Real Estate Fund Specialist

About Schroders
We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

The base
We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We're close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

What you'll do
•    Oversee the services provided by service provider teams including production of Statutory Reporting, Investor Reporting, Board Papers, NAV Calculations, Income Distribution Calculations and Income Tax and VAT Returns for the UK, Luxembourg and Jersey Real Estate Funds or Special Purpose Vehicles. 
•    Identify and work with the outsourced provider to document all stakeholder and regulatory requirements, along with timings for responsibility, production and delivery. 
•    Monitor that that all stakeholder and regulatory requirements are met, within the given deadlines, also providing oversight of agreed service levels and KPIs for specified fund range.    
•    Periodically check the integrity of data held by the service provider, ensuring appropriate records are maintained for entities and assets. 
•    Manage any issues escalated by the service provider in relation to other 3rd parties in the operating model e.g. transfer agents, registrars, auditors, tax advisors, etc. escalating to the Lead Fund Specialist in team for any that cannot be resolved. 
•    Present information to the Boards /Operating Committees/Others charged with governance. 
•    Build, develop and maintain and develop good working relationships between the team and its internal/external clients and suppliers. 
•    Work with others to ensure Schroder group policies are adhered to and that existing procedures/practices and processes are refined to reduce operational risk. 
•    Provide oversight of and involvement in invoice authorisation and cash management operations. 
•    Complete other ad-hoc projects and tasks from time to time. 
•    Provide oversight of loan administration and oversee production of compliance reporting where required.  

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
•    Typical educational requirement: - Qualified Accountant ACCA/CIMA/ACA 

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
•    Previous experience of fund accounting and real estate or private equity structures. This may have been gained in an audit environment or working for a Fund Manager 

What you'll be like
•    Responsible for planning own workload typically against a background of changing priorities and /or external events for the month ahead. 
•    Strong interpersonal and communication skills 
•    Teamwork mindset including the ability to work with a wider team also partnering with those in the service provider  
•    Strong attention to detail 
•    Happy to get involved in variety of tasks and projects 
•    Have strong technical accounting skills and be driven to keep abreast with current requirements 
•    Able to work autonomously, keeping your superiors abreast of status as necessary 

We recognise potential, whoever you are
Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.