Private Equity Fund Controller
- Recruiter
- Michael Page
- Location
- Geneva, Canton of Geneva (CH)
- Salary
- Interesting package.
- Posted
- 27 Jul 2018
- Closes
- 27 Nov 2018
- Ref
- 101245 - Private Equity Fund Controller
- Contact
- Domitille Cosson
- Job role
- Financial controller
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
For our client an expanding European Investment Fund, we are looking for a Private Equity (PE) Fund Controller, native English speaker to be based in the French speaking part of Switzerland.
Within a small team of professionals, you will be involved in the following areas:
- Private Equity Fund reporting
- Private Equity Fund valuation
- Private Equity Fund administration
The role is a great opportunity for someone either working in a fund administration capacity to move in-house, for someone at a smaller local firm to get higher level and international exposure or someone with Big 4 background willing to take the next step.
Your responsibilities will range from:
- Preparing investor reports, transaction summaries, value creation information and release to the investors;
- Managing investment valuations and reviewing the related policies and procedures;
- Advising investment teams to ensure technical accuracy according to methods and inputs;
- Conducting performance gap analysis and performing IRR calculations / analysis;
- Presenting findings and recommendations to firm’s valuation committee;
- Handling queries related to portfolio matters with investors / external auditors;
- Ensuring appropriate training to investment teams;
- Working in coordination with Fund accountant to ensure the fundamentals (proper bookkeeping, treatment and integrity of data);
- Assisting in any ad-hoc projects / assignments.
The perfect candidate should have:
- Bachelor degree in Finance or assimilated;
- CPA/ACCA qualification;
- Minimum 3 to 6 years’ experience in a Private Equity Fund, Fund administrator or assimilated with a focus on private equity;
- Sound knowledge in Private Equity fund structures and accounting issues;
- Strong report writing skills essentials;
- Strong communication and presentation skills, used to handle complex workflows and large amounts of data;
- Exceptional IT skills (Excel), any other system (e.g. efront) is a plus;
- Native English speaker ; French, German, Italian or Dutch is an advantage;
- Travelling to the other offices can be requested