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Financial Accountant - Asset Management
Lanson Partners
Sydney, UAE
Full Time
Mid
4 weeks ago
Financial AccountingMonth End CloseFinancial ReportingStatutory ReportingConsolidationExcel
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Financial AccountingMonth End CloseFinancial Reporting
About the Role
Lanson Partners seeks a Financial Accountant for a global asset management firm. The role involves month-end close, financial reporting, statutory reporting, and supporting investment activities.
Key Skills for This Role
Financial AccountingMonth End CloseFinancial ReportingStatutory ReportingConsolidationExcel
Responsibilities
- Deliver accurate month end and period end closes across multiple consolidated entities
- Manage key accounting processes including cash, revenue, distributions, interest, expenses, intercompany transactions, and consolidation adjustments
- Review entity P&Ls and prepare management reporting commentary
- Support statutory reporting requirements, year end audits, and financial statement preparation
- Maintain the integrity of legal entities, including statutory accounts, regulatory reporting, tax compliance, and indirect tax obligations
- Perform reconciliations and ensure compliance with internal accounting policies and controls
- Assist with technical accounting analysis and documentation
- Support transaction settlement processes across lending and investment activities
- Partner with investment, operations, and external service providers to support lending transactions
- Contribute to the implementation and optimisation of a new loan management platform
- Support finance transformation initiatives and technology projects
- Identify opportunities to improve controls, efficiency, and reporting processes
Requirements
- CA or CPA qualified, ideally with at least 12 months of post qualification experience
- Background in audit, fund accounting, trust accounting, financial control, or a related environment
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including AASB and IFRS reporting standards
- Comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast paced environment
- Highly organised, detail oriented, and proactive in identifying process improvements
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with both finance and non finance stakeholders
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
Full Job Posting
Financial Accountant Asset Management
- A newly created role at a fast growing, global asset management with a reputation for delivering exceptional outcomes across a wide range of asset classes.
- Managing billions in assets and continuing to attract significant capital, the business has built a strong reputation for delivering innovative lending and investment solutions.
- If you're a recently qualified accountant coming from audit, fund accounting, or a financial control background, this role offers genuine ownership and a clear pathway into a broader finance leadership career.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver accurate month end and period end closes across multiple consolidated entities.
- Manage key accounting processes including cash, revenue, distributions, interest, expenses, intercompany transactions, and consolidation adjustments.
- Review entity P&Ls and prepare management reporting commentary.
- Support statutory reporting requirements, year end audits, and financial statement preparation.
- Maintain the integrity of legal entities, including statutory accounts, regulatory reporting, tax compliance, and indirect tax obligations.
- Perform reconciliations and ensure compliance with internal accounting policies and controls.
- Assist with technical accounting analysis and documentation.
- Support transaction settlement processes across lending and investment activities.
- Partner with investment, operations, and external service providers to support lending transactions.
- Contribute to the implementation and optimisation of a new loan management platform.
- Support finance transformation initiatives and technology projects.
- Identify opportunities to improve controls, efficiency, and reporting processes.
About you
- CA or CPA qualified, ideally with at least 12 months of post qualification experience.
- Background in audit, fund accounting, trust accounting, financial control, or a related environment.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including AASB and IFRS reporting standards.
- Comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast paced environment.
- Highly organised, detail oriented, and proactive in identifying process improvements.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with both finance and non finance stakeholders.
- Interested in developing broader controllership capabilities across reporting, controls, tax, and commercial finance.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
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