Financial Controller – Hedge Fund

• Run the monthly close for the management company and group entities, including journals, accruals, prepayments, intercompany and bank reconciliations.
• Produce monthly management accounts and KPI packs for the CFO and partners, with commentary on performance against budget.
• Prepare annual statutory financial statements under UK GAAP (FRS 102), US GAAP and/or IFRS, and manage the external audit for each entity.
• Prepare group consolidations and maintain the intercompany and transfer pricing framework between affiliates.

Revenue, partner allocations and compensation

• Calculate and reconcile management and performance fee income receivable from the funds, working with Fund Finance.
• Prepare LLP member profit allocations, drawings and capital accounts, and support the year-end allocation process.
• Support the bonus and deferred compensation process, including accruals, deferral schemes and payroll inputs.

Budgeting, forecasting and cost control

• Lead the annual budget and rolling forecasts for the management company, including headcount, technology and research costs.
• Track costs against budget, review vendor contracts and allocate expenses between the manager and the funds in line with fund documents.
• Provide ad hoc analysis on profitability, new business initiatives and office expansion.

Regulatory capital, tax and treasury

• Calculate regulatory capital and liquidity requirements, including the FCA IFPR / ICARA process and MIFIDPRU and other regulatory returns, as applicable.
• Coordinate corporate and partnership tax compliance (corporation tax, VAT, US partnership returns and K-1s) with external advisers.
• Manage cash, bank relationships, payment approvals and FX hedging of the manager’s non-base-currency costs.

Controls and systems

• Own the finance control framework, policies and procedures, including expense, payments and delegated authority policies.
• Improve finance systems and automation (e.g. Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, expense and AP tools).
• Manage and develop the management company finance team, where applicable.

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