Finance Manager - Private Wealth

Job Description

The Senior Manager will encounter a broad remit and this opportunity exposes you to a diverse range of areas in Finance and beyond to ensure there is positive challenges in the role that allow you maximise your strengths. Reporting to Collers PrivateWealth Fund Controller, you will have responsibilities to support onboarding and operational oversight for new semi-liquid investment products established under the Investment Companies Act 1940 (40 Act"), and equivalent European structures, such as UCI PartII SICAVs in Luxembourg. The role will involve working collaboratively across the organisation to set-up new products, fund service provider activities, fund financial activities and reporting in an efficient manner. The role will include, but is not limitedto: Responsibilities:Private Wealth Perpetual Products:Operational Oversight

• Oversight of the monthly valuation and NAV production process ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Responsibility for optimal liquidity management as potential funds will be required to service new deals, ongoing deal funding, fund expenses, FX settlement and investor subs/red requests.
• Managing the investor subscription / redemption process alongside key internal and external partners.
• Working with Fund Administrator to review semi-annual and annual accounts and implement any disclosure changes required under each investment product.
• Working alongside our tax team to manage complex underlying structures, tax reporting, and the teams administering them in a wide range of jurisdictions.
• Delivering regular reporting packs to senior management and making recommendations to drive the strategies mentioned above. This includes liquidity forecasting, investment performance, pipeline deal tracking, FX exposure coverage, and covenant stress testing.
• Partnering with our Investor Relations team to deliver fund performance analysis and aiding fundraising through delivery of due diligence materials and the wider investor servicing process.

Onboarding New Products

• Direct feed-in to product design incorporating fund/portfolio strategy to optimise investor returns, manage liquidity, modelling of returns and stress testing and fee constructs across multi-class/currency funds.
• Alongside internal/external parties, ensuring appropriate filings and regulatory requirements are satisfied prior to launch, and setup for ongoing management. .
• Support onboarding of appropriate Finance related operational partners (administration, transfer agent, custody, FX Counterparties, auditors, tech providers).
• Collaborating with FX trading counterparties and leverage providers in order to execute FX trades, manage loan facility utilisations and negotiate transaction terms. In order to do this effectively it is important to fully understand the FX/hedging andleverage strategy.
• End-to-end process design to service new products efficiently, utilising existing teams/tools within the organisation and external tools to support.

Essential experience:

• Qualified Accountant (CPA, ACA, ACCA or CIMA) - 5+yrs PQE
• Prior experience in operating registered 40 Act investment products in Private Markets, or equivalent structures, such as UCI Part II SICAVs in Luxembourg
• Significant accounting experience in private equity / alternative fund environment
• Strong working knowledge of valuation guidance / US GAAP
• Strong organisational and motivational skills, with excellent attention to detail

Knowledge of regulatory, compliance and tax considerations around Private Market products Desirable experience:

• Experience within a PE firm/Asset Manager or in one of the Top 10 accountancy firms
• Sound working knowledge of FX and capital markets
• Experience managing liquidity in a high volume fund environment
• History of interaction and influence at senior levels
• Proven record of building working relationships across senior internal/external parties and ability to communicate complex issues clearly
• Prior experience managing/overseeing third parties (administrators, wealth management platforms).
• Ability to build financial models, with an understanding of portfolio mix and investing through market cycles.

Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments at interview in order to fully support and promote your talent.