Description
Private Equity - Director
Fund Management Advisory
OVERVIEW
A&M Fund Management Solutions works with private equity managers and provides our clients with solutions to optimize the operations of their businesses. Our goal is to improve efficiency and reduce risk around the non-investing aspects of business performance, and to provide benefits through hands-on involvement in our clients' operations. Our job is to support PE firms to enhance and optimize how their operations function.
Fund Management Solutions, a service line of CFO Services, provides the following pillar of services :
- Strategic Analytics & Planning
- Performance Measurement & Management (Funds & Management Company)
- Business Transformation
- Interim Management
- Investor Reporting
- Valuation
- Treasury Functions
- Operational Review and Improvement (e.g., HR, Administration, Technology & Insurance)
PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS :
Data Collection, Validation and Analysis
Guide team members in information gathering approach and ensure all relevant sources of information are pursuedGuide and lead client interviews, ask inquisitive questions and understand different stakeholders' perspectiveIdentify knowledge gaps, guide the team to challenge status quo, validate, disprove and / or develop better assumptionsIdentify key business challenges, pinpoint financial / accounting / operations process inefficiencies, and assess the organization's design, roles and teamEnsure issues and opportunities are clearly and concisely presentedUnderstanding accounting and finance process flows and how information is consolidated into the general ledger to ensure improvement and value creationProject Management and Implementation
Ability to lead components of projects with multiple service lines and ability to lead smaller projects independentlyProactively manage client's expectations and minimize risks and negative impacts on projectDevelop straightforward actionable plans and lead individual workstreams independentlyAbility to own and complete a workstream based on the pillars of services Fund Management Solutions providesEnsure that project approach, timeline and deliverables are logical, reasonable, and accurateAnticipate risks and obstacles early on, create contingency plans and communicating timely with clientEngage and work collaboratively with senior management; ability to obtain buy-in from senior management / board members on actionable plansSet and communicate client's expectation consistentlyLead actionable plans (e.g., create initiatives to optimize processing new investment & realizations, instill a process-oriented culture, improve transparency in processes and organizations)Identify risks and obstacles early on, create contingency plans and communicating timely with clientAbility to identify and advise where the pillars of services Fund Management Solutions provides are not functioningLeadership
Leverage previous experience to guide and promote team to think innovativelyTake accountability for both client and team identified issuesBuild complimentary teams using individuals' talents and capabilitiesFinancial Acumen
Ability to build and review various financial models, provide valuable financial analysis and evaluate accounting treatmentsAbility to provide valuable insight and improvement initiatives to senior management and board membersACCREDITION / EXPERIENCE :
10-15 years of experience related to : Accounting / Finance, Financial Due Diligence, Investment Banking or Private Equity with experience at a fund / asset manager or equivalent business strongly preferredGraduate of accredited 4-year college / university with educational concentration in relevant areas (accounting, finance, economics) preferred but not requiredCPA, CFA, or Master's Degree Preferred but not RequiredLI-LS1
The salary range is $190,000-$225,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details.
Salary : $190,000 - $225,000
