Client Manager - Aviation Accounting

We’re a leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide. We employ a global workforce of 6,500+ people across 24 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$857 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top-15 private equity firms.

Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.

Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients, we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding.

We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.

The Client Manager - Aviation Accounting is responsible for delivering accounting, financial reporting and administrative services to a portfolio of aviation clients, including aircraft leasing structures, aircraft-owning special purpose vehicles (SPVs), aviation investment platforms and aviation financing entities.

The role serves as the day-to-day accounting contact for allocated clients and is responsible for ensuring high-quality service delivery, timely financial reporting, regulatory compliance and effective management of client relationships.

Working closely with their Senior Manager, the Directors, Transaction Management, and Aviation Accounting teams, the successful candidate will support clients throughout the lifecycle of aviation structures and transactions.

What You'll Do:

• You'll manage an allocated portfolio of aviation and aircraft leasing clients, serving as their primary day-to-day contact for all accounting-related matters.
• You'll demonstrate exceptional ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities across your client base.
• You'll build and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring consistent and high-quality service delivery.
• You'll embody our Group Values of being Authentic, Bold, and Collaborative in all client interactions and internal communications.
• You'll provide strategic accounting support and guidance to clients, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor within the aviation sector.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive remuneration and pension: motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
• Wellbeing: additional social benefits such as private health and dental cover, life assurance, discounted gym membership, eye test and corporate GP
• Annual leave: our employees are entitled to 25 days paid leave plus all Ireland public holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity, including shared parental leave and adoption leave
• Flexible working: we recognise the value of working flexibly and want to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements.

About you:

• You hold a degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline
• You possess strong accounting knowledge with experience in financial reporting and regulatory compliance
• You demonstrate excellent client relationship management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• You have proven experience working in professional services or aviation sector environments
• You embody authentic, bold and collaborative values in your professional interactions

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders - including our employees, clients, and local communities - while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.

There is always more we can, and should do, to improve - whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 24 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.

We’re committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.