Job Description

The Finance Operations Manager will be responsible for:

• Daily valuations
• Weekly cash flow forecast for all schemes to support investment decision making
• Monthly reconciliation of cash accounts and miscellaneous assets and liabilities
• Collation of month end file of reconciliations covering total balance sheet of all schemes
• Monthly Financial Reporting templates to provide P&L and Balance Sheet information to the scheme administrators
• Quarterly VAT returns ensuring the schemes' VAT recovery is maximised
• Annual budget process and monthly reporting of operating expenses vs. budget
• Private Equity calls and distributions
• Property investment transactions
• Internal and external cash transfers
• Management of two direct reports
• Process automation/improvement
• Strategic decision making and cost cutting - business partnering duties

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

ACA qualification (ideally achieved at Big 4 accountancy practice) Sufficient understanding of the drivers of investment performance to be able to analytically review movement in the balance sheet and to improve accuracy of cash flow forecasting. A general awareness of global equity markets, drivers of fixed income pricing (e.g. interest rate curves, inflation, credit spreads) and a high level understanding of valuation of equity derivatives Technical knowledge of VAT legislation Financial Services background, ideally in investment management - 3 years PQE Team management experience Exposure to asset management/pensions fund