Director, Finance

Role Purpose 

This role is responsible for the overall financial management, control, and governance of  the private  funds, ensuring high-quality, timely financial and investor reporting, robust risk and compliance oversight, effective capital management, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.  

The role supports investment and divestment activities, oversees fund lifecycle events, and reinforces a strong control, ethics, and risk culture across the platform. 

Key Responsibilities 

1. Fund Financial Management & Reporting 

• Ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality financial reporting, investor deliverables, and regulatory submissions for all assigned private funds. 

• Work closely with the Portfolio Managers to ensure quarterly investor reporting is completed timely.

• Oversee fund accounting activities, including NAV calculations, capital accounts, and financial statements. 

2. Capital Management & Fund Operations 

• Manage capital calls, distributions, and related investor communications for the various funds. 

• Manage cashflow requirements of fund and underlying investments across the portfolio.

• Oversee fund liquidation processes, including the liquidation of legacy funds and corresponding GP entities, ensuring orderly wind-down and compliance with all obligations. 

• Review funding structures, monitor and manage interest rates and FX hedging exposures across the portfolio. 

3. Investment, Divestment & Transaction Support 

• Provide financial and structuring support for investment and divestment transactions across funds. 

• Assist in refinancing processes for portfolio assets, including coordination with lenders, advisors, and internal stakeholders. 

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4. Risk Management & Controls 

• Review and enhance risk management reporting and assessments, including updating hedging strategies for funds as required. 

• Reinforce a strong risk, ethics, and governance culture across the team and outsourced service providers. 

• Ensure adequate insurance coverage is maintained for funds and underlying assets. 

5. Compliance & Governance 

• Work closely with the Risk and Compliance to ensure all compliance requirements are performed, documented, and monitored appropriately. 

• Monitor the performance and service quality of outsourced service providers (e.g., fund administrators, tax agents). 

• Ensure tax compliance across funds by reviewing tax advice, ensuring proper documentation, and coordinating filings. 

• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in fund finance, asset management, or real estate investment management. 

• Strong experience in fund structures, capital calls/distributions, and investor reporting. 

• Experience supporting transactions, refinancing, and fund lifecycle events (including liquidation) is essential. 

• Solid knowledge of risk management, hedging strategies, and capital structures. 

• Proven ability to manage service providers and outsourced functions. 

• High attention to detail with strong control mindset. 

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. 

• Ability to work cross-functionally  

• Demonstrated commitment to ethics, governance, and risk culture.