Zephyr Peacock India - Finance & Accounts Role - Private Equity Fund - CA

About Zephyr:

Zephyr Peacock India provides equity financing for fast growing, small to medium sized companies led by strong entrepreneurs and management teams in India. The company focuses on investments in the sectors of financial services, food and agriculture and infrastructure ancillaries, with the objective of earning superior long-term returns that will benefit from the rapid growth of the Indian economy. Zephyr Peacock is a subsidiary of Zephyr Management, L.P., (ZMLP) a US based global emerging markets investment manager, specializing in the creation and management of highly focused private equity funds. ZMLP also has an investment advisory arm that assists investors in building diversified global portfolio across equity and fixed income solutions for their investments.

Zephyr Peacock is based in Bangalore, India. The finance team in Bangalore lead the accounting practice for India, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Africa entities. We are looking to hire a Chartered Accountant, with an experience of 3 to 4 years (preferably in Private Equity) and who is available to join us immediately. The location will be Bangalore. Given below is the broad job description for the role.

Job description:

1. Responsible for overall accounting of Funds and the investment manager. The candidate should be conversant with the Accounting Standards, IFRS and/or USGAAP. The candidate will also be responsible for the audit of all entities.

2. Actively coordinate with administrators of Funds (Offshore and Onshore) for Fund related activities.

3. Responsible for the preparation/Review of Capital call workings, distribution workings and related investor communication.

4. Responsible for the preparation/Review of unit capital statements, tax estimates and capital account summaries of Funds' investors on a quarterly basis.

5. Provide information to the tax advisor for Annual K-1s for US investors

6. Work with the marketing team on quarterly investor updates for all Funds and ensure timely delivery of the reports.

7. Work on Quarterly Valuations of all the portfolio companies and update Fund and Investment IRRs and MOIC regularly.

8. Assist the company in Fund raising activities.

9. Ensure timely payment of tax (direct and indirect), timely filing of tax returns (quarterly and annual) of all Funds and the investment manager.

10. Ensure bi-monthly reimbursement of expenses and quarterly collection of management fees from Funds to the investment manager.

11. Ensure all regulatory compliances - SEBI, RBI, Taxation, Audits and Corporate compliances

12. Prepare monthly cashflow budget Vs actual comparison.

13. Review and payment of expenses related to the manager and the Funds.

14. The candidate should be a team player, self-starter and have good communication skills.