Fund Accountant

YRole

· Act as the linchpin to the overall operations of the fund.

· To manage and maintain timely and accurate reporting regarding funds to the GP / Investment Advisor and to the Fund LPs.

· To ensure the accurate disbursement and reimbursement of funds via Gateway’s third-party service providers and to support the Head of Operations in managing those service providers.

Duties and Responsibilities

· Overseeing all operational aspects of funds efficiently while keeping an eye on company and group wide operational risk factors

· Central contact point between the fund / GP / Investment Advisor and its outsourced service providers (fund administrator, auditors, compliance providers, accountants, tax etc.)

· Ensuring timely and accurate regulatory filings and overall regulatory compliance regulator guidelines

· Ensuring timely and accurate statutory filings

· Ensuring accuracy of capital call and distribution notices and overseeing dissemination of such notices by the fund administrator to the LPs

· Manage the end-to-end quarterly fund reporting process with the fund administrator and internal stakeholders, and assume responsibility for the Fund’s critical deliverables to investors (Quarterly / Annual Report etc.) in accordance with the fund LPA

· Responsible for overseeing bookkeepers with respect to the GP / associated entities corporate accounts

· Liaising with auditors (internal and external) including coordinating questions on the accounts between auditors and accountants

· Adhering to internal controls at all times and ability to escalate any issues promptly

· Preparing annual budgets for the fund and GP / investment advisor as well as periodic Board packs

· Supporting associated Gateway entities / fund administrator with respect to AML/KYC on the LPs of the funds as well as investment targets

· Ensuring accurate and timely reporting of all aspects of FATCA / CRS / Economic Substance for funds and / or the GP / investment advisor

· Ensure accurate and timely reporting of US K1s to all US investors

· Reviewing statutory fund documents to ensure they are operationally sound

· Generally to manage external service providers (including banks) and provide feedback to senior management on the performance of said service providers / make recommendations to improvement / changes

Skills and Competencies

· Meticulous and detail-oriented individual, ideally familiar with the key operational deliverables of a fund (possibly from a fund legal background)

· Financial management and reporting experience

· Operational process management

· Building relationships with service providers

· Strong administrative and organization skills

· Self-starter with sense of responsibility

Knowledge and Experience

· Experience of accounting / fund accounting desirable.

· Experience of fund structures, complexities of cross-jurisdictional payments, and tax issues important

· Previous experience running an operations unit would be a benefit

Qualifications and education requirements

· Qualified CA with 2-3 years of experience in similar domain. Experience with Big 4 firms would be an advantage