ABOUT IQ-EQ

Is a global investor services group with deep expertise in private markets. We support investment managers, asset owners and global businesses with the administration, compliance, governance, data and reporting that their structures depend on.

Across 25 jurisdictions, our 6,500+ professionals combine technical strength, connected technology and human understanding – the IQ and the EQ – to free clients from operational complexity and give them the peace of mind to focus on their core business activities.

Our IQ is our technical, regulatory and operational expertise, underpinned by data, technology and coordinated global delivery. Our EQ is our human partnership: understanding the business behind the numbers, the culture behind the structures and the individuals behind the screens.

With more than US$950 billion of assets under administration, our global client base includes 13 of the world’s top 15 private equity firms* and 19 of the top 25 private debt firms**.

One relationship connects our clients to the right expertise as needs evolve, helping them move forward with clarity and confidence, wherever they operate..

To find out more about IQ-EQ visit iqeq.com

THIS ROLE:

The primary technical expert responsible for ensuring excellence in complex fund accounting services through expertise and final review authority. This role serves as the ultimate subject matter expert for the team on complex accounting matters, leading technical decisions and process innovations while providing authoritative guidance on sophisticated client portfolios and advanced accounting modules. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• You'll review and sign off on complex financial reports, including NAV calculations, capital calls, distributions, and investor communications, ensuring compliance with client agreements and regulatory requirements.
• You'll oversee team deliverables and workload, coordinating with clients and cluster partners on deadlines, monitoring progress, and ensuring review comments and queries are resolved within agreed timeframes.
• You'll manage complex client issues, transactions, and exceptions, determining appropriate treatments, escalating matters when required, and preparing error reports and compliance cases with corrective and preventive actions.
• You'll review and approve standard operating procedures, while ensuring that new methodologies, accounting standards, regulations, and internal requirements are effectively implemented within the team.
• You'll represent the team in client, cluster, and internal meetings, participate in required training, maintain accurate timesheets, and support other responsibilities in line with business and operational needs.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Comprehensive remuneration: Motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile 

• Pension Scheme: Generous employer contribution with the ability to allow and increase employee contributions   
• Annual leave: All our employees are entitled to 22 days paid leave. Enhanced maternity and paternity, including shared parental leave and adoption leave 
• Flexible working: We recognise the value of working flexibly and is keen to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements 
• Support and development: We will ensure you have the right training, tools and development plan to grow and improve your skills every day

ABOUT YOU:

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field, are ACCA qualified, with ACA considered an advantage, and bring 6+ years of relevant experience, including at least 4 years in fund accounting.
• You have comprehensive knowledge of accounting standards, statutory requirements, and regulatory frameworks, with expertise in reviewing and signing off complex financial reports using advanced accounting systems.
• You are skilled in developing, reviewing, and approving technical standards, methodologies, and SOPs, while proactively identifying process improvements and staying current with evolving standards and industry practices.
• You have strong experience in managing complex client issues, error reporting, and compliance cases, implementing corrective and preventive actions, ensuring adherence to client agreements, and escalating issues when necessary.
• You demonstrate strong leadership, coaching, planning, communication, and interpersonal skills, enabling you to allocate workloads, develop team members, resolve queries promptly, and collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and cluster partners while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

As a forward-looking business, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders, including our employees, clients, and local communities, while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.

There is always more we can, and should do, to improve, whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We're committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees' careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to colleagues. We want to empower our 5,500+ employees, from 94 nationalities, speaking 41 languages across 25 countries, to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad, we support female managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.

We're committed to growing long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients' sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. We're emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.