Real Estate Fund Accountant

Who we’re looking for
We are looking for an  ambitious Fund Controller to join our Real Estate Fund Accounting Team, within the Real Estate division based in [location].

About Schroders
We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

 

We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

 

The base
We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

 

The team
Our award winning Real Estate department is an integral part of Schroders’ Private Assets division. We manage a broad range of real estate funds globally, including open/closed ended direct funds, listed REITs, mutual funds investing in global real estate securities as well as private partnership and multi-manager funds. Schroder Real Estate also manages joint ventures and separate accounts meeting specific client investment objectives.

The Real Estate Fund Accounting team, consisting of 30 individuals across the UK and Luxembourg, is part of the Real Estate department and provides core accounting services, plus investment/ product support to the real estate fund range in UK & Europe.

 

What you’ll do
•    Produce or oversee the production of  Statutory Reporting, Investor Reporting, Board Papers, NAV Calculations, Income Distribution Calculations and Income Tax and VAT Returns for the UK, Luxembourg and Jersey Real Estate Funds or Special Purpose Vehicles where required.

•    Ensure that appropriate records are maintained for entities and underlying assets on our Yardi system and contribute to the Yardi strategy of the department

•    Provide oversight of provision of services by third party service providers

•    Provide transaction support for acquisitions with potential tasks including assisting with the structuring advice, set-up of investment structures in accordance with tax advice, creation of new entities and close liaision with investment team to ensure transaction closing is achieved as planned.

•    Provide operational support for the set up of new structures including working with our structuring team, internal counsel, external advisors and Fund Managers to ensure that operating frameworks are set up appropriately and service providers are appropriately selected and appointed

•    Provide operational support as required to Product Managers and others as required in the wider team to ensure that business objectives are met

•    Present information to the Boards /Operating Committees/Others charged with governance

•    Provide supervision/ line management to more junior members of the team

•    Build, develop and maintain and develop good working relationships between the team and its internal/external clients and suppliers

•    Work with others to ensure Schroder group policies are adhered to and that existing procedures/practices and processes are refined to reduce operational risk.

•    Provide oversight of and involvement in invoice authorisation and cash management operations

•    Complete other ad-hoc projects and tasks from time to time

 

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

•    Typical educational requirement: – Qualified Accountant ACCA/CIMA/ACA

 

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
•     Previous experience of fund accounting and real estate or private equity structures. This may have been gained in an audit environment or working for a Fund Manager.

 

What you’ll be like

•    Responsible for planning own workload typically against a background of changing priorities and /or external events for the month ahead
•    Strong interpersonal and communication skills  including the ability to work with a wide team
•    Strong attention to detail
•    Happy to get involved in variety of tasks and projects
•    Have strong technical accounting skills and be driven to keep abreast with current requirements
•    Able to work autonomously, keeping your superiors abreast of status as necessary

 

We’re looking for the best, whoever they are
Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. You’re welcome here whatever your socio-economic background, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious belief, age or disability.

 

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