Fund Controller - Global Transportation - Vice President
Job Details
permanent
London, London, United Kingdom
241387-COMP & BEN ADMIN PROF FEES
18.03.2024
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Join JPMorgan's European Real Assets Group, a leading functional team in the industry!
Job summary
As Controller you will work closely with an experienced group
of professionals while being involved in all aspects of financial
reporting, analysis, accounting, internal controls, and oversight
related to maritime investments owned both directly and through
partnerships
Job responsibilities
- Oversees and assist with management of Global
Transportation Funds; develop and maintain a financial infrastructure
that operates with the efficiency and flexibility to respond to the
demands of a growth oriented business; ensure that responsibilities
and deadlines are adhered to and monitoring of the quarterly
accounting and financial reporting process for all investment
products; continually improve the level and content of reporting and
communication
- Understands of investment structures,
debt documents, partnership agreements, and purchase and sale
agreements and evaluates the accounting and reporting issues related
to various deal structures and proposals
- Oversees
financial due diligence for acquisitions by working with appropriate
individuals within the Global Transportation, as well as third
parties, sellers, JV partners, legal counsel, etc
- Interacts with independent external auditors, tax
practitioners, legal advisors, deal and third-party service providers
and actively participate in the determination and review of
valuations
- Ensures that local operator/partner
accounting systems and records are properly controlled and
periodically audited
- Develops and maintain
relationships with all internal and external clients and consultants;
Assist and coordinate responses to client and consultant requests
- Reviews and oversight of management analysis including asset, fund and business level budgeting and reporting
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Project management: ability to manage and
organize resources, conduct effective presentations, facilitate
meetings, and gain consensus around issues. Relevant financial and
accounting experience in the private equity or real estate industry
with a proven track record of managing controllership, reporting and
finance functions.
- Ability to act decisively, form
opinions, solve problems, make recommendations and ability to
cultivate strong relationships internally (within the team) and
externally (within the broader business)
Chartered Accountant (ACA or ACCA) equivalent required. Big 4 or mid-sized training
- Familiarity with currency implications/accounting treatment,
Fair Market Value accounting, Familiarity with IFRS, US GAAP quarter
and year end reporting and auditing
- Experience in
closed-ended commingled funds, limited partnerships, opportunity
funds, and operating company investments
- Current
knowledge on industry accounting and tax trends/issues
- Computer literacy and strong knowledge of Excel
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Experience in open ended funds and familiarity with Yardi