Venture Capital & Private Equity
Our client is a recently-established PE firm with an impressive track record in fund raising and strong growth ambitions. Due to natural expansion of the firm, our client is now looking to hire its first dedicated team member for Portfolio Analytics and ESG reporting.
Our client is an established PE firm, based in London with portfolio investments across the UK and Ireland. Following a recent successful round of fundraising, the CFO is now looking to hire a driven, financially-numerate, and AI fluent qualified accountant to be the first lead on portfolio reporting & analytics, as well as the implementation of the firm’s ESG agenda. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious ACA with several years PQE to make their first move into the PE industry.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate for this Portfolio & ESG Associate role will monitor the performance of each investment, to ensure that risks are addressed in good time and value creation opportunities are maximised. You will have responsibility for generating key portfolio information and disseminating it to a range of both internal and external stakeholders. In addition to this, you will lead on the quarterly valuations process for each investment and ESG monitoring across the portfolio. Finally, the successful candidate will support on the continued evolution and automation of the firm’s processes and systems, for example in the eventual implementation of a new portfolio management system.
Requirements
The successful candidate for this Portfolio & ESG Associate role will be a qualified accountant with a strong academic background up to 4-5 years PQE. You will need to have at least a couple of years’ experience within the transactions/ valuations/ FDD teams of an larger public practice firm, and most likely this will be your first role in industry. Demonstrable excellence in the analysis of financial data, strong stakeholder management, and previous experience using AI are also required. Our client is looking for somebody with high attention to detail and a capacity to work autonomously and flexibly as the firm continues to grow and develop.
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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. If you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for approaching 40 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity-backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in private equity, media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe.