Accountant

**Firm Overview** Lunate is a new Abu Dhabi\-based, Partner\-led, independent global alternative investment manager with more than 200 employees and $110 billion of assets under management. Lunate invests across the entire private markets spectrum including buyouts, growth equity, early and late\-stage venture capital, private credit, real assets, and public equities and public credit. Lunate aims to be one of the world’s leading private markets solutions providers through SMAs and multi\-asset class funds, seeking to generate best\-in\-class risk\-adjusted returns for its clients. **Role Overview** The Senior Associate – Finance will play a key role within Lunate’s Finance team, supporting core accounting, consolidation, and tax activities across the group. The role is suited to a Big 4–trained accountant with strong technical foundations, hands\-on execution capability, and the confidence to contribute to senior\-level reporting, including board materials. This position offers broad exposure across financial reporting, group consolidation, and stakeholder\-facing outputs in a fast\-paced, high\-quality investment environment. **Key Responsibilities** Financial Accounting \& Reporting * Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial accounts in accordance with IFRS (or applicable standards) * Maintain accurate general ledger accounting, including journal entries, reconciliations, and closing activities * Support statutory audits and act as a key point of contact for external auditors Group Consolidation * Perform group\-level consolidations across multiple entities and investment structures * Ensure accurate intercompany accounting, eliminations, and reconciliations * Support the preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures Tax \& Compliance * Support corporate tax, VAT, and other regulatory filings in coordination with external advisors * Assist in monitoring tax positions, provisions, and compliance timelines * Contribute to tax\-efficient structuring discussions from an accounting perspective Board \& Management Reporting * Prepare financial inputs for board decks, investment committee materials, and senior management reporting * Ensure clarity, accuracy, and consistency of financial data presented to boards and stakeholders * Assist in responding to board and senior leadership queries on financial performance and positions Process Improvement \& Controls * Support the enhancement of finance processes, controls, and reporting frameworks * Contribute to documentation of policies and procedures * Assist with ad\-hoc finance projects as the platform continues to scale **Qualifications \& Experience** * Big 4–trained accountant (Audit or Accounting Advisory background preferred) * Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent) * 4–7 years of relevant experience, including post\-qualification exposure * Strong experience in accounting, consolidation, and financial reporting * Strong technical accounting knowledge with high attention to detail * Comfortable working with complex group structures * Clear communicator, able to translate financial data into board\-ready outputs * Proactive, hands\-on, and able to work effectively in a lean, high\-performing team * Strong Excel skills; experience with consolidation systems is an advantage