Apex Group - SA/AVP - Private Equity/Real Estate Fund Accounting - Fund Services Team

Private Equity/Real Estate Fund Accounting

The successful candidate will join the Fund Services team and will be closely working with Clients and Client Service Managers based in APAC/UK/US region in connection with the performance of duties related to the administration of Private Equity/Real Estate Funds. Candidate should have 6 plus years of relevant experience in the Administration of Private Equity/ Real Estate Funds and NAV calculations. Should have relevant experience in Client relationship management, Team Management,

Preparing Financials/Investor notices and other Client reporting, processing payments etc.

Key duties and responsibilities:

- Review and sign off NAV and Financials of the Private equity/ Real Estate funds that include recording Journal Entries, preparing monthly/Quarterly/Annual Financials, processing payments, preparing investor notices and various client reporting.

- Review Capital Call and distribution workings along with notices and release to respective investors

- Manage end execute conversion of Private Equity Funds from other accounting applications to eFront/ Yardi

- Develop various KPIs to be followed and ensure all necessary controls are put in place in the process.

- Manage work allocation among the team and ensure back up and BCP plans are in place.

- Identify and implement process improvement techniques to improve the process efficiency and team productivity.

- Managing the client relationships for the Funds and individually handle the deliverable requirements on daily/weekly/monthly/Quarterly basis.

- Liaising with Onshore team, clients and Auditors on various requirements and ensure all supports are provided to the auditors to get the financials approved on the agreed timeline.

- Liaising with multiple stake holders in the organization and ensure the tight deadlines are met.

- Onboard new PE/RE Funds in the accounting platforms (Investran, Geneva, Yardi, eFront).

- Onboard Investors in Investran and maintain contact details.

- Migrate Funds from different accounting platforms to Investran and Geneva.

- Develop customized reports in Investran to support the client requirements.

- Understand and complete adhoc requests from clients

Skills Required:

- Relevant Experience - Minimum 6 years of experience preferably into PERE

- Good experience working on Investran, eFront, Yardi and Macro enabled workbooks.

- Experience in handling audit requirements and adhoc client requirements in Fund accounting.

- Good conceptual knowledge in accounting principles and financial statement preparation,communication.

- Good Experience in handling the client relationships and should be good in written and oral

- Worked on onboarding new clients and develop reporting templates for the clients instruments

- Good work experience in Bank debt and loan debt instruments with other Private equity

- Team Management Experience and problem solving skills

- Experience in Transition of PERE Funds from onshore locations.

- Experience working in Fund Accounting, NAV Calculation & Financial Statement preparation of Private Equity/Real Estate/Hybrid Funds

- Years of experience - 6 to 15 years