Asset Management - Real Estate Fund Controller - Associate
JPMorgan Chase
- Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Be responsible for quarterly, annual financial reporting including managing annual audit process and ad-hoc periodic investor queries and reporting as well as to improve existing reporting process
- Work closely with finance team in various locations to ensure reporting requirements and controls are aligned
- Proactively manage third party fund administrators to ensure timeline and quality deliverables including accounts, waterfall calculation, capital drawdown and quarterly distribution
- Understand of partnership agreements and investment structures especially Japan structure
- Prepare and lead the quarterly distribution and cash flow projection and analysis, coordinating fund flow memo, calendar and payment with different stakeholders
- Prepare and coordinate the quarterly investment valuation and accounting, investment and management report
- Calculate, review and maintain fund performance data, including return and attribution analysis
- Support on fund and business level budgeting and forecasting, regular and ad-hoc internal reporting
- Develop and maintain relationships with all internal and external stakeholders
- Take lead in other finance operational platform matters
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or other related discipline
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in open and closed-ended funds and operating company investments
- Chartered Accountant, ACCA, CPA or equivalent
- Up-to-date industry knowledge on accounting and taxation changes in the real estate industry
- Understanding of SFRS(I), JGAAP, US GAAP and advance knowledge in consolidation from different investment layers
- Current knowledge on industry accounting and tax structuring/trends/issues
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to act decisively, form opinions, solve problems and make recommendations
- Strong project management skills; ability to manage and organize resources, conduct effective presentations, facilitate meetings, and gain consensus around issues, with the ability to manage workload and meet tight deadline
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence senior stakeholders and cultivate strong relationships internally and externally
- Experience in managing third party service provider and auditors
- Proficiency in financial reporting software and Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
- Knowledge of financial modelling
- Proficiency in Japanese in reading Japanese documentation