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Sajjad R. Status: Offline
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Fund Accountant/ Controller - Big 4 Audit / top 5 Fund Admin - 11+ Exp

A dedicated professional (ACCA – Fellow Member) with 11+ years of experience in Finance Services and Financial Reporting mostly on leading roles at globally renowned organizations such as “Apex Funds Services Ltd” (top 5 Fund Administrator), Ernst & Young (one of the big 4 audit firm) and “Miras Investments and projects LLC” (a renowned family office in Oman - Royal Family). Expertise: - Periodic Accounts / Accounting Report / Management Reports - NAV Report (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually, Annually) - Handling Complex matters / Calculations (Management Fees, Performance Fees, Waterfall, Carried Interest, Catch-up, Equalization) - Regulatory Returns (DFSA returns, VAT returns) - Financial Statements of 10-12 Funds simultaneously including Consolidation (Simple / Complex group structures - Group Accounting) - Managing outsourced finance staff of different Locations (Amsterdam, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, KSA) including ACCA members and CAs. - Evaluating AKSA ODD report and presenting investment appraisal to Investment Committee Fields: - Private Equity - Real Estate including REITs - Mutual Funds / Sukuk, UCITS - Hedge Funds - Equity, Derivatives & Crypto Funds - Private Debt - FMCG/ Trading - Audit Evaluation work / Compliance: - Compliance check with rules and Financial Industry Practices - ILPA reporting requirements - Fund Administrator assessments - Investment manager fees assessment Designing and Automating process - Designed tool in advanced excel that generated GAZT tax compliant Arabic Rent Invoice from fee Schedule. - Designed different templates for the team (Cash Management tool, Expense schedules, Budgeting fund expenses, Variance analysis, Factsheet, emails templates, NAV pack generations using advance excel) - System knowledge: SAP, Oracle, Aexeo, Qlik Dashboards, Geneva, Metrosoft KYC Jurisdictions Handled complex private equity funds and REIT structures. This includes consolidations accounting ensuring compliance with the local requirements (Cayman, KSA, UAE- DIFC / DFSA, UAE - ADGM, Oman, Bahrain, Bermuda, Guernsey, BYI) Networking: - Access to networks of experts: big 4 auditors, big 5 administrators and investment managers Portfolio - NCB Capital (Eastgate Capital / AlAhli Bank / SNB Capital) – UAE (Multiple Private Equity and Real Estate Funds) - Jadwa REIT AL Haramain - Jadwa Investments – KSA - Jadwa Saudi REIT – Jadwa Investments - KSA - Bank Muscat Asset Management – Oman - Gulf Islamic REIT / GII DIFC – DIFC, UAE - Stonearb Capital – Cayman Island & DIFC, UAE - Mashreq Al-Islamic Sukuk Funds - DIFC, UAE - Arqaam Capital - Miras Investments LLC
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Skills

Skills

  • GAAP
  • Accounting
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Financial Accounting
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Fund Accounting
  • Data Analysis
  • Report Writing
  • Policy Writing
  • Account Management
  • Internal Auditing
  • Bookkeeping
  • Private Equity
  • Real Estate
  • Pro Forma Statement

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You will get a NAV Pack, CAS/Investor Statements and Dashboard Access - Fund Accounting

From $150
4 days delivery

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