Head of Financial Operations – Real Estate recruitment
OUR CLIENT
Investment management affiliate of one of the worlds leading Real Estate firms. With over £60 billion of assets under management, the business has a long and successful track record of investing real estate, and benefits from a solid global research and intelligence network.
This particular side of the business is a division that is dedicated to investment in multi-manager private funds. It is managed in London by a team of 10, who are responsible the middle office operations, fund and client reporting, investment performance measurement and reporting, and management of currency hedging programs.
THE ROLE
A qualified accountant with at least 7 years PQE is required to become Head of Financial Operations. Responsibilities will include:
-Managing a team of 10 qualified and part-qualified accountants.
-Overall responsibility for all client and fund reporting
-Overall responsibility for investment performance measurement and reporting
-Review organise preperation of ad-hoc financial analysis
-Organisation of FX Hedging and cash management
-Manage the relationships with fund custodians and auditors
-Assist the Financial Operations due diligence on potential new investments
-Ensure compliance with internal controls
THE PERSON
-Qualified ACA with at least 7 years PQE
-Previous experience of managing a large team
-Strong technical ability
-Expertise in performance calculation and measurement
-Strong character
-Good problem solving skills, team player, excellent attention to detail
-Analytical approach
Good systems knowledge - YARDI an advantage