Chief Financial Officer - Fund Accounting - Private Equity

Role:

Looking for a CFO for a mid-market private equity firm based in Mumbai.

Job Responsibilities:

The CFO will be the senior-most person responsible for finance, fund operations, compliance, taxation and investor reporting. The person will work closely with the Managing Partners and manage a Finance Manager and Fund Administration Manager.

1. Launch and manage Fund:

- Helping design the fund structure.

- Working with legal, tax and regulatory advisors.

- Coordinating with SEBI, trustees, custodians and fund administrators.

- Establishing governance, controls and operating processes.

2. Manage fund finance and accounting:

- The person will oversee fund accounting, NAV reporting, capital calls, distributions, management fee accounting, budgeting, treasury, cash-flow management, taxation and statutory reporting.

3. Support fundraising and investor relationships:

- Preparing financial information and investor reports.

- Managing the fundraising data room.

- Responding to financial due diligence questions.

- Interacting with domestic and international institutional investors.

- Preparing quarterly fund performance, portfolio and ESG reports.

4. Monitor portfolio companies:

- Review the financial performance of portfolio companies.

- Support portfolio valuations.

- Strengthen financial controls and governance.

- Monitor overall fund returns and portfolio economics.

- Support exit planning when an investment is being sold.

5. Handle compliance and governance:

- The person will ensure compliance with SEBI AIF Regulations, taxation and statutory requirements, and audit/investor-reporting requirements.

- The CFO will also coordinate with auditors, regulators, consultants and other external advisors.

The ideal candidate should be:

- A Chartered Accountant with at least 15 years of post-qualification experience.

- Currently working in Private Equity, Venture Capital, AIF or Asset Management.

- Experienced in fund accounting, fund operations, taxation, compliance and investor reporting.

- Strong in SEBI AIF regulations and Indian fund structures.

- Experienced in dealing with institutional investors, auditors and regulators.

- Ideally involved in launching or managing a PE/AIF fund.

- Preferably exposed to co-investments, pledge funds or deal-by-deal structures.