Manager - Fund Controller - Financial Services

What are the ongoing responsibilities of Manager-Fund controller

- Management and oversight - of the day-to-day workflows of their fund finance team.

- Building strong relationships across the business including portfolio managers, investor relations, product management, portfolio analytics teams and third-party vendors.

- Supporting portfolio management team with regular and ad-hoc requests, including investment restructurings.

- Fund Accounting - overseeing production of NAVs, balance sheets, profit & loss and NAV allocations.

- Performance Returns - oversight and review of performance returns, typically consisting of portfolio, share-class, fund and investor-level performance (including TWRs, IRR, MOICs etc.) and portfolio attribution.

- Fees and Expenses - overseeing management and incentive/performance fees, expense budgets and TERs.

- Data - ensuring accuracy of data in the front office systems and data warehouse.

- Reporting - oversight regulatory and investor reporting.

- Audit - oversight and sign-off of fund audits.

- Liquidity - managing cash using bridge facility, capital calls and distributions.

- FX - monitoring FX exposure and preparing FX hedging packs for execution.

- New Fund Setup - working with various stakeholders such as portfolio managers, business development, fund formation, operations, third party administrators, to create new funds and products.

- Projects - working alongside our project management team to assist with projects focusing on operational enhancements.

What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?

The successful candidate will ideally possess:

- Minimum of 10 years of experience working in financial services.

- Extensive knowledge and experience of alternative credit market products, especially special situations strategy is advantageous.

- Educated to degree level or equivalent.

- Qualified chartered accountant - ACCA / ACA / CIMA or equivalent.

- Experience managing a team, developing individuals and taking ownership of the team's responsibilities.

- Collaboration with other teams across the firm and build strong relationships across all levels.

- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts, ideas and processes.

- Ability to assess and organise workflows by priority and ensure deadlines are met.

- Strong mathematical skills as well as proficiency in Excel are essential.

- Ability to drive projects from where required.