Senior Accountant, Fund Accounting

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JOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT Office: India Department: Client Services Job Summary To provide and ensure the timely and high-quality service and deliverables to the cluster clients for funds and/or corporate clients allocated to you on a regular basis. Concentrates on creating collaborative relationships and delivering consistent results by planning and prioritizing to meet work commitments. Expected to perform review of core processes, complex ad hoc work and all other client requirements. Provides consistent feedback on accuracy and timeliness of outputs made by the Accountants and Jr. Accountants. Responsible in assisting in the review and/or preparation and completion of NAV and Financials of the private equity funds that include recording journal entries, preparing monthly/quarterly/annual financials, processing payments, preparing investor notices and various client reporting. Responsible in assisting in the review and/or preparation and completion of capital call and distribution workings along with notices and release to respective investors. To facilitate and assist with conversion of Private Equity Funds from other accounting applications to Investran. To facilitate and assist with onboarding new Private Equity Funds in the accounting platform (Investran, Paxus). This entails assisting in the review and/or preparation of all reporting requirements, such as but not limited to financial statements, working papers/ management accounts, partner statements and ad-hoc client deliverables. To facilitate and assist in various accounting and administration processes and conduct all work in accordance with IQ-EQ India Global Client Delivery's policies and procedures. Core Responsibilities Working closely with Net Asset valuation (NAV) team Review the reports prepared by the NAV team Handling the liaison administration activities Responsible for the review of Financial Statements with Disclosures, NAV reporting and other ad-hoc service requests for funds and/or corporate clients. Responsible for the preparation of complex reporting requirements, when necessary. Manages and ensures the timely and accurate deliverables of Accountants and Junior Accountants. Acquire knowledge and to become SME's of designated clients' requirements and deliverables. Ensures and champions compliance by following procedures and checklists following SSAE and other similar statutory requirements. Proactively seeks adequate training, feedback and support in both technical and non-technical aspects of the role. Assist in the development of the technical competencies of Accountants and Junior Accountants through providing feedback on their deliverables. To be able to effectively communicate and relate with the various stakeholders of the team. Submits cluster client requirements after thoroughly being reviewed. Tasks & Duties Cluster Client Delivery Acquires and shares knowledge and understanding of the clients' agreements, Scope of Work (SOW), SLA's and other necessary information needed to review and/or prepare deliverables. To confirm the complete information, data and supporting documents are received for the review/preparation of the needed requirements. To escalate and to request from the cluster counterparts any missing information. Delivers consistent and quality information within the agreed timeframes. Coordinates with the cluster the deadlines (and any changes) of deliverables then plans and assigns the workload to the team. Prepare, completely review, and ensure the quality of the assigned clients' deliverables within the agreed timelines. To be knowledgeable with the components of the reports generated by the appropriate platform/s, when necessary. Reviews the reports generated by Accountants and Junior Accountants. To be able to review outputs and all other deliverables prepared. Ensures review comments have been addressed. To address review comments of complex clients Ensures that the team takes full ownership, prepares and replies to cluster/Client/Investor's queries within 24 hours. Escalates any job-related issues and concerns to the appropriate authorities in a timely manner Provides support to the rest of the team and other teams, as needed. To act as an alternate for Assistant Managers based on business needs Communicates review comments to the team and then follows up to address pending comments for preparers Assists the Assistant Manager in gathering and organizing the information needed for the quarterly debrief meeting with the cluster to review the team's performance. This includes consolidating review comments and action points to watch out for the following quarter. Decides on proper treatment for transactions when differences in points of view arise, then escalates recommendations to appropriate authorities, as needed. Tasks & Duties Cluster Client Delivery Acquires and shares knowledge and understanding of the clients' agreements, Scope of Work (SOW), SLA's and other necessary information needed to r