Head of Funds Financial Reporting (Asset Management Audit Manager requ

Funds Financial Reporting (Asset Management Audit Manager required)

Our client is a leading multinational asset management firm, looking for an Audit Manager to come on board and take responsibility for the firms fund financial reporting. This role will have a high degree of commercial exposure and will report regularly directly to various boards.

Responsibilities to include:

• Ensure smooth running of the various funds financial reporting requirements in a timely and efficient manner
• Planning of year-end audit and interim account preparation, with prioritisation of work in order to meet the various deadlines
• Understand, interpret and apply relevant financial reporting standards (including technical changes under IFRS) across the funds ranges
• Manage the different internal stakeholders ensuring smooth process to completion
• Lead the internal preparation and completion of data needed financial reports disclosures
• Review and maintenance of regular data flows data where relevant (eg performance calculations, holdings data, OCF)
• Understanding of fund documentation including prospectus and other third party agreements etc.

• Responding/resolving to audit queries on timely fashion
• Responsible for liaising with directors through to account completion
• Responsible for coordinating sign-off process for UK Funds
• Attend related Board meetings regarding accounts approval
• Manage the various administrators, strengthening relationship, monitoring performance
• Updating various data feeds on other Group in-house systems on a timely basis;
• Continued liaison with Structuring & Investment teams on investment and fund queries.
• Liaising extensively with the relevant internal stakeholders on the daily, weekly and monthly processes

Skills / Experience required:

• Qualified accountant, likely from a top 10 firm
• Working commercial knowledge of various fund structures (including UK OEICs and Unit Trusts, Irish plcs and Unit Trusts, and Lux Sarls and SCSp; across both UCITS and AIFs)
• Ability to embrace change and help identify efficiencies on process to the benefit of wider teams