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Fund Controller

3 months ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1825 Full time
Job Description


abrdn's Private Equity business manages more than £7bn of primary, secondary and coinvestment investments in multiple jurisdictions and within a broad range of different collective funds and segregated accounts.

The business has an exciting future and is entering an ambitious growth phase.

About the role


Reporting to the Fund Control Manager, this role will be responsible the oversight and accounting for a number of collective or segregated closed end funds and related vehicles.

This is a fixed term contract for an
_initial_ period of 12 months

Key responsibilities include:

  • Mandate ownership: take ownership of an allocation of private equity mandates (predominantly UK / European) and review quarterly management accounts, management fee calculations and investor reporting as well as performing key data reconciliations with third party administrators
  • Valuations:

in conjunction with the investment team, play a central role in the quarterly valuation process through review and assessment of quarterly valuation movements- Treasury: monitor cash balances for assigned funds to ensure that optimal level of cash is held in the fund.

Initiating investor transactions when appropriate to call or distribute from funds.- Statutory accounts: coordinate annual accounts ror limited partnerships and limited companies in accordance with prevailing regulations and standards

  • New / old mandates:
support the launch of new products and wind up of existing mandates

  • Scheduling:
ensure that key tasks in respect of assigned funds are completed within agreed timescales

  • Continuous improvement:
identify opportunities for improvement and implement with buy-in from key stakeholders

  • Project initiatives:

support internal and external stakeholders to address a range of requests and ongoing projects across abrdn Private Equity.- Ensure the operation of an effective control framework.

- Recognised, relevant accountancy qualification- Sound knowledge of current accounting practices and standards- Competency in Microsoft Excel- Private Equity or relevant asset class experience- Stakeholder engagement skills- Good communication skills, both written and verbal

An inclusive way of working


Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we'd like to hear from you.

At abrdn we've adopted a 'blended working' approach.

This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home and other locations.

It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.


We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.


  • An inclusive culture
, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age,

gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.

About abrdn

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want.

Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer.

And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.


We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.

We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.

We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.