Finance Associate, Fund Finance - Fund of Funds (Private Equity)

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Job description

Company Overview:

Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$114bn managed or advised in Europe, the Americas and Asia. The company is majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor base.

Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian's activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world.

Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 780 employees working from fifteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul). It manages funds on behalf of around 1100 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt.

Job Purpose:

The Fund Finance Fund of Fund team in New York is composed of 5 professionals. The team also connects with London, where it has 27 professionals. The Fund Finance role is to oversee and manage all of the analytical, financial and accounting aspects of an investment fund.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analysis and reporting of Portfolio and Investors performances of each investment vehicle
• Preparation of quarterly valuations of funds to be reported to the valuation committee
• Reporting to investors on a regular (Valuation conference, Advisory Boards) and ad-hoc basis (questions over the current crisis)
• Participate to new deal set ups to ensure that modeling issues are covered and ensure that the models in place are in line with the Legal documentation
• Communicate with the teams involved in the exchange of information both financial and accounting (I) Front Office with the different offices in Paris, London, Frankfurt, New York, San Francisco and Singapore AND (ii) Administrators based both in Jersey and Luxembourg
• Monitoring and control of fund cash flows both at Investor and Portfolio level (including a follow up of hedging contracts and FX gain/loss)
• Control and review of accounting and quarterly financial statements of the funds including liaising with external fund administrators and fund accountants;
• Responsibility for debt and interest payments and various reporting to debt providers
• Legal and regulatory watch around the fund of funds environment (AIFMD, regulatory body: FCA, CSSF, SEC…)
• Use the IT tools to their full extent to fulfill the above duties (eFront/Business Objects)

Specialized business and technical knowledge:

• Excellent handling of Excel
• Financial Modelling

Talent Profile

• Strong academic background ; Bachelor degree is required and Master's Degree is a plus
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience (Corporate Finance, Public Accounting, Asset Management, Financial institutions…). Private Equity fund is a plus
• Strong inter-personally - this person will need to be inquisitive by nature and enjoy multiple challenges
• Able to work in a multicultural environment
• Result-driven, deliver a high quality work. Analytical mindset
• Work authorization in the U.S. is required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At ARDIAN, we are proud of our diverse culture. As a forward thinking organization, we recognize that having people from different backgrounds brings innovation and excellence. Therefore, a diverse and inclusive environment is key to our business success.

ARDIAN is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to our employees, applicants and candidates based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disabilities, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence, pregnancy or child birth or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws. It is our policy to comply with all applicable laws governing employment practices and not to discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of your employment including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion,