Financial Reporting - UK Accounting & Reporting

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Job Description

Key duties and responsibilities

• Receipt of required data for the preparation of financial statements.
• Prepare and review financial statements for the UK Regulated funds adhering to the jurisdiction norms.
• Preparation of Financial statements of Hedge Funds, mainly in FRS/UK GAAP.
• Ensuring best practice are adopted and improving processes to gain efficiencies.
• Planning and organizing workload and helping prioritization of deliverable.
• Liaise with Auditors/Client/Trustees on any challenges which occur in reporting process.
• Ensuring client enquiries are answered in accordance with Apex service standards on an ongoing basis.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and other requirements of the fund’s specifications.
• Benchmarking of production reports to best practices.
• Defining the timeline of financial statements preparation with clients and auditors.
• Receipt of required data for the preparation of financial statements.
• Calculation of Mid and Bid price for Portfolio.
• Reconciliation of Units creations and cancellations.
• Oversee/calculate TER/OCF calculations.
• Oversee Offshore reportable income calculations.
• Oversee/calculate Distribution calculation process.

Qualification and Experience

• Professional qualification, MBA (Finance), Bachelor of Commerce or any course specialized in accounting.
• Experience in Financial Reporting.
• Accounting and Reporting Industry.
• Experience with Hedge funds is strongly preferred.
• Should have knowledge of accounting principles and procedures, familiarity with financial markets & instruments.
• Experience of Financial Reporting in FRS/UK GAAP is preferred.

Skills Required

• Highly proficient in MS Excel and MS Word
• Strong accounting knowledge
• Strong knowledge in capital market and derivatives
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Leadership skills

What you will get in return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business.
• Exposure to work on multiple GAAPs, multiple jurisdictions, end to end Financial Reporting in Hedge Fund, Private Equity, Real Estate etc.

Additional information

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

Website address: https://theapexgroup.com

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices.

Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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