Fund Management Senior Manager, Macquarie Asset Management-Real Assets

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Job description

Macquarie Asset Management's Real Asset's division is the world's largest infrastructure asset manager, specialising in infrastructure, renewable and other real asset classes via public and private funds, co-investments, partnerships and separately managed accounts. Its client base is primarily institutional investors, including global pension and superannuation funds, other institutions and governments. The division is recognised for its expertise over the investment lifecycle, with strong capabilities in investment sourcing, investment management and investor relationships.

You will work within the Fund Management team as a Senior Manager, where you will be a key member of a global infrastructure platform. The role will provide you with an opportunity to lead end to end processes in running large infrastructure and renewables funds right across their life cycle from establishment to liquidation. This will include fund operations, execution and advisory on transactions, treasury management, financial and tax reporting, investor relations and compliance. You will work closely with asset managers, transaction teams, tax, legal, and asset finance teams as well as fund investors both within Europe as well as internationally.

You will be involved in sizable business transactions, including distributions to investors, asset realisations and asset acquisitions as well as being the primary point of contact for relationships internally and with external fund administrators and advisors. In addition to this, the role will see you responsible for identifying and driving process improvement and efficiencies.

The role of the MAM Real Assets Fund Management team is to:

• lead from a Fund Management perspective the transaction advisory and execution work-streams through the acquisition, ownership, and divestment lifecycles
• managing team member(s) and aiding their ongoing professional development
• treasury management and capital planning for various products, budgeting and forecasting for the funds including optimising the FX and hedging requirements of the Fund(s) and managing investor drawdown and distributions
• raising, negotiation and ongoing management of fund financing facilities with financial institutions
• responsibility for key stakeholder relationships with fund administrators, auditors, lenders
• provide accounting consultation and advice to the business and asset finance teams
• be the key point of contact for external service providers and asset finance teams, including reviewing financial statements, tax calculations, fee calculations and reconciliations
• present at Fund and subsidiary Board Meetings, involving the presentation of board papers to entity boards as required and providing board members with information and analysis to make decisions related to the financial management of these entities
• coordinate the preparation of financial statements and other reporting obligations for our Funds and their subsidiaries, including, where required, liaise with asset finance teams, other internal MAM specialist teams, external service providers, auditors and other commercial counterparties
• oversee the co-ordination of ad hoc reporting or responses to individual questions or due diligence requests from Investors

As a qualified chartered accountant with, in or around 7years post qualification experience, preferably in the financial services industry. You will have strong interpersonal skills and an ability to understand complex structures and transactions. You will be energetic and ambitious with excellent communication skills and the ability to drive change and influence stakeholders on different levels. You will be able to work well under pressure, are organised and diligent and able to meet multiple deadlines while demonstrating a willingness to guide junior team members. You will demonstrate sound business judgement and possess strong interpersonal skills which will give you the ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels.

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Macquarie Asset Management (MAM)

Macquarie Asset Management is a full-service asset manager, providing investment solutions to clients across a range of capabilities and products including infrastructure and renewables, real estate, agriculture, transportation finance, private credit, equities, fixed income and multi-asset solutions. As at 30 September 2021, Macquarie Asset Management had $A735bn of assets under management (AUM).

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