The Role

The role is a permanent position. The Control Team consists of 10 team members, 9 based in London and 1 in San Francisco. The new hire will be based in London and report to the Head of the Control Team.

The Control Team’s key objective is to provide and maintain a controlled environment for the investment management process.  In executing its responsibilities the Control Team works closely with the Generation’s Investment Team, Traders, Client Team, Risk Team and Legal and Compliance Team. The Control Team also works with a broad range of external service providers, including overseeing the outsourced operations functions that would traditionally be performed in-house.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing support for the oversight of Generation’s Private Equity and Long Term Equity businesses.

• Supporting the private equity investment team in deal transactions from an operational perspective.

• Liaising with fund board members to coordinate the approval of transactions and other regulatory requirements.

• Overseeing fund administrators and custodians to ensure that they are accurately and efficiently reflecting all activity across the funds.

• Overseeing the Fund Accounting process at quarter ends to ensure funds are correctly valued and allocated across Limited Partners.

• Oversight of the production of periodic Limited Partner reporting deliverables.

• Oversight of the annual audits for the firm’s Private Equity funds.

• Supporting the client and investment teams in fund raising by providing financial data for pitch books and client due diligence needs.

• Assisting in the take on process for new Limited Partners.

• Working in collaboration with the firm’s General Counsel and Compliance officers to ensure the firm and funds meets its core regulatory compliance requirements.

• Assisting in the production of periodic client reporting deliverables, and ensuring all client reporting deliverables are met

• Assisting in team and firm wide projects required to maintain and develop the business infrastructure and processes. This will include but is not limited to:

  o    Client related projects to ensure the data integrity of the Client Relationship

  o    Management system (Salesforce) and well as process enhancements.

Ideal Background

 We are seeking a successful, dynamic, independent person who is looking for a role that demands initiative and will constantly challenge. We are an equal opportunity employer and highly value life-experience and differentiated perspectives from all backgrounds at our firm. Ideally, you would have most of the below skills and experience:

• Minimum 5 years previous experience working in operational roles within a private equity environment, ideally in a private equity fund or portfolio accounting role

• We are seeking someone with strong analytical skills with a good understanding of core private equity terminology and metrics

• A broad understanding of the operational processes within a private equity environment and good knowledge of the compliance and regulatory requirements within the Investment Management Industry

• Self-motivated team player, comfortable working independently on specific tasks, as well as working in collaboration with colleagues across both regional offices

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills Strong sense of ownership and personal accountability

• Ability to use own initiative, but also have demonstrable risk awareness including the ability to identify when to escalate issues