Fund Accounting and Controlling - Manager

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Fund Accounting and Controlling – Manager

The opportunity

As a Manager within our Fund Accounting & Controlling team, you will have overall responsibility for a portfolio of Real Estate clients, ensuring the delivery of high-quality financial reporting and fund controlling services.

Your role includes leading and taking final responsibility for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages; annual accounts under LuxGAAP, IFRS, and US GAAP; and foreign to local GAAP conversions. You will oversee fund controlling activities such as cash flow and liquidity monitoring, capital activity oversight, performance and fee calculations, NAV review processes, and investor reporting coordination.

As a senior component of the team, you will manage and develop senior and junior accountants, structure workflows across engagements, and ensure consistent quality, risk management, and timely delivery across your client portfolio.

Your key responsibilities

Act as the primary engagement lead and escalation point, deeply understanding client operating models and fostering long-term, trusted relationships at senior client level.

Coordinate, review, and take final responsibility for annual accounts (LuxGAAP, IFRS, US GAAP), management and financial reporting packages, and other regulatory or statutory reporting as required by client operations.

Oversee and challenge fund controlling activities, including fee calculations, NAV oversight, reconciliations, variance analysis, and investor reporting coordination and validation.

Lead interactions with auditors, AIFMs, administrators, and other key stakeholders; proactively manage risks and issues.

Manage engagement economics and commercial aspects including pricing, invoicing, quotations, workload planning, and profitability monitoring.

Lead, coach, and develop team members; provide structured feedback and contribute to talent development and retention.

Actively contribute to service offering development, continuous improvement initiatives, digitalisation, process optimisation, and enhancement of reporting quality and scalability.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong client leadership and relationship management skills with a trusted advisor mindset.
• Advanced analytical and interpretation skills related to financial, operational, and performance data.
• Ability to manage complex priorities, take accountability for outcomes, and drive delivery across multiple engagements.
• Proven people manager with the ability to lead teams, delegate effectively, and develop senior and junior talent.

To qualify for the role, you must have

University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or similar.

6–8+ years of relevant experience in Fund Accounting, Fund Controlling, Audit, or related fields.

Strong experience with Real Estate and/or Private Equity fund structures.

Strong knowledge of LuxGAAP and IFRS; good working knowledge of US GAAP.

Professional accounting qualification preferred (ACCA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent).

Ideally, you’ll also have

Extensive hands-on experience with capital activity (calls/distributions), performance fee or waterfall calculations, and investor reporting.

Fluency in English; French or another European language is an advantage.

Experience working in a Big 4 and/or fund administrator, including responsibility for engagements and teams.

What we offer you 

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