Fund Accountant

Centralis partners with Alternative Investment Firms and Corporates, providing administrative, global expansion and governance solutions, tailored to clients' unique needs and challenges by providing seamless alignment of our resources with your objectives. Founded in 2006, Centralis is headquartered in Luxembourg and has offices in 13 jurisdictions. Today, Centralis employs over 450 highly experienced, multilingual professionals across all our jurisdictions. Our team has been selected from a diverse background, focusing on financial, investment and legal professionals with an exemplary client services track record.What we offer:At Centralis, we work in a dynamic, human-size, multi-cultural environment. We attach great importance to the personal fulfilment and professional development of our employees. We offer you an interesting and rewarding job, an attractive salary package and a number of benefits, including training support, flexibility and a hybrid model (2 days of home office every week starting after the probationary period).-We are currently recruiting an Accountant, for our Luxembourg office.This role offers an exciting opportunity for professional growth, including training to transition into a Fund Accountant position and work with investment fund structures. If you are eager to learn, thrive on challenges, and bring a flexible approach to your work, we’d love to hear from you!Your responsibilities:Perform the accounting work for investment funds structures, from the GP through the Fund, down to the SPVs with a high degree of accuracy.Occasionally assisted by a Junior Fund Accountant or a Senior Fund Accountant on more complex fund structures or larger client relationship.Provide services to a portfolio of entities including accounting, NAV production, reporting and fund administration.Provide day-to-day financial reporting and fund accounting services, ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures.Ensure client responsibilities are managed effectively and to agreed client best practice, regulatory and statutory deadlines.Apply investments valuation as per the fund valuation policy and reconcile the investment cost as per the official records.Work closely with colleagues to ensure accounting records are accurate and activities are understood and included within accounting ledgers.Ensure all journal entries are supported by valid backup and cross referenced, to be stored as per existing procedures.Enforce controls as per SOC1 report and document them via the execution of checklists for each accounting deliverable.Collaborate effectively with the Transfer Agent team on capital events, partner transfers and capital account statements preparation by booking journal entries, preparing calculations, notices and statements, until they are approved by the client/AIFM.Prepare accounting files for audit and coordinate the audit process until financial statements are finalized.Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual NAVs, management accounts and investor reports.Prepare annual statutory financial statements, including ECDF filings.Perform upon client instructions cash management and bank payments.Prepare and attend client board meetings for financial statements presentation.Manage client relationships ensuring quality and responsive services to clients.Liaise with third parties such as lawyers, auditors, bankers and investment managers, as required.Manage a portfolio of clients in a professional manner with a strict observance of the procedures in place at Centralis.Your skills:Accounting Degree and some relevant fund accounting experience.You are ACCA or similar qualified or working towards it.Very good communication skills in English. Any other language will be an asset.Proficiency of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).Prior experience in illiquid alternative investment funds administration, such as private equity, private debt and/or real estate funds.Any prior experiences on E-front are considered an advantage.Valid work permit for LU.