Senior Fund Accountant, Octopus Investments
12 month FTC
3 days a week in office (Holborn, London)
Ethical Investments
Job no longer available
Ethical Investments
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
3 days a week in office (Holborn, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Octopus Group is a B Corp whose mission is to invest in the people, ideas and industries that will help change the world.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
- Institutional fund accounting experience with exposure to financial services and/or real estate essential
- Proven track record of delivering results
- The successful candidate will need to demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build relationships within their team and across departments
- Previous experience with the REIT regime would be an advantage
What the job involves
- This exciting opportunity will give the Senior Fund Accountant full ownership of finance and reporting for three institutional real estate funds
- This person will be building thorough knowledge of the funds assigned to them and becoming a key point of contact for stakeholders including investment teams, fund administrators, external joint venture finance teams, and external investors
- The role will also support the launch of a fourth fund in the retirement rentals sector
- This role will be suitable for a self-starter, comfortable working predominantly individually, but also on projects or collaboratively within a team, and someone who will be able to demonstrate strong organisational skills to manage the requirements of multiple funds simultaneously
- As they will be working closely with the Investment Management teams and will have exposure to institutional investors, the successful candidate will need to be adaptable, demonstrate strong technical skills and be ready to manage a wide range of stakeholder relationships
- This role sits within the Octopus Real Estate finance team, with responsibility for managing fund accounting and transaction support across the retirement and affordable housing funds
- Commercial
- Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of assigned funds and a strong working knowledge of their portfolios and fund structures. As well as supporting with the launch of a new retirement rentals fund
- Maintain good working relationships with the investment teams, fund administrators, auditors, tax advisors and other teams both within Octopus and externally, ensuring that Finance play a leading role in ensuring the seamless management of the funds, including supporting the investment teams on transactions
- Reporting
- Liaise with and manage the relationship with the administrators and external joint venture finance teams to maintain accurate books and records for the funds at all times and ensure reporting is delivered to the funds’ deadlines
- Own the complete regulatory reporting cycle for assigned funds, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality statutory reports, including annual accounts filings, tax filings, REIT compliance reporting and FCA reporting as required for the funds
- Input into quarterly fund reports and board reports
- Other
- Be the key point of contact on the funds for internal stakeholders including Finance Director, Head of Finance, Fund Managers, and Investment Directors
- Critically review all existing processes being confident to suggest and, where relevant, implement enhanced and automated processes to drive efficiency throughout the team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Octopus is a group of companies investing in innovative ideas from various industries. The Octopus Group incorporates Octopus Energy, Octopus Real Estate, Octopus Investments, Octopus Ventures and Octopus Labs.
Across its financial services business, the company cares as much about the impact its investments have as it does about the returns it generates for its investors.
Since its inception, the company has grown significantly and has more than 3 million domestic customers and now actively operates in 18 countries.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
10 people
Jessica Bourdon-Pierre, Portfolio Manager
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Flexible working
"Your job and your life can be organised flexibly. I do school runs and finish early to get family time and catch up in evenings on missed time. "
Company benefits
- Critical Illness Cover & Death In Service
- Health Insurance
- Pension Plan
- Performance Bonus
- Share Incentive Plan
- Hybrid Working (3 days in the office, 2 days remote)
- Childcare Vouchers
- Sick pay
- 'Take what you need' Annual leave
- £3000 Bike to Work Scheme
- Employee Discount Portal
- Professional Development & Training
- Monthly 'Drink Up'
- The Greatest Christmas Party Ever
Company values
- Be Helpful: We like people who behave like it’s always day one and who remember that without our customers there is no business.
- Be Straightforward: We like people who have opinions and who express them in a way that’s respectful and easy to understand
- Be Bold: We like people who make decisions quickly and who are OK changing their mind if it turns out there’s a better way of doing things
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Simon Rogerson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at Octopus Investments for 20 years, first as Chief Executive and co-founder for 19 years and then as Executive Chairman for 1 year.
Chris Hulatt
(Co-Founder)Previously Investment Manager at Mercury Asset Management for 2 years and Non Executive Director at ClearlySo for 4 years.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Octopus Investments
Riean Stewart (Portfolio Talent Associate)
- 50/50 gender split across all senior leadership roles (currently 43% female / 57% male)
- 15% of managerial roles and above will be held by people from an ethnic background (Currently 8%)
- We partner with Black Young Professionals network, Investment 2020, Work180, Women in Finance, 10,000 Black Interns and more to promote D&I at Octopus and in the Investments industry
- We host events aimed at women in the financial services industry and how we can attract & support people in this space
- We host internal D&I events on how to support ethnic backgrounds in the workplace, Neurodiversity and more!
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