Fund Controller - 6 Month Initial Contract (with extension opportunity) - around £400 a day (Inside IR35) - Hybrid Working: WFH and Edinburgh based office at least one or two days a week - Financial Sector

Essential Criteria:

• Accounting qualification and current membership of a relevant professional accounting body.
• Relevant experience in the asset management sector, ideally private equity.
• Strong knowledge of the investment operations function, FCA regulations, IPEV and applicable accounting guidelines.
• Demonstrable risk and controls awareness/mind-set and ability to apply this to the operating environment.
• Knowledge of controls required to manage an investment throughout its life cycle.
• Strong technical/Excel abilities ideally with experience of working with private markets investment management systems.
• Proactive in investigating and resolving issues.
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

Duties Include:

• Preparing and providing support for investment valuations in accordance with IFRS 9 and IPEV.
• Sanctioning release of funds at investment close or at specified dates (many of the investments will be debt with delayed draw profiles and amortisation), ensuring all contractual and legal requirements are met ahead of funds release.
• Enabling and tracking investment income cash flows throughout the life cycle of the investment (regular debt coupons and equity dividends), including calculation of interest payments and issuing statements and liaising with Finance on this.
• For equity investments, the role holder will be responsible for managing the initial equity investment (sanctioning of funds as per above), managing dividend receipts, collating financial performance data, management of cap tables and managing cash flows on investment exit.
• Provide support for and input to the investment booking process, valuation models and downstream interactions with confirmation and interaction with any external settlement systems.

This role has been deemed inside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.