Senior Fund Accountant

About IQ-EQ

IQ-EQ is a global investor services group with deep expertise in private markets. We support investment managers, asset owners and global businesses with the administration, compliance, governance, data and reporting that their structures depend on. Across 25 jurisdictions, our 6,500+ professionals combine technical strength, connected technology and human understanding – the IQ and the EQ – to free clients from operational complexity and give them the peace of mind to focus on their core business activities.

Our IQ is our technical, regulatory and operational expertise, underpinned by data, technology and coordinated global delivery. Our EQ is our human partnership: understanding the business behind the numbers, the culture behind the structures and the individuals behind the screens. With more than US$950 billion of assets under administration, our global client base includes 13 of the world’s top 15 private equity firms* and 19 of the top 25 private debt firms**. One relationship connects our clients to the right expertise as needs evolve, helping them move forward with clarity and confidence, wherever they operate.

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This Role

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Fund Accountant to join our Real Estate & Infrastructure team. This hands-on role is responsible for the day-to-day financial management and reporting of a portfolio of real estate and infrastructure funds, ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely, and high-quality financial information to clients and stakeholders. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing fund accounting activities, including financial reporting, cash management, tax reporting, investor reporting, and month-end and year-end close processes. Working closely with clients, auditors, tax advisers, and internal teams, you will help ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and support the efficient operation of complex investment structures.

We are looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented professional with strong technical accounting expertise and a client-focused mindset. This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your career within the financial services industry, gain exposure to a diverse range of real estate and infrastructure investments, and contribute to the continued growth and success of our fund administration business.

What you'll do

• You'll review and maintain accurate accounting records, NAV calculations, fee calculations (including management and performance fees), and investment transactions for real estate investment funds.
• You'll oversee fund operations by managing capital calls, accruals, invoices, payments, investor reporting, and ensuring all reporting deliverables are accurate and submitted on time.
• You'll prepare and review financial statements, perform variance analysis (including rent and lease-related adjustments), and support year-end audits and financial reporting requirements.
• You'll ensure compliance with regulatory and tax obligations by reviewing ATO filings (ITR, BAS, IAS, AIIR, etc.), monitoring fund activities, and minimizing operational and compliance risks.
• You'll collaborate with clients, investors, and stakeholders through regular meetings, relationship management, and timely responses to inquiries regarding fund activities and performance.
• Process Improvements and Team collaboration (Leadership): Assist set up procedures for accurate data processing and update for continuous improvements. Collaborate with team members to meet with performance expectations. Assist developing an activity-based worksheet for team members for each fund.
• Cross - Team collaboration: Collaborate with onboarding team including compliance team, trustee team and all other team across the business for client onboarding and set up. Attend external meetings online/offline with various other cross-team members.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive remuneration and pension: motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
• Wellbeing & Engagement: Enjoy additional social benefits including a CHESS club, EAP support, and fitness program. Through regular business and team updates, morning teas, and fortnightly huddles, we create clarity on priorities and expectations, fostering strong engagement, connection, and a positive team culture
• Annual leave: our employees are entitled to 20 days paid leave plus all statutory public holidays
• Work alongside talented teammates across the region, collaborating both in person and remotely in a truly diverse team.
• Flexible working: we recognise the value of working flexibly and want to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements

About you

Knowledge, Skill and Expertise

• You have 5–7 years of experience in fund accounting, investment operations, or a related financial role, with strong knowledge of Australian Income Tax, GST, and tax requirements for non-resident investors.
• You hold a degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, along with a professional accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, or ACCA.
• You possess a solid understanding of trusts, property acquisition and disposal accounting, compliance obligations, and fund administration systems such as Yardi.
• You demonstrate excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to effectively engage both internal and external stakeholders.
• You are highly organized, deadline-driven, and capable of working independently and collaboratively, with strong business process knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and critical-thinking skills.

Cultural competencies

• An expectation to have a fundamental awareness of one's own worldview and acknowledgement that different world views exist, including:
• Awareness of personal attitudes, values, beliefs, biases, and assumptions about others
• Knowledge of the various dimensions of diversity, including gender, race, and ethnicity
• Acknowledging that people from other cultural groups may not share the same beliefs and practices or perceive experiences in the same way
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate with Respect, empathy and openness to effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races

Contribution to culture

It is expected that employees willingly engage with and contribute to the inclusive culture at IQEQ in line with the purpose and values of the organisation. Demonstrating specific behaviours aligned to the core values of We Care, Integrity and People first. Effectively creating a psychologically safe work environment for all in context to both specialist mini teams and the wider organisational enablement of cross-team functionality.

Information Security

Compliance with IQEQ's Information Security policies and procedures to protect IQEQ's information assets against threats and vulnerabilities.

WHS

At all times ensure compliance with WHS Policies and Procedures and all WHS legislative requirements.

As a forward-looking business, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders, including our employees, clients, and local communities, while also reducing our impact on our natural environment. There is always more we can, and should do, to improve, whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape.

We're committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee. Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees' careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to colleagues. We want to empower our 5,500+ employees, from 94 nationalities, speaking 41 languages across 25 countries, to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad, we support female managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.

We're committed to growing long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients' sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. We're emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.