An opportunity for a bright graduate to join leading investor, developer and long-term fund manager of core infrastructure and energy efficiency assets in the UK and Europe as an assistant accountant.

A successful and growing business, in the 12 years since its establishment, the team has raised over £5.0 billion of equity through five core funds and multiple managed accounts.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to build their accounting career within the investment management industry, as they will fully support your studies towards ACA or ACCA or CIMA.

Responsibilities of Assistant Accountant include:

• Performing monthly bank reconciliations
• Raising invoices for fees and recharging relevant expenses
• Maintaining the cashbook for bank transactions
• Posting cash journals from the cashbook to SUN
• Assisting with calculations and preparation of management accounts
• Reconciliation of intercompany balances

Financial Statutory Reporting and Tax Compliance:

• Assist in the preparation of year-end audit files;
• Assist with compiling supporting documents for year-end audits.
• Filing confirmation statements to Companies House.
• Timely and accurate preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns
• Assist with review of annual corporate and partnership tax computations.
• Overseeing the iXBRL tagging process.

Investor reporting

• Preparation of investor drawdown, equalisation and distribution notices
• Preparation of quarterly investor statements
• Assist with ad-hoc investor requests
• Maintenance of Fund/group structure charts
• Assisting with the completion of new investment take on checklists
• Extracting relevant cashflows from financial models that are then used by the wider business
• Assisting with the review of project model updates and assessing IRR variances

Requirements for the role:

• 2:1 or above at degree level, strong A levels and GCSE's
• Must have 6-12 months experience working within a finance function
• Quick learner, with confidence to work independently
• Strong excel skills and keen attention to detail
• Good telephone manner and written skills