Role: Manager - Finance & Fund Operations

Location: Gurgaon

We are seeking an individual who can support our fund finance efforts and help us scale our fund operations and fund admin efforts. This role will report into the fund controller/ CFO and will be supported by an excellent legal team, fund administrators, auditors, company secretary and tax consultants.

Required Qualification and Experience

- 7-10 years of finance experience, ideally with a Big 4 accounting firm, managing fund audits, advising VC/PE clients, or working in fund finance teams of venture capital or private equity funds.

- Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks applicable to venture capital funds, including SEBI AIF regulations and offshore fund structures.

- Expertise in fund accounting and reporting, including NAV computation and financial statement preparation.

- Proficiency in legal documentation namely, fund documentation, investor

documentation, etc.

- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with a strong foundation in fund finance and operations.

Job Role Details

We are particularly keen on individuals who can demonstrate first principles thinking in finance, help us lead and scale our finance, fund operations and compliance efforts

1. Fund Finance

- Manage, oversee efforts and co-ordinating fund finance activities

- Monitor capital drawdowns, respond and manage investor inquiries

- Oversee computation of quarterly cash-flow management and working capital between overseas and domestic entities

1.2 Finance and operations

- Preparation and maintenance of monthly MIS, budget vs actual analysis, compliance trackers

- Assistance in preparation of annual budget

- Liaising with company auditors, company secretarial services on compliance with tax, GST, data entry, vendor invoicing and payments

- Coordinate and facilitate audit with fund auditors and external valuers

- Manage finance, audit, secretarial and compliance responsibilities of multiple fund

entities - Review of financial statements across multiple fund entities

2. Monitoring and Reporting

2.1 Fund performance

- Prepare quarterly portfolio valuation across both funds

- Computation of fund metrics and key KPI's - TVPI, IRR, DPI's, MOIC etc

- Track portfolio company movements - follow-ons, stake sales, exits etc

2.2 Investor reporting

- Assist investment team in preparing quarterly LP reports

- Review of LP NAV statements and preparation of quarterly financial statements across fund entities

- Response to LP queries

- LP onboarding process, in accordance with regulatory requirements

3. Compliance

- Maintain responsibility for audit, regulatory and compliance responsibilities across all fund entities

- Ensure compliance with fund administrators and legal counsel

- Liaise and co-ordinate with our outsourced financial services regulatory consultants to ensure compliance

- Board Meetings/ Partners' Meetings across fund entities: Scheduling, agenda, minutes

4. Treasury and Taxation Management

- Computation of management and advisory fees

- Short-term investing of excess funds in accordance with applicable regulations and

organizational policies

5. Dealflow and Portfolio Support

- Overseeing every transaction from a finance perspective (valuation report, preparation of resolutions, set up of company bank accounts, wire transfers)

- Create documentation for audit reference for investment/divestment transactions

- Enable process for follow-ons in existing portfolio including working alongside legal teams to undertake investor SPV/managed contract set-ups