Hybrid Secondaries & Primaries - Finance Analyst | London (M/F) presso Ardian

The Fund Finance Analyst role is to oversee and manage all the analytical, financial, and accounting aspects of a (secondaries and primaries) private equity investment fund. Here are the main tasks:

- Analysis and reporting of Portfolio and Investors performances of each investment vehicle.

- Preparation of quarterly valuations of funds to be reported to the valuation committee. Computation of performance indicators (IRR, DPI, TVPI) on a quarterly basis.

- Reporting to investors on a regular (Valuation conference, Advisory Boards, Management reports) and ad-hoc basis through multiple channels based on finalized valuations.

- As a member of the London FF – S&P team, build relationships with colleagues on the team in New York, Montreal and Abu Dhabi as the role is cross geographical.

- Communicate with the teams involved in the exchange of information both financial and qualitative

• Front Office with the different offices mainly in Paris, London, Frankfurt, New York, San Francisco, and Singapore.
• Administrators based both in Jersey, UK. and Luxembourg.
• Banks, Legal Counsel, and other service providers as necessary.

- Monitoring and control of fund cash flows both at Investor and Portfolio level (including a follow up of hedging contracts and FX gain/loss).

- Control and review of accounting and quarterly financial statements of the funds including liaising with external fund administrators and fund accountants.

- Responsibility for debt and interest payments and various reporting to debt providers. Ability to understand impact of leverage recommendations on portfolio and investor performance.

- Contribute to internal team projects on a fixed and ad hoc basis. Mindset to continually adapt to and contribute to improved processes across the function.

- Legal and regulatory watch around the fund of funds environment (AIFMD, regulatory body: FCA, CSSF, SEC…).

- Use the IT tools to their full extent to fulfill the above duties (eFront/Business Objects).

Upon the candidates’ capabilities and progression, they will progressively be involved in further tasks such as:

- Participate to new deal set ups to ensure that modeling issues are covered and ensure that the models in place are in line with the Legal documentation.

- Prepare the fund flows for various operations (deal fundings, syndications, investor reallocations, active portfolio management).

Required Skills

• Proficient in suite of Microsoft business packages. Alteryx and Business objects experience a plus. Coding (eg Python) is also a plus.

• Knowledge of financial statement analysis and valuation techniques.

• Ability to organize and perform work efficiently.

Profile

• Strong academic background; master’s degree in finance, Business, Accounting, or another related field.

• 0 to 3 years of relevant experience (Corporate Finance, Public Accounting, Asset Management, Financial institutions…). Private Equity fund is a plus.

• Strong inter-personally - inquisitive by nature and enjoy multiple challenges.

• Able to work in a multicultural and fast paced environment.

• Result-driven, deliver a high-quality work. Analytical mindset.