About the Role:

As a Manager – Fund Accounting (IA&R) will be responsible for service delivery to agreed portfolio of clients in line with agreed client specific service level agreements.

What You’ll Do:

• Involve in part of the client communication and ensuring delivery of all reporting for allocated client portfolio.
• Prepare Fund/Holdco and SPVs reporting and financial statements based on client requirements, including management fee calculation.
• Prepare consolidation accounts as needed.
• To provide bespoke financial analysis reporting as per client requirements e.g. cashflow reporting.
• Perform review of financial statements and analysis prepared by local accountants appointed by client.
• Perform review work of KL service center team’s accounting and provide coaching as necessary.
• Supporting the fund’s team with financial analysis.
• Preparation of annual standalone and consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS and liaison with client’s auditors
• Capital call/ distribution calculations, waterfall/performance fee calculation, coordination with client appointed tax advisor on approved distribution and management of cashflow process.
• Responsible for compliance with current procedures to ensure SLAs and KPIs are met within agreed timeframe.
• Support/ monitoring the payment process with various teams and prepare necessary documents to back up the payments (e.g. drafting the intercompany loan agreement based on an agreed template)
• Perform data review and analytical review on the data aggregation of the underlying PropCo/HoldCo. Liaison with 3rd party service providers is needed.
• Support the business on onboarding of new clients/new portfolio from accounting perspective
• Highlighting potential process improvements and working with the Director of the team to implement.
• Requirement to attend client meetings and internal meetings.
• Admin support, e.g. company secretary coordination, payment coordination and problem solving
• Managing a team of 4 in KL BSO office.

What You’ll Need:

• A professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA or CPA Australia or equivalent) will be an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Focused on delivering solutions within agreed timeframes.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Multi-tasking and good time management skills. Ability to prioritize assignments and meeting deadlines.
• Mature and independent, positive attitude, proactive and self-motivated.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced working environment. Be flexible to adopt changes.
• Ability to remain calm and in control when working under pressure.
• Ability to deal with different stakeholders.
• People Management skills

Work Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in accounting/auditing from Big 4 or Fund accounting / fund administration experience is a plus
• Solid experience in preparation of consolidated financial statements under IFRS
• Experience with accounting system, knowledge of Yardi system is a plus
• Experience of working in a business culture that promotes adherence to procedures and controls
• Excellent Computer Skills – Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, MS Project and PowerPoint)