Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years, earning a reputation for providing innovative solutions covering the full lifecycle of investments, from primary fund commitments to co-investments and secondary purchases, across private equity, real assets and private credit.
We have partnered with more than 650 clients, including institutional investors of all sizes as well as a growing number of private wealth advisers and investors, with approximately $65bn in discretionary assets under management (as of December 31, 2023).
Leveraging our specialized experience and global team of professionals across Europe, the Americas and Asia, we invest with purpose and lead with expertise to build secure financial futures.
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Purpose of the Position
Pantheon Ventures (“Pantheon”), a $90B multi-strategy investment firm, is seeking a Senior Analyst, Fund Finance for its International Private Wealth strategy. The candidate will have meaningful participation across a wide range of job functions supporting the investment platform. The candidate should appreciate the entrepreneurial nature of the position and the opportunity to play a key role in the ongoing launching of new funds and products within a well-established, global investment firm. The candidate should be well-versed in Private Equity fund management, accounting, valuation, risk management, semi-liquid private markets products in Europe, the role of third-party fund service providers and general finance and reporting oversight functions. The individual will join the Private Wealth Operations team based in London.
The Senior Analyst, Fund Finance – Private Wealth, working with the VP, Fund Finance - Private Wealth, will play a central role in the Private Wealth Fund Finance team. This will include key fund finance activities such as fund administrator accounting oversight, fund audit, reporting, valuation procedures, and other operational processes that may be required. The role is based in our Finsbury Square Office, 2-3 days onsite.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Private Wealth Operations team to provide financial and operational support to ensure that business objectives are met.
- Build, develop and maintain good working relationships between the team and its internal/external clients and suppliers.
- Provide financial and operational support for the set-up of new structures or funds including working with the structuring team, internal counsel, external advisors, and Private Wealth Operations team to ensure that operating frameworks are set up appropriately.
- Fund accounting review for the International Private Wealth products, ensuring that financial deliverables are of high quality and financial statements are accurate and complete.
- Review and approval of fund expenses - ensuring these are reasonable and understood.
- Review and approval of management/performance fees, as required.
- Assist in the delivery for the funds' reporting and any regulatory reporting that may be required.
- Oversight of third-party fund administration providers, depositaries, and other service providers in conjunction with the Third-Party Administration Management team.
- Assist with external audits for Private Wealth products, which will include liaising with the funds' external auditors and ensuring that audit queries are addressed and completed in line with deadlines.
- Review and approval of capital events such as calls, distributions and equalisations, as required.
- Ensure applicable control and risk frameworks and policies are adhered to and that existing procedures are refined to reduce operational risk.
- Complete other ad-hoc projects and tasks from time to time.
- Support the Private Wealth Investor Relations team, as required.
- Provide transaction support for acquisitions and creation of new entities to ensure transaction closings are achieved as planned.
- Attending the relevant investment team meetings to understand the current deal pipeline, future transactions, new funds and anticipating and coordinating any operational requirements.
- Attending the relevant month-end or quarter-end valuation meetings to understand the valuation methodologies of the Private Wealth products.
- Assist with any fund sales, extensions and, where necessary, liquidations related to the Private Wealth products.
Knowledge & Experience Required
- Early career fund accounting experience c.1-4 years post graduation (Finance, Accountancy, Mathematics disciplines)
- Working towards a recognised accounting qualification, ACA / ACCA
- Broad knowledge of Private Equity (from a fund accounting, or corporate accounting perspective)
- Strong MS Excel skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to develop meaningful partnerships with both internal and external teams.
- Customer focused, with a passion for quality and efficiency.
- The ability to lay out processes, controls and procedures in simple, clear formats including data flows, controls matrices, etc.
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
- Excellent organisational and planning skills.
- Problem solver
This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. You may be required to perform other job-related duties as reasonably requested by your manager.
Pantheon is an Equal Opportunities employer, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't perfectly align we'd still encourage you to apply.
What We Do
Pantheon is a leading global private markets firm currently investing on behalf of more than 800 investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations. Pantheon has an established reputation across private market asset classes, including private equity, infrastructure and real assets, private debt and real estate, and covering all stages and geographies. As of September 30, 2021 Pantheon had $81.2 billion assets under management and advice and the firm currently has around 400 employees, including more than 115 investment professionals, located across its 10 global offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Chicago Hong Kong, Seoul, Bogotá, Tokyo, Dublin and Berlin.
