Fund Financial Controller
9-12 month Contract
The role is with a leading global investor, developer and fund management firm based in London.
Purpose of the Job:
To take primary accounting responsibility for Infrastructure Fund(s) within the fund management business, reporting to a Fund Associate Director and ultimately the Chief Financial Officer.
Duties of the Job:
- Production of fund management information including reporting on investment performance and monitoring the introduction of new investments to ensure that investment returns are as expected or optimised.
- Production of annual fund statutory accounts and subsequent audit.
- Administration of investor drawdowns, distributions, equalisations and general investor reporting (quarterly) including ad hoc information requests as necessary.
- Interrogation of financial models (supplied by project accountants) and collation of investment reports to monitor and evaluate project performance.
- Financial due diligence of target investments
- Liaise with the asset management team to deal with operational issues, report on asset performance and optimise investment returns
- Progression to involvement with the asset management team and to provide business partnering role to the wider commercial and deal teams
Candidate:
The ideal candidate will:
- be able to work as part of a wider fund management team alongside other finance professionals and operational managers, as well as use initiative to proactively and independently manage a portfolio of infrastructure investments
- be a qualified accountant with real experience of accounting (preferably project and/or fund accounting) with either an industry or practice background
- be well versed in Excel and have a working knowledge of financial models (macros and VBA preferable but not essential).
- Experience of PFI and infrastructure investments and funds preferred but not essential
- be an innovative thinker and not fear challenging financial problems
- have experience in financial reporting in foreign currencies
- be degree level educated.
Reporting to:
Immediate line manager will be the Fund Associate Director and ultimate reporting will be to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director.
