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TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. We provide legal, financial and employee administration through TMF Group’s teams in 120 offices.

Job Purpose

The Manager will be responsible for servicing existing client entities to a high standard. As such they will have a thorough understanding of the fund and corporate structures including a high level of knowledge of the investments and investors of each fund. They will work closely with the Senior Manager and Associate Director responsible for the Portfolio that they are assigned to and they will act as the technical expert on each client fund team.

Key Responsibilities

We never ask for payment as part of our selection process, and we always contact candidates via our corporate accounts and platforms. If you are approached for payment, this is likely to be fraudulent. Please check to see whether the role you are interested in is posted here, on our website.

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. We provide legal, financial and employee administration through TMF Group’s teams in 120 offices.

Job Purpose

The Accounting Manager will be responsible for servicing existing client funds to a high standard. As such they will have a thorough understanding of the fund structures including a high level of knowledge of the investments and investors of each fund. They will work closely with the Associate Director responsible for the fund(s) that they are assigned to and they will act as the technical expert on each client fund team.

Key Responsibilities

• The primary focus of the role will be:
• Acting as the primary client contact for all financial reporting and accounting matters.
• Managing the audit process: conducting detailed planning; being a central point of contact for all audit queries; ensuring the approaches adopted are appropriate and that issues raised are resolved expediently; ensuring that all parties are kept informed of the status; and ensuring timely clearance for approving the accounts and ancillary documentation.
• Planning workload, prioritising and managing own time accordingly, to ensure client service of the highest standard is consistently delivered.
• Maintaining pro-active communication to ensure that the Senior Accountant Managers are kept appraised of status and to allow them to accommodate periods of absence and/or peak demand.
• Demonstrating good attention to detail in all work that is undertaken to ensure the highest level of service is delivered to clients and ensuring that the team produces accounting data accurately, efficiently and within agreed timeframes.
• Review all work performed by more junior members of the team relating to their assigned portfolio
• Working closely with counterparts on other teams to ensure seamless and coordinated client service delivery.
• In addition to the duties listed above, the Accounting Manager may be requested to perform any other ad hoc duties or projects as requested

Candidate Profile

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline
• Holds a professional accountancy qualification
• 3-5 years’ experience gained in either a financial reporting team or audit firm (preferably PERE but experience of other fund types is acceptable)
• Detailed knowledge of and experience in fund accounting (preferably PERE but experience of other fund types is acceptable)
• Extensive experience of financial statement preparation
• Excellent knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP
• Experience in operating an investment accounting system (preferably Investran but other systems are acceptable)
• Have a good understanding of the transactions undertaken by alternative investment fund structures along with broader product and industry knowledge
• Ability to learn quickly and work within a team under the guidance of a manager/mentor
• People management experience desirable but not essential