Finance Manager

Finance Manager
9 12-month Contract (start - early January)
Location: Surrey Working model: On site during hand-over and then hybrid
£65000 - £70000 + discretionary bonus+ benefits

The Company

An exciting opportunity to work in a the finance team in a wide ranging role within a fast-growing and fast moving, dynamic specialist asset manager with an ESG focus. Due to maternity leave a Finance Manager is being recruited for at least 9 months. The role focuses on financial reporting and reports to the Head of Finance.  Given the dynamic environment Given the Finance team is integrated with the rest of the business, the role involves liaising on a daily basis with the deal, legal and operational functions.

What they are looking for

• Accountancy fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CPA) and
• Ideally private equity, investment management or other asset management background and IFRS experience
• Able to take ownership over the entire reporting cycle of entities
• Desire to work in a dynamic and small-team environment
• Ability to review both the technical detail and take a high-level commercial view
• Team player and strong people-management skills for oversight of administrators and external advisers
• Able to work on site in the first few months

The Role
The role includes the following:

• Ownership of the year-end and quarterly reporting deliverables and timetable of the three funds, subsidiary holding companies and corporate entities. Entities are predominantly located Luxembourg, UK, and Ireland with accounts mainly produced under IFRS.
• Managing and reviewing the work of administrators
• Liaising with the deal team to ensure valuations are delivered by reporting deadlines
• Providing regular reports and information to the external finance providers
• Managing the year end audit processes
• Preparation of the quarterly board papers and attending board meetings
• Assisting with the preparation of cash forecasts
• Preparing and/or reviewing UK, Luxembourg and branch-level payments
• Services reviews including quality control of deliverables provided by external administrators
• Raising invoices and monitoring cash transfers within the group
• Managing and reviewing FCA returns
• Managing capital requirements
• Reviewing Luxembourg AIFM-related reporting
• Tax reporting including managing external tax advisers to ensure the fund and corporate tax returns they provide are reviewed and submitted on time
• Tax Returns include corporate and VAT returns which have monthly, quarterly and annual deadlines
• Reviewing the work of administrators in relation to the above
• Preparation of annual tax supporting documents and schedules to accompany the tax returns
• Managing external administrators regarding draw downs and distributions
• Monitoring release of information to investors via the reporting data room
• Preparation of draft resolutions, minutes and share/ loan documentation
• Reviewing board approvals of funds flows
• Liaising with the external advisers to obtain ad hoc reports as required
• Ad hoc requesting including queries from investors, directors, administrators and colleagues
• Managing external administrators regarding KYC requests