that can provide you with a challenging career and exceptional learning and development opportunities!
This highly numerical position will see you carry out routine day-to-day administration and accounting of fund structures under the direction of a Financial Reporting Manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with all aspects day-to-day administration and accounting matters such as calls and distributions, quarterly valuations, monthly and quarterly investor reporting and annual financial statement preparation
- Bookkeep all day-to-day operations of a variety of fund structures
- Prepare periodic bank reconciliations and provide supporting documentation evidencing transactions
- Assist with the completion of routine audit queries
- Build relationships with key client contacts
- Maintain accurate records on eFront for all aspects of bookkeeping
- Assist and support the induction, integration and training of trainee staff
Skills, knowledge, expertise:
- The candidate will be expected to be studying towards a relevant professional qualification (preferably having commenced ACCA or ACA)
- 2+ years of relevant experience, ideally in a Financial Services setting although transferrable skills from another industry will be considered
- Some technical financial services knowledge (to be supported through the Aztec Academy)
- Computer literacy skills are essential
- Very good interpersonal skills are required to develop close working relationships with colleagues, clients and business contacts
- Full working rights in Guernsey. Unfortunately, we are not able to consider candidates based overseas
Who are we?
Aztec Group has come a long way since first opening its doors in Jersey back in 2001. Our size and reach may have changed, but one thing that hasn’t is our identity – we’re proud to be a truly independent, owner-managed business that puts our people and clients at the centre of everything we do.
We understand that everyone will put value on different things and that’s why our employee package includes a variety of benefits. Here are some of the core benefits for all our people:
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Flexible, hybrid working
- Generous holiday allowance
- Pension scheme
- Private medical insurance, including eye care
- Permanent health insurance
- Life assurance (death in service and critical illness benefit)
- Worldwide travel insurance
- Ability to work abroad for up to 3 weeks per annum
- Regular social events
- Health and wellbeing programmes
- On-site parking
- Significant investment into your personal and professional development
We will provide the training, both in house for relevant technical knowledge and also professional qualifications to enhance your professional development. You will need to be quick to learn new systems and great with people, as close working relationships between our colleagues and clients is at the heart of what we do.
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