Funds Controller

Náplň práce, právomoci a zodpovednosti:

We in Etops are a very intensely cooperating team where every single person takes a complex responsibility for a client and/or projects from A-Z. Everyone in our team is key to our success - individually and as a team. Everyone matters.

On this role you would serve one of our major clients, a Swiss-based global impact investment firm with offices in New York and London. They aim to address critical social and environmental challenges while achieving market-rate returns. Investing globally across all impact sectors, our integrated strategy focuses on social impact in emerging markets and environmental impact in developed ones, through direct and co-investments in both debt and equity.

We are seeking a professional who will support funds controlling of our client's existing and future fund vehicles. The successful candidate will independently oversee the fund vehicle accounts and reporting produced in collaboration with the funds’ third-party administrator and other service providers. In this position you will work with internal and external stakeholders, as well as represent our client and its fund vehicles.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage existing and future fund vehicles’ accounts, coordinating with the third-party fund administrator(s), on: 
  • Investment book of records: reconciliation with administration in support of the quarterly NAV production and for internal consolidation across fund platform
  • Fund vehicle NAV oversight: semi-annual asset valuations and quarterly NAV reconciliation 
  • Fee & expense management and reconciliation: control management of fund expenses, incl. recharging, AIFM, administrator, depository, and audit fees,
  • Control and oversee delivery of deadline-driven fund reporting, incl. quarterly investment reports, & Capital Account Statements
  • Annual funds’ financial statements and audit, incl. coordination and responding to auditor requests
  • Support in delivery of investor-level & fund tax and regulatory reporting with third-party service providers
• Represent the fund accounts and identify opportunities for improvements
  • Maintain, develop, and document processes, deliverables and related directives & policies (e.g. Valuations Directive, Cash Management Policy)
  • Represent our client with internal and external stakeholders on fund account queries, including supporting Investor Relations on addressing investor inquiries
  • Represent our client's products’ accounts/financial statements to their GPs and existing clients, and support new product development and set-up

Zamestnanecké výhody, benefity:

• Hybrid workplace: 3 days Bratislava office, 2 days home office
• Business travel to Dublin
• Multisport card fully covered by Etops
• 25 days of vacation
• Lunch allowance fully covered by Etops
• Sick days
• Professional massages for employees
• Education budget
• Company events & Team building activities
• Office snacks

Informácie o výberovom konaní:
We welcome a cover letter, helps us understand your motivation and aspirations.

Požiadavky na zamestnanca:

We are looking for a professional with the ability and willingness to excel within a highly entrepreneurial organization. The successful candidate should have:

• minimum 3 years of relevant professional work experience in private markets or private equity/debt investments
• Understanding of private equity-specific accounting (e.g. fund lifecycle, closings, capital calls/distributions, carried interest, valuations)
• Experience/track record in fund controlling/accounting 
• Proficiency in Excel
• Excellent academic credentials with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics or similar.
• Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) is a huge advantage
• Self-motivated and proactive team player with entrepreneurial mindset and strong attention to detail
• Excellent analytical, inter-personal, and written communication skills
• Business fluency in written and spoken English is required. German preferred but not essential