Job Description

This role covers primarily the finance and valuations aspects of deal support and on-going monitoring of the investment structure and valuations across the Europe private market business units and is expected to work closely with various internal and external stakeholders. The role is also expected to support the Team Lead in various finance transformation initiatives related to the global finance team.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with Investment Teams, Deal Closers, Tax, Legal and external advisors to provide finance expertise on deal closing and on-going monitoring 
• Provide financial and operational inputs on; holding structures, funding mechanics, assess other accounting / valuations implications and manage various work streams with internal stakeholders and external advisors during investment / divestment processes
• Review monthly market value updates, prepare variance and returns analysis, work with the internal Valuations team and deal team where internal valuations are utilized 
• Partner with the operations team to fulfil all operational requirements
• Work closely with the Team Lead to design and implement various finance improvement initiatives and analytics as part of Finance Transformation 
• Assist in coaching junior team members
• Investment support to Europe Infrastructure/Real Estate

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified Accountant, ideally big 4 trained 
• At least 5 years relevant working experience (ideally within either Real Estate or Infrastructure and in supporting direct transactions)
• Good understanding of deal closing mechanics 
• Experience using BI tools and financial software is advantageous
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and deliver to deadlines 
• Proven teamwork abilities with an interest in developing new skills and knowledge