Senior Fund Controller

7 months ago

London, United Kingdom Cameron Kennedy Full time

CONTRACT TYPE:
- Permanent- LOCATION:
- London- INDUSTRY:
- Accountancy & Audit- Financial Services- SALARY:
- £115000 - £125000 per annum- START DATE:
- ASAP- REF:
- 52231_1700659621- JOB PUBLISHED:
- about 5 hours ago- Senior Fund Controller
- £115,000 + £125,000 + good bonus potential+ benefitsCentral London - Hybrid role

THE COMPANY
High growth, large venture capital and alternative fund management and investment firm investing in technology and fintech, with a collegiate, supportive and diverse culture have a rare high profile, career opportunity for an experienced Fund Finance professional to join the business in a senior role. They have achieved tremendous growth in terms of their valuation and invest primarily overseas in fast growth businesses with high demographic influences. The firm now has a number of funds with collective AUM of over £2.8bn after having recently gone through a further successful fund raising. The role will be a hybrid 2-3 days in the office and works very closely with the CFO and the deals team and management. The role provides support covering a number of complex fund structures plus various co-investment, founder and GP vehicles. Due to the continued growth of the business and the internal promotion of the incumbent, they are looking to recruit a Fund Controller to take on full ownership of all the day to day operational and control aspects of the fund management team reporting directly to the Director of Fund Control and working closely with the CFO. You will be required to take responsibility for running the fund structures efficiently and to best in class standards. This includes the management of third party fund administrators, internal investment teams and other service providers to collate and present information in a timely and accurate manner. You will be assisted by a small funds team who have a deep understanding of how the funds are managed and their obligations. The role will require strong attention to detail and understanding how a wide range of funds operates. This will be a challenging but rewarding role that would suit someone who is highly organised and can work to the highest standards.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
To be considered for this excellent opportunity you should meet the following requirements:

- A qualified accountant with a minimum of 4 years' experience in a fund controller or fund accounting role gained in-house at an Alternative Investment fund manager with experience within either PE, Real Estate, VC, or Debt
- Experience of reviewing the work at a high level and detail level of work produced by external fund administrators
- Detailed understanding how a wide range of funds and structures operate
- Knowledge of private equity / venture capital / alternative products and services
- Good fund operational or financial background having worked in a PE, VC or alternative fund management group
- Excellent written English and clear verbal communication skills
- Highly organised, attention to detail and able to work to the highest standards
- Hard working and ambitious
- Team player and previous experience of managing junior members of staff
- Proactive and a fast learner

THE ROLE

The role includes the following:

- Acting as a fund controller for a variety of fund structures and taking full ownership of the reported numbers ensuring information provided is accurate.
- Ensuring that all deadlines are met
- Being a core contact point
- Management and oversight of third party fund administrators
- Reviewing and approving fund accounts and IRR calculations
- Drafting fund budgets and cashflow management
- Monitoring and ensuring execution of various fund or side letter obligations
- Initiating and implementing, and maintaining robust controls, processes and procedures where necessary
- Policy writing and identifying and implementing operational improvements
- Investor reporting
- Management of external auditors when required

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