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About ESR
ESR is a leading Asia-Pacific real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate, data centres, and energy infrastructure that power the digital economy and supply chain for investors, customers, and communities. Through our fully integrated real asset fund management and development platform, we strive to create value and growth opportunities for our global portfolio of investors. We offer our customers modern space solutions to realise their ambitions across Australia and New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, and India, including a presence in Europe.
Role Overview
The Senior Accountant, Fund Finance is responsible for supporting the management of multiple private equity funds managed by ESR in terms of financial management, reporting, operations, compliance, budgeting and forecasting as well as providing support to senior management, investment professionals and transaction team on fund raising, investor relations, fund set-ups, deal structuring, acquisitions and dispositions.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Support the management and review of the day-to-day accounting and financial operations, monthly/quarterly/yearly closing, monthly/quarterly/yearly consolidations and preparations of all required financial reports of multiple private equity funds as well as all entities in the private equity funds (investment holding entities and property holding entities).
- Support the management and review of the calculation of all relevant management fees, performance fees and carried interests.
- Review vendors' invoices and vendor payments.
- Prepare net asset value statements, capital account statements, financial statements, management reports and investor reports and ensure timely and accurate reporting.
- Support statutory and other required audits with internal and external auditors.
Capital and Treasury Management
- Support the management and review of capital calls, distributions and investor allocations.
- Prepare fund cashflows, liquidity forecast and all financing arrangements to ensure all liquidity needs are met.
- Support the management and review of fund transfers.
- Support the management and review of equity tracking (capital commitments, contributions and distributions), carried interest accruals and ownership changes.
- Support bank account opening, closing and management.
Process Improvements
- Map key finance processes (e.g., close, reporting, invoice/payment workflows) to identify bottlenecks, rework, and control gaps.
- Standardize SOPs/templates and implement clear responsibilities/ownership to reduce handoffs and ambiguity.
- Improve data quality and governance: define “single source of truth,” strengthen reconciliation cadence, and implement exception-based reviews.
- Drive small automation/enablement improvements (e.g., standardized checklists, workflow routing, dashboarding) to reduce manual effort.
- Track and report improvement outcomes (cycle time reduction, fewer audit findings, fewer post-close adjustments).
System implementation
- Support the migration of finance processes from SAP to Yardi, including requirements gathering, user testing, data validation, and go‑live readiness.
- Assist with the onboarding and transition to a new accounting service BPO, including documentation of roles, responsibilities, and service workflows.
- Coordinate with internal teams, IT, system vendors, and the BPO to ensure smooth implementation, clear handoffs, and issue resolution.
- Support UAT, parallel runs, and post‑go‑live stabilisation, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to agreed processes.
- Contribute to process standardisation and continuous improvement, embedding appropriate controls and improving efficiency following system and BPO changes
Investor Relations Support
- Work closely with fund management team or investor relations team to respond to investors' requests and due diligence questionnaires on financial matters.
- Liaise, coordinate and plan with legal, compliance, company secretary, tax and external advisors as needed.
Business Partner
- Support financial and tax due diligence.
- Review financial and tax due diligence reports and prepare/review completion accounts for all deals.
- Work closely with tax, company secretary and investment management to determine capitalisation structure of each entity.
- Support and assist in ad hoc requests, transactions and workstreams
Requirements
Academic and/or Professional Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (CA/CPA/ACCA) with a minimum of 4 years of experience in private equity fund accounting, logistic real estate, data centre, infrastructure and one of the Big Four audit firms.
Mandatory Requirements
- Strong understanding of IFRS, SFRS(I), financial regulations, and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy and work with third-party fund administrators and fund accountants.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of effectively liaising with various stakeholders.
- Ability to lead and mentor a team, driving performance and professional development.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits
Grow with us – Career growth and learning
We believe our greatest strength lies in the growth and development of our team. From day one, we create an environment that builds confidence and lays the foundation for long-term success. Whether you’re launching your career or stepping into a leadership role, we provide the tools, learning opportunities, and personalised guidance to help you thrive.
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Our values and purpose
Our values are the foundation of everything we do—shaping our performance, culture, and ambition. Our purpose is rooted in the pursuit of excellence across all areas of our business, with a focus on maintaining the highest standards of performance, accountability, and integrity.
When you join us, you commit to three core principles:
- We Do the Right Thing: Integrity is non-negotiable. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of accountability, ensuring that every financial decision and business move is ethical and transparent.
- We Win as One Team: Our culture thrives on collective success. We break down functional silos to ensure that our ambitions are met through seamless collaboration and mutual support.
- We Think Beyond the Present: We don’t just manage for the quarter; we build for the years to come. We challenge ourselves to look past immediate gains to secure long-term excellence and sustainable growth.
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