Global Head of Fund Finance - Managing Director
New York, NY
Job Description
- Liaise with internal and external clients on opportunities to improve the client experience and outcomes.
- Design and improve the control environment for Investor Relations in coordination with platform technology build outs.
- Work with the Product and Technology teams to design new and enhance existing platform functionality.
- Integrate new platform tools with existing workflows and processes.
- Iterate on management reporting and perfect client deliverables.
- Structure the team for efficiency and scale.
- Client Management and Education:
- Understand the platform and its various use cases and highlight and demonstrate the benefits to different client constituents.
- Understand different alternative investment asset types and fund structures and help others understand them.
- Understand the firms client base, including how they interact with our funds and technology and ensure sufficient resources are being deployed to manage their investments.
- Educate on all aspects of an alternative investment’s life cycle as well as taxes, terms, subscription processing, redemptions, transfers, and LOAs.
- Team Management and Training:
- Continue to hire and refine the organizational structure in line with global growth, client needs, and business needs.
- Look for efficiencies with respect to training and hiring to bring new client service associates online quickly and consistently grow the knowledge base.
- Drive change in processes, challenge the status quo, ensure the team has a client first and client centric mentality, and has the tools to deliver on it.
- Ensure best in class training programs for the existing team and all new hires.
- Assist in Fund Raising Activities:
- Oversee all aspects of onboarding new clients and investors.
- Manage subscription activities and fund raising across many funds per week including working with third party admins to clear clients and managing close processes.
- Oversee the management of all fund related transactional processes related to a client subscription. This includes but is not limited to LOAs, transfers, and redemptions.
- Shepherd incoming investors via their advisors throughout the lifecycle of the investment process.
- Oversee and manage all investment related communications across our client base.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- 15+ years of experience in financial services, preferably in a client services or investor relations role. Experience with alternative investments is a plus
- Excellent leadership and managerial skills, emotional intelligence, diplomatic, charismatic, persuasive, and credible to a wide variety of audiences, both internal and external
- Passion for the application of innovative technology
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Willingness to learn new topics and work in an evolving, entrepreneurial business environment
- Able to work well in a cross-functional, matrix management environment with a highly collaborative, team-oriented approach to problem-solving
- Effectively prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work under pressure with a high level of attention to detail
- Experience managing a global team of people
Hedge Fund
Manhattan
16313
$250,000+
Bonus