Associate, Alternatives Fund Accounting

About this role As an Associate within the FAIR team, you will be part of a high impact team focused on delivering exceptional analytical reports. This team’s work focuses on analysing and recalculating fees and expenses relating to private equity and other alternative investments and providing insight to our LP clients regarding the expense structures of their investments. You will be responsible for providing post investment due diligence services through examining financial data that provides our clients insight into their management fee, expense, and carried interest structures. If you are an experienced fund accountant, auditor, or financial due diligence professional who appreciates the nuances of private equity agreements, complex legal agreements, and financial structures – FAIR is the place for you. As an Associate, you will have the ability to add value across multiple clients within the FAIR team, enabling you to gain a deep perspective and awareness of the wider industry. You will be in charge of leading client engagements, reviewing FAIR reports, and conducting financial analysis.  You will gain a rich knowledge of the alternative investment market as you create and review reports over the fees charged to our clients in multiple different alternative investments and lead conversations with our clients over their fee structures. Roles and Responsibilities: Reporting and Analysis Create and review detailed reports over management fees, partnership expenses, and carried interest for a variety of alternative investments, including private equity, real estate, private debt, and hedge funds Ensure consistent methodologies around data extraction, fee recalculation, and report creation is applied to all reports Identify inconsistencies or large variances and collaborate with our global team and external stakeholders to resolve them Perform detailed review of reports created by senior analysts/ analysts for adherence to our methodology, accurate calculations, formatting, and commentary Consult with other team members to resolve variances and seek help when methodologies are unclear Adhere to team KPIs to ensure timely report delivery for all clients Client Management Act as the main point of contact for clients in the region through responding to client email inquiries, conducting regular status calls, leading presentations, and coordinating report deliveries Breakdown and explain complex fund terms, especially those relating to carried interest and management fees Collaborate with our global team to create best in industry client experience Create detailed presentation materials and present FAIR findings to clients on a quarterly basis Communicate project status, issues, and solutions effectively to both clients and internal teams Conduct regular client meetings in which you present detailed status reports and review progress of the overall deliverables Key requirement for this role: Reporting and Analysis Minimum 4 years of experience in fund accounting, investment management, external audit, or another private equity-adjacent role from a reputed organisation Excellent understanding of financial statements including notes to financial statements, capital account statements, cash flow notices, ILPA templates, and other information regularly published by General Partners General understanding of limited partnership agreements, private equity fund structures, and associated fees Meticulous attention to detail in creating and reviewing reports Demonstrates ownership, self-motivated to meet KPIs and delivers quality reports Excellent Microsoft Excel skills required including the ability to work with complex functionalities (Formulas, pivot tables, ability to run existing macros) Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with a global team Prior experience with Jira and Power BI preferred but not required Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required CPA, CFA, CAIA or othe ... (truncated, view full listing at source)