Financial Analyst, Investment Monitoring

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Job description

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

The Financial Analyst will encounter a broad remit and this opportunity exposes you to a diverse range of areas in Finance to ensure you have the opportunity to maximise your strengths. You will sit within the Investment Monitoring team, however the role will involve working collaboratively with our Treasury and Fund Reporting team to achieve common goals, as well as a number of other areas both inside and outside of the organisation, per the below:

Investment Monitoring:

Existing investments

• Monitoring and confirming the accuracy of investment valuations provided by underlying investment managers in "real time", down to a portfolio company level, primarily through reviewing and interpreting financial statement information.
• Ensuring the accuracy and classification of cash flows as recorded in the bespoke Investment Monitoring system.
• Ongoing governance of investment performance, working alongside the Investment and Risk teams and directly with Asset Managers. This entails probing information around funding requirements, exit assumptions and underlying performance improvement plans.
• Working alongside our tax team to manage complex underlying structures, and the teams administering them in a wide range of jurisdictions.

New Investments

• Supporting the Investment team with analysis such as fund exposure and historic performance.
• Tracking progress of new deals and ensuring that any multi-currency funding, multi-region structuring, and reporting requirements are in line with our strategic objectives and are appropriately communicated to the Administrators, Treasury, Investment and Execution (legal) teams.

Cyclical work

• Summarising the performance of our portfolio valuations in a quarterly review pack.
• Partnering with our Investor Relations team to deliver investment performance analysis for investors and aiding fundraising through the review of investment materials.
• Partnering with Middle Office/IT teams to innovate market-leading investment platform functionality.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Newly Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) - up to 2yrs PQE
• Strong organisational and motivational skills, with excellent attention to detail
• Strong Excel skills

Desirable

• Experience in one of the Top 10 firms or within a PE firm/Asset Manager
• Familiarity with senior stakeholder interaction
• Knowledge of company valuation approaches
• Experience working alongside Administrators/third party providers
• First time passes in professional qualification
• A level Maths, grade A or above
• 2:1 degree or higher

Competencies

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills; able to create, develop and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work collaboratively in a growing, fast-paced environment and manage multiple competing priorities within deadlines
• Ability to take responsibility for significant areas of work and deliver with minimal supervision showing an accountable and proactive approach
• Demonstrate an ability to assimilate and adapt quickly to new knowledge and concepts
• Ability to problem solve and bring solutions to influence decision-making
• Ability to identify efficiencies and work collaboratively to drive change
• Demonstrates a positive attitude; places value on and contributes to a collaborative and supportive team culture