Vice President Operations - Private Equity Fund

Our elite global Private Equity client is seeking to recruit an experienced Vice President Operations to build, manage and maintain the fund's operational infrastructure and serve as a key collaborator with business stakeholders managing critical operational, reporting, planning and investor support services.

• Build, manage and maintain the fund's operational infrastructure and serve as a key collaborator with business stakeholders managing critical operational, reporting, planning and investor support services
• Collaborate with deal teams in overseeing day-to-day investment processes
• Manage and maintain deal calendars, pipeline/deal tracking, investment committee materials and scheduling, diligence workstreams, etc.
• Own the portfolio monitoring and KPI reporting process across portfolio companies, including maintaining technology requirements and the preparation of performance metrics for LPs, investment committee and senior leadership
• Own the operating rhythm and collaborate closely with finance stakeholders on budgeting, forecasting, management company reporting and expense management
• Analyze portfolio construction, industry and sector allocations and deployment pacing in conjunction with the fund's investment mandate
• Report concentration considerations and surface exposure the investment committee and deal teams
• Collaborate with business and support teams to maintain a robust operating infrastructure
• Serve as the key point of contact with fund accounting and third-party fund administrators regarding waterfall and carried-interest calculations, NAVs, valuations, capital calls, distributions and fund-level reporting
• Support process improvements, best practices, system upgrades and implementations and process automation initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Advanced degree or professional certifications desirable (MBA, CFA, CPA, etc.)
• 5+ years of fund operations, fund accounting or fund finance experience
• Experience at a large private equity or alternative fund manager strongly preferred
• A "builders mentality" with demonstrated experience developing and implementing operating processes, infrastructure and systems
• Demonstrated experience partnering and collaborating effectively with third-party stakeholders such as fund administrators, tax advisors, auditors, etc.
• Advanced analytical skills with fundamental knowledge of fund structures and fund math (waterfalls, capital calls, distributions, carried interest, etc.)
• Advance MS Office skills and fundamental financial modeling knowledge
• Strong leadership, problem solving and team building skills with the proven ability to thrive in environment with limited resources
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with key business and non-business stakeholders across a lean platform