Private Debt Fund Modelling/Portfolio Management - eFinancialCareers : Job Details

Key responsibilities

• The business want to completely overhaul the current fund modelling capabilities. This role will take a lead in the evaluation of the current state of the models and lead on the redevelopment of them to increase accuracy and transparency to allow for better decision making by the investment team. And provide greater oversight to the finance/operations/compliance team.
• Assist in analysis and evaluation of new strategies, incl. detailed understanding of fund modelling, preparation of materials for internal approval processes, business planning, operational readiness analysis
• Develop detailed KPI system and provide analysis on a range of business topics, incl. analysis of fundraising, deployment, concentration and risk metrics. Present results independently to senior team members across the firm
• Ownership of the fund valuation portfolio (illiquid assets) 
• Maintain and update the portfolio monitoring and pipeline reporting in preparation of the bi-weekly investment team meetings
• Assist with the preparation and compilation of the quarter end market update and portfolio deal monitoring narratives for the investment team
• Assist with fundraising activities, work closely with IR team on responses to portfolio specific queries from prospective and existing investors, and ad hoc reporting
• Responsibility for build out of ESG risk management and reporting
• Produce and challenge valuations for quarterly / annual presentation to valuation committee
• Maintaining investment watchlist of higher risk assets
• Ad hoc financial modelling and scenario analysis at the investment and fund level
• Liaising with Operations and Trade Execution on any trade queries (settlement, allocation and closing issues)
• Preparation of quarterly performance reporting for all funds
• Administration of leverage facilities including utilisation and preparation of quarterly compliance reporting, and ad hoc valuations as the facilities require.

Person requirements

• Ideally you are working currently in a finance / performance reporting / portfolio management role for either a top private debt fund, hedge fund or PE fund.
• Ability to analyse and present key management and investor information (requires analytical and numerical skills, presentation skills, as well as commercial understanding of our business – to be developed on the job)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, incl. PPT
• Excellent Excel skills, ideally proven ability to model business plans and/or manipulate data from accounting / management info systems. Fund modelling expertise, further programming lanaguages a bonus.
• Commercial mindset.
• Qualified Accountant or CFA preferred.
• Ability to engage with large data sets and be conversant with senior stakeholders about their intricacies.
• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship