Financial Accountant - Investments

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai.

We are hiring a Financial Accountant position who will support the accounting and finance function of the Company within our Investments Group. Core responsibilities include supporting the periodic close process for various investment entities, preparation of investor reporting materials, day-to-day accounting for additional investment deployments and realizations, and certain cash management functions. The ideal candidate will be a CPA and have two to four years of public accounting or industry experience in financial services.

The role will report to the Senior Manager of Investments and be based in Burford’s Chicago office.

www.burfordcapital.com

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of legal assets for companies and law firms.  Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms. Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 150 people today, including over 45 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup.  Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, curious, and confident.  Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business.  Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email when outside the office, including during evenings and weekends

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. Burford provides competitive health care benefits and a 401k matching program.  Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture.  We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Perform the quarterly close process for our investment entities and prepare them for consolidation.
• Execute and manage investment related transactions, including deployments, realizations, and valuations.
• Assist with the preparation of the annual audited and quarterly reviewed financial statements.
• Assist other business units, such as investor relations and case management, with their investment related questions and needs.
• Drive continuous improvement in making our processes and controls more efficient.
• Participate in ad hoc department projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

SKILLS DESIRED

Qualifications & Experience

• Ideal candidates will have two to four years of accounting experience at a nationally recognized public accounting firm or a financial services firm.
• CPA certification or demonstrated progress toward certification.
• Proficient with financial statements prepared under U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with Private Capital Suite (PCS ERP), Sage Intacct and Blackline a plus.

Core Competencies & Skills / Personal Attributes & Fit

• Highly organized, with committed work ethic and strong attention to detail.
• Advanced-to-Expert Excel skills. Able to work in an organized and efficient manner with large datasets across numerous platforms, including very large spreadsheets with complex formulas and linking.
• Able to work independently and prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills (including the ability to build relationships with sophisticated internal clients and the ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization).
• Judgment and self-confidence, but also humility, open-mindedness, respect for others (regardless of position) and enthusiasm for working as a team member.
• Excellent problem-solving skills to negotiate and interface with a myriad of internal and external contacts.

• Enterprising, intelligent, creative and proactive.
• Enthusiasm for change is essential in a rapidly developing market, as well as the uncertainty and alterations that accompany a change.
• Experience using investment accounting systems and PowerBI a plus.

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