Manager - Finance - SPV Controllership - Americas

Finance - SPV Controllership (Americas) - Manager

Special Purpose Vehicle

Gurugram office provides best in class services and solutions to our internal stakeholders and clients, drive organization wide process efficiency and transformation, and reflect global culture and values of teamwork and innovation. The office contains multifunctional business capabilities and will be integral in furthering the growth and transformation. This is a five days work from office role.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Supports the strategic direction of the Firm by ensuring efficient and effective financial planning, analysis, budgeting, reporting, compliance, accounting, and stewardship of financial risks and controls. By doing so, we produce accurate financial information for decision making, ensure compliance with financial regulations and policies, and provide leadership for operational improvements, cost savings and strategic investments that align with the Firm's culture and long-term goals.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Manager role responsible for financial control and oversight specifically of Americas based Special Purpose Vehicles ("SPV"), working in partnership with the wider SPV Controllership team.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Lead the onboarding of SPVs in the Americas as transactions close to a Fund Administrator

- Review & approve budgets at closing to ensure the structures are adequately funded for post-close expenses

- Lead the managing of bank account opening for new transactions with Global Treasury and Trust Account with debt service admins

- Ensure expense accruals are booked correctly quarterly by the Administrator

- Review and approve SPV financials quarterly, escalating items as needed to the Head of Americas SPV Controllership

- Own all aspects of Americas SPV foundational data on various platforms (e.g. Administrator, audit, fees, year-end, lender requirements etc.)

- Ensure audit and admin billings is in line with ELs/Agreements

- Initiating and coordinating invoices with Accounts Payable and reviewing prior to approval in Concur

- Coordinate the bi-annual cleardown of SPV payables to other where applicable

- Liaise with Deal Teams from time to time, where applicable, to aid the financial control elements of the investment holding stack for their deal

- Prepare certain quarterly close packages for Credit SPVs and cross review team members' work

- Assist with working with administrators in providing support for annual external audits on the SPVs in the Americas

- Review debt service calendars monthly including the review of the accuracy of interest and principal payments

- Lead coordination with lenders for any KYC inquiries

Assist with projects and ad hoc requests as needed, such as but not limited to:

- Assist in driving business process simplifications and efficiency initiatives

- Build out the policy and procedure documentation surrounding fund admins

- Assist with various ad hoc projects and workstreams as required associated with financial control activity with respect to SPV Controllership

- Collaborate with members of the SPV Controllership team to gather and review relevant data for reporting purposes

QUALIFICATIONS:

- CA qualification required

- Excellent Excel skills

- Prior Private Equity Fund Administration or Audit experience, a plus

- Proven strong system skills/ability to quickly retrieve data from various Fund / SPV controllership systems

- PowerBI experience helpful

- Professional demeanor and highly ethical

- Ability to handle complex datasets, strong financial/analytical and problem-solving skills

- Experience working within a financial services environment or comparable corporate environment

- Detailed oriented with a proven track record for accuracy

- Ability to establish priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, high growth environment

- Team player, ability to network across groups (Finance, IT, Operations, Tax, Legal)

- A risk mind-set with the ability to identify, solve, and mitigate perceived risks

- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team