Senior Fund Accountant
Sydney | Permanent, Full-Time | Asset Management

Ready to step into a senior fund accounting role where your technical expertise genuinely matters?

Join a high-performing investment business and become the senior technical specialist within a close-knit fund accounting team.

You’ll work across a diverse portfolio spanning listed equities, private equity, venture capital and real assets, with direct exposure to investment teams and a clear opportunity to grow your career.

This is more than a processing role. You’ll have ownership of key fund accounting deliverables, act as the team’s technical authority and play an important role in strengthening processes and controls as the platform continues to grow.

Your day to day:

- Review daily unit pricing prepared by the external fund administrator and investigate discrepancies.
- Prepare and review month-end NAV calculations and supporting workpapers.
- Reconcile cash, investment positions and units on issue, resolving breaks promptly.
- Calculate investor distributions and coordinate distribution payments.
- Maintain general ledgers across registered and unregistered investment schemes.
- Prepare tax and regulatory deliverables, including BAS and annual tax data.
- Support financial reporting, year-end audit and investor queries.
- Manage the day-to-day relationship with the external fund administrator, registry, auditors and tax advisers.
- Lead process improvements, including standardising workpapers, controls, procedures and documentation.
- Act as the team's technical go-to, reviewing junior work, providing guidance and supporting the wider investment/middle-office functions.

Why this role?

- Broad asset-class exposure.



Gain hands-on experience across listed markets, private equity, venture capital and real assets.
- Real technical ownership. You’ll be the senior technical voice in a team of four, rather than another cog in a large processing function.
- Visibility and influence. Work directly with investment and broader business teams and contribute to how the platform operates.
- Predictable peaks. Daily unit pricing is balanced by defined month-end, distribution and audit periods that are planned and resourced — not an endless cycle of fire-fighting.
- Collaborative team environment. Join a small, experienced team where your knowledge will be valued and your contribution visible.

What you'll bring?

- 4+ years’ fund accounting experience, ideally covering Australian registered and unregistered schemes.
- Solid experience across unit pricing, NAV, distributions and cash management.
- Exposure to month-end, year-end, financial reporting and audit processes.
- Sound understanding of Australian managed investment schemes and related accounting and tax requirements.
- A degree in accounting, commerce, finance or a related discipline, with CA/CPA qualification highly regarded.
- Advanced Excel skills, backed by strong analytical, reconciliation and problem-solving capability.
- Most importantly, you’ll be someone who enjoys taking ownership, improving processes and being the person others turn to when the numbers get complex.

If you’re an experienced fund accountant looking to move beyond pure production and into a role with technical ownership, broader asset-class exposure and genuine career progression, this could be the next step.

Apply now to Niamh at Lanson Partners.

📌 Senior Fund Accountant (Sydney)
🏢 Lanson Partners
📍 Sydney