Assistant Manager, Accounting

General Information

Job ID 36733 Location Katowice, Poland Work Types Full Time Categories Client Accounting, Funds, Private Equity and Real Estate

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About TMF Group TMF Group is a leading provider of administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world.

As we’re a global company with 11,000+ colleagues based in over 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, We actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.

Discover the Role The role holder will support the Senior Manager / Manager in managing service delivery for a portfolio of complex alternative investment fund structures administered by TMF.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing management accounts, financial statements and other reports for a portfolio of fund structures. Acting as a final reviewer.
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with clients.
• Responsible for all aspects of accounting and financial reporting
• Managing the audit process: conducting detailed planning; being a central point of contact for all audit queries; ensuring that issues raised are resolved expediently and all parties are kept informed of the status.
• Planning own workload, prioritising and managing deliverables accordingly.
• Responsible for the management and review of the work performed by more junior members of the team.
• Maintaining pro-active communication to ensure that the Senior Accounting Manager / Manager are kept appraised of status and to allow them to accommodate periods of absence and/or peak demand.
• Demonstrating good attention to detail in all work that is undertaken to ensure the highest level of service is delivered to clients and ensuring that the team produces accounting data accurately, efficiently and within agreed timeframes.
• Assisting with the monitoring and controlling of all incoming communication to ensure that it is directed to an appropriately skilled member of the team.
• Ensuring all work complies with the Fund’s documentation, the Company’s policies and procedures and any regulatory requirements.
• Seeking process improvements.
• Assisting with the development and training of staff.
• In addition to the duties listed above, the Assistant Accounting Manager may be requested to perform any other ad hoc duties or projects as requested.

Key Requirements

• Hold a Degree in a relevant discipline or a professional accountancy qualification
• Knowledge of and experience in fund accounting (preferably Private Equity / Real Estate but experience of other fund types is acceptable)
• Extensive experience of financial statement review and preparation
• Excellent knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP
• Experience in operating an investment accounting system (preferably Investran)
• Have a good understanding of the transactions undertaken by alternative investment fund structures along with broader product and industry knowledge
• Ability to learn quickly and work within a team under the guidance of a manager/mentor
• People management experience desirable but not essential

What’s in it for you?

• Convenient central location of the office
• Stable employment
• Flexi-time and remote/hybrid working
• An international and dynamic environment
• Private medical care
• Life insurance
• Co-financing for the Multikafeteria program (e.g. Multisport card)
• Access to a language platform with 12 different languages to learn
• Access to a mental health and well-being platform offering a variety of functionalities that will support you in caring for your well-being
• Exceptional people and atmosphere
• Christmas and occasional gifts
• Co-financing of holidays (social fund)
• Opportunity to take part in charity projects

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!