Director, Finance & Operations

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Full responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the company, which include accounts of multiple entities, domestic and foreign, to ensure the proper accounting and reporting of all transactions.
• Oversee the accounting of the public equity portfolio including equity options and equity swaps derivatives.
• Oversee the accounting for alternative assets investing in private equity, real estate, and hedge funds.
• Manage the general ledger reporting for the several companies; prepare and record assets, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Lead a team of 8 colleagues and provide direction, guidance, and mentoring to the team members.
• Develop and maintain relationships with fund managers and real estate developers; coordinate closely to obtain additional information on direct and indirect investments when needed.
• Deep knowledge of fund structures, capital calls, management fees, waterfalls, performance reporting and fund accounting.
• Deep knowledge of listed equities accounting (equities, ETF’s, options, and swaps).
• Manage the audit process, liaise with external auditors, and fund administrators.
• Perform variance analysis and explain the drivers of real estate and private equity performance.
• Coordination of quarterly valuations, working with external valuation experts, valuation committee and investment teams.
• Coordination of the year-end audits of various subsidiaries by independent accountants and financial statement preparation.
• Manage treasury and funding operations and oversee/coordinate re-balancing of subsidiary funding of investments as needed.
• The ability to integrate knowledge of listed equities and alternative investments to various IT projects, such as establishment of module designed to accurately track direct debt investments, bridge to enhanced general ledger system, amongst others.
• Create and set up necessary control procedures.
• Complete monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for management.
• Oversee completion of daily cash reports and bank reconciliations.
• Assist with deployment of accounting technology and lead projects that will make the function more efficient.
• Interface with global accounting functions as needed.
• Interface with public equities and alternative investments teams on all accounting issues.