A boutique Venture Capital Fund is looking to appoint a Finance Manager into a newly created position, coming in as a number two in finance to the Chief Financial Officer.
The firm invests in early stage tech startups and has recently raised its third fund. As a result, the firm is expanding its finance and operations team with a new hire that will work directly with the CFO in a small team of two.
The day to day will vary and change over time to include more forward-facing and value add areas.
Key areas of responsibility will include:
- Oversight of the fund administrators and ensuring all externally produced fund accounting is timely and accurate
- Portfolio monitoring and valuations
- Managing fund cash flows
- Assisting with the year end audit process for the funds
- Ad hoc investor queries
- Supporting with projects - especially around areas like automation
Culture is entrepreneurial and individuals are strongly encouraged to put forward ideas. Moreover, given the boutique nature of the firm, there is a closely-knit and family feel and the firm do regular socials and biannual holidays. Flexible working is also on offer and most people head in around three days a week.
Our ideal candidate will be a recently qualified accountant (or equivalent) coming from either an accountancy practice (this can be Big 4 or a smaller outfit) and looking to make the first move into industry. Ideally, you'll have worked with investment management clients and will have audited closed-end fund structures, however, this is not essential.
On offer, is a basic salary in the region of £55,000-60,000 with a bonus on top targeted in the 25-30% region.
Apply online directly for immediate consideration or get in touch with Thomas Davenport at Eames Consulting for more information.
Eames Consulting is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
