AVP - Investment Accounting Credit

THE COMPANY

Leading global alternative investment manager that operates in the following asset classes:

-Credit

-Real Estate

-Private Equity

-Infrastructure

Over $200bn of assets under management

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Investment Accounting team is part of the global Investment Operations team within the broader Finance & Accounting Operations organisation and has a presence in New York, London and Mumbai. The team is responsible for the firmwide analaysis of new/existing investments and daily P&L, development of accounting/other investment policies as well as internal /external reporting and works closely with Front Office, Fund Accounting, FP&A, Compliance and Portfolio Management.

You will be getting involved with transaction analysis and working with other parts of the business to analyse and evaluate each deal. Analysis includes summaries for each deal which notate internal rationale for accounting treatment with the goal of ensuring deals are properly recorded by the administrators. Product controls include monitoring the existing investment data to ensure accuracy, integrity and consistency for reporting to senior investment leaders.

More sepcific responsibilites will include:

-Participating in the investment committee, watch list, valuation, allocation and strategy discussions

-Assisting in managing relationships and to liaise with internal resources, offshoring resources, external fund administrators

-Tracking deals in the pipeline to identify any accounting, tax or compliance concerns

-Analysing credit terms, fee structures and syndication mechanisms to ensure proper revenue recognition in accordance with accounting guidelines

-Daily investigation of material profit and loss items and to coordinate with third party admins to correct any inconsistencies

-Resolve/assist with investment related discrepancies

-Analyse results from complex financial accounting data and to communicate results

-Participate and implement the firm's technological initiatives as it pertains to the investment process including building and maintaining internal modelling and monitoring tools

-Getting involved in a collaborative team environment to contribute to the development and implementation of the group's overall goals.

YOU

-Qualified Accountant with commercial/audit experience with Public/Fund Accounting or Product Control 

-Exposure to alternative assets, preferably credit instruments such as bank debt, bonds, structured products and other fixed income products

-Knowledge of investment accounting and the investment lifecycle

-PowerBI / Tableau / Alteryx preferred

-A high level of curiosity coupled with an enjoyment of problem solving

-Outstanding communication skills 

-Strong sense of ownership and accountabilty

-Commercial mindset