Senior Accountant, Private Wealth Accounting

A senior preparer position responsible for delivering comprehensive corporate accounting services for complex client portfolios. This role handles a full spectrum of complexity levels (low, medium, and high) with minimal supervision, focusing on sophisticated accounting processes and detailed client deliverables. The position requires strong technical expertise and the ability to lead preparation of complex financial reports while maintaining high quality standards.

Core Responsibilities

• Handle moderate to complex accounting tasks independently
• Ensure consistent delivery of high-quality deliverables
• Maintain accurate records and documentation
• Champion compliance with procedures and requirements
• Guide junior team members on routine procedures
• Build expertise in designated client requirements
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives

Tasks

• Monitor and manage assigned mailboxes
• Post journal entries and ensure accurate recording of transactions
• Perform periodic bookkeeping and reconciliations
• Prepare working schedules and working papers
• Attend audit queries and liaise with auditors directly
• Compute tax/VAT requirements independently
• Prepare periodic accounts and financial statements with disclosures compliant with accounting standards
• Perform thorough self-review of all deliverables
• Provide support to team and other teams as required
• Address and resolve moderately complex accounting queries independently
• Escalate job-related issues to reporting line promptly
• Monitor regulatory reporting timeline and ensure filing compliance
• Address review comments from reviewers/clusters promptly
• Complete and sign off required checklists
• Conduct self-reviews to maintain quality standards
• Perform other related duties as assigned for role and business needs

Educational Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field or ACCA Level 2 or ACA

Professional Experience:

• At least 4 years of experience in Corporate Accounting

Skills and Key Behaviours:

In addition to upholding our Group Values (Authentic, Bold, and Collaborative), the role holder will be expected to demonstrate the following:

• Advanced technical expertise in accounting standards and financial reporting
• Proficiency in preparing detailed working papers, periodic accounts, and financial statements
• Skilled in handling audit queries and liaising with auditors independently
• Commitment to process improvements and quality assurance
• Effective written and verbal communication for professional correspondence and client interactions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent organizational skills to manage high-complexity deliverables and deadlines
• Proactive and detail-oriented in ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards
• Demonstrates accountability and a commitment to delivering exceptional results
• Continuously seeks opportunities for skill development and knowledge enhancement

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining 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 their colleagues. We want to empower our 5,800+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 25 countries - to each achieve their potential.  Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women 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 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.