Job Description
Role
Fund Finance Manager - French funds/mandates
Profile
Responsible for the fund finance and operational support for a portfolio of Schroders Funds and Mandates (French or other European entities). The candidate will be key point of contact to coordinate the fund finance, operations, valuations and reporting.
The candidate will be join the Fund Finance team within the Schroders Private Market Group in London and will play a critical role in providing fund finance support to the investment team in Paris, ensuring adherence with the Fund and PMG governance.
Main duties
Finance - Fund & Holding structures
* Liaising with and overseeing all activities delivered by the Fund administrators and other service providers
* Manage the production of and review quarterly/annual investor reports, managing the annual audit process
* Manage the process of and reviewing drawdowns & distributions
* Ensure all regulatory, tax and statutory obligations are met and perform reviews, where necessary
* Assist with quarterly valuations process
* Preparing annual budgets / liquidity management
* Weekly meetings with service providers and investment teams
* Attending to investor queries and in coordination with investor relations team
* Co-ordinating and liaising with service providers to ensure all French regulatory and investor reporting requirements are met
* Managing relationships with Funds' administrators, depositary, auditors, tax advisors etc
* Ensuring compliance with all company secretarial matters
Governance and operations/support
* Perform fund reconciliations and fund performance analytics
* Prepare and/or review payment runs, when necessary
* Quarterly PMG governance and report preparation for each Funds/vehicles
* Ensure adherence to the policies and procedures of the Fund
* Ensure all obligations are logged on Obligations Management site, and are up to date (e.g. reporting dates and regulatory deadlines)
* Monitor compliance with all Fund documentation and agreements and report to PMG in London
* General administrative duties and projects, as required
Requirements:
* Understanding of closed ended fund and/or holding structures (real estate or infrastructure), and ideally for French assurance investor
* Experience in French investor and regulatory reporting
Ability
* Excellent MS office skills (Word, Excel and Outlook)
* Ability to multi-task and work under tight deadlines
* Good planning and organization
* Great attention to detail
* Fluent in French, oral and written
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