Fund Accountant

Why Langham Hall?

Langham Hall invests in people and developing them professionally.  We are extremely proud of our leadership-focused culture which fosters a dedicated, approachable and collaborative way of working.  We offer the opportunity to progress your career and study professional qualifications.

Langham Hall’s success as a professional services firm depends on employing talented individuals.  We develop our people through the provision of quality leadership and training. We are proud of our culture and seek out people that believe in our values.

Langham Hall is a fast-growing company and as such staff experience a variety of responsibilities and inclusion in exciting initiatives beyond their day-to-day role. Employees are dedicated to delivering a first-class service to clients. Management and staff identify early opportunities to play an active part in meetings. This level of engagement ensures that we develop strong, lasting relationships with our clients and that Langham Hall staff feel engaged and challenged in their work.

Our teams work in collaboration with all teams across the business as well as with our offices in other jurisdictions.

We invest in our people, providing support and encouragement in their professional growth and development. Staff receive intensive training and, where applicable, full exam tuition and study support.

Langham Hall has extremely low staff turnover with Managers’ average tenure being over four years. This emphasises the loyalty and trust that Langham Hall has earned from its people through the promotion of a positive working culture.

Job Role

This is a great opportunity for a driven and talented individual to make a real difference as part of a dedicated and professional team. The Fund Accountant will be part of a team providing accounting and financial reporting services for established and new real estate and private equity funds.

The candidate will service the needs of a portfolio of private equity, real estate clients and associated SPVs, and will liaise with the CFO and finance team of the funds, third parties (including auditors) and any other external advisors necessary to ensure all issues are resolved and deadlines are met.

The candidate will be working in a team of accountants and part qualified accountants servicing a varied portfolio of real estate and private equity funds and SPVs.

In addition, the candidate will also be involved in the take-on and setting-up of new clients coming into the team. There will be a number of interesting and varied ad hoc projects.

This is a position best suited to a commercial yet technically minded person who is motivated by the challenge of providing technical and operational solutions to our clients.

Duties

• Lead on the client relationships for the allocated portfolio;
• Plan all deadlines and work allocations for the clients;
• Production of monthly/quarterly NAVs;
• Preparation of consolidated reporting and financial statements;
• Review of bookkeeping and reporting from junior members of the team;
• Implementing policies, procedures and checklists where necessary;
• Compile and analyse financial information underlying the financial statements, including the treatment of business transactions;
• Oversee preparation of financial reporting both at asset and fund level, including supporting files and review of work produced by team;
• Bank debt covenant reporting;
• VAT reporting;
• Lead year end audits;
• Prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS or UK GAAP;
• Organise take-on and set-up of new clients;
• Work effectively with the senior members of the Accounting team to ensure smooth transition of new work into the business;
• Ensuring all regulatory and statutory reporting deadlines and filings are achieved;
• To provide support and guidance to more junior team members;

As part of your duties all employees must ensure adherence to internal policies and procedures and meeting all personal AML obligations.

Qualifications

The candidate must be ACA or ACCA (or equivalent) part-qualified or hold at 3+ years’ relevant experience in a comparable position.

Skills and Experience/ Technical Knowledge

• Strong technical accounting skills, ideally gained within real estate funds or an asset management environment;
• A comprehensive understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS and other relevant accounting standards, and related preparation of statutory financial statements and auditor liaison;
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, procedures manuals and performance measurement reports at asset and fund level;
• Strong excel knowledge;
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations for which there may be little precedence;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Confident and proactive approach and professional attitude to work;
• Highly organised with good time management and planning skills;
• Experience in on the job training and leading team members;
• A deep understanding of the agreements associated with private equity and real estate structures and interpretation of terms within including LPA, debt documentation, sale and purchase agreements, leases etc.;
• Knowledge of Sun Systems and/or Yardi is an advantage but not essential.