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Trainee Accountant - Graduate Scheme

Employer
Langham Hall UK LLP
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Mar 8, 2021

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Job Role
Trainee Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Contract, Graduate
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Key Responsibilities

Below are some of the core skills our graduates will be learning:

  •   Interaction with the highest profile fund managers and investors in alternative asset
  •   Accounting for structures and investments in private equity, debt, real estate and infrastructure funds;
  •  Intensive training from the basics of bookkeeping to construction of complex financial statements and consolidations;
  •   Technical training on the impact of the latest accounting standards
  •  Building financial models based on funds’ legal agreements;
  • Managing a range of associated deliverables including compliance reporting, tax and ad hoc accounting projects;
  •  Learning how to manage a team including delegation and organisational skills; and
  •  Life skills such as leadership, communication and problem solving.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

  •  Be educated to degree level (2:1 and above desirable) or; AAT level 3 qualified with significant accounts preparation experience
  • Strong A-Levels and GCSEs;
  •  A keen awareness and interest in the alternative investment industry
  •  A desire to become a qualified accountant (ACCA or CIMA); 
  •  Good MS Excel and MS Word skills;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
  • Strong numeracy and literacy; and
  •  Intellectual curiosity.

About Langham Hall

Langham Hall provides premium quality accounting, fund administration and investor reporting services to Real Estate and Private Equity Fund clients.

Langham Hall invests in people and in developing them professionally.  We are extremely proud of our leadership-focused culture which fosters a dedicated, approachable and collaborative way of working.  We offer the opportunity to progress your career and study professional qualifications; through intensive training and where applicable, full exam tuition and study support.

Langham Hall is a fast-growing company and as such staff experience a variety of responsibilities and inclusion in exciting initiatives beyond their day-to-day role.  Employees are supported and encouraged to deliver a first-class service and opportunities are identified at an early stage for employees to engage with our clients which enables them feel involved and challenged in their work. 

We are proud of our positive working culture which is reinforced through our employees and our extremely low staff turnover and we seek out people that believe in our values.

Company

Langham Hall is an independent administrator, depositary and host AIFM to debt, infrastructure, private equity and real estate funds. 

Established in 2006, the business has grown to over 480 professionals globally servicing more than 350 funds. We provide these services from offices in London, Jersey, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York.

Since 2013 Langham Hall has been providing depositary and Annex IV services under the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive ('AIFMD'​) regulated by both FCA in the UK and CSSF in Luxembourg.  

Langham Hall is authorized to act as a full-scope AIFM by the FCA and CSSF to provide Host AIFM services to AIFs within the UK or Luxembourg and EEA who market into the EU.   

We are regulated in the Channel Islands by both the JFSC in Jersey and the GFSC in Guernsey.  

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