Fund Finance Secondaries & Primaries
Location :
Frankfurt
Contract:
Internship
Duration:
5-6 months
Start date:
starting now
Role:
The Intern will be part of the Fund Finance Secondaries & Primaries team and support the financial control, operational management, performance analysis, and investor reporting of investment vehicles, including Customized Solutions and Ardian commingled funds. The team is based across multiple offices in Europe and Canada and works closely together to ensure consistent financial control, reporting, and investor servicing across geographies.
Ardian Customized Solutions provide investors with tailored portfolios in private market asset classes allowing a precise definition of their investment horizon and targets, as well as governance structure and service depth that fit their individual needs.
Ardian commingled funds pool capital from multiple investors into diversified private market strategies, offering standardized fund structures with clearly defined investment objectives, governance frameworks, and reporting designed to serve a broad institutional investor base.
The team works closely with Front Office, Investor Relations, Treasury, Legal, Tax, Compliance, and external service providers. The Intern supports the accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial information throughout the lifecycle of the funds and tailored investment solutions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support the control and creation of accounting, financial statements, and quarterly reporting of private equity funds and tailored investment vehicles, in coordination with external administrators and fund accountants.
- Support the monitoring, analysis, and reporting of portfolio and investor performance, including quarterly valuations and key performance indicators (IRR, DPI, TVPI).
- Help prepare dashboards, cash flow projections, and ad-hoc analyses to support investment decisions, stress testing, and active portfolio management.
- Contributing to investor, management, and governance reporting (e.g., valuation committees, advisory boards, client presentations, diversification).
Profile:
- Pursuing a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related quantitative field.
- Previous relevant experiences (asset management, audit, financial institutions, …); prior exposure to private equity is a strong plus.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-product, and international environment.
- Proactive, curious, and able to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Fluent in German and English; French, Spanish or another foreign language is considered as a plus
Required Skills:
- Knowledge of financial and accounting principles, with a solid analytical and numerical mindset
- Advanced Excel and MS Office skills; strong IT affinity (Business Objects experience a plus)
- Detail-oriented, well-organized, and able to manage multiple tasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to interact confidently with internal stakeholders and external counterparties
- Proactive, results-driven, client-focused, and collaborative, delivering high-quality outputs in a multicultural setting
Right to work
Please ensure you have the appropriate right to work in Germany i.e. a German passport, settled or pre-settled status under the EU settlement scheme or have obtained a visa which gives you the right to live and work in Germany.
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Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related quantitative field
- Previous relevant experience in asset management, audit, or financial institutions
- Prior exposure to private equity
- Fluency in German and English
- Knowledge of financial and accounting principles
- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills
- Strong IT affinity
- Business Objects experience
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, international, multi-product environment
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks efficiently
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Appropriate right to live and work in Germany
Ardian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ardian and has not been reviewed or approved by Ardian.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is frequently described as strong, with supplemental coverage in Europe and solid medical offerings highlighted in the U.S. Feedback suggests this contributes meaningfully to perceived total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, Europe-specific days such as RTT, and signals of generous parental leave are cited as strengths. Feedback suggests these provisions are a notable advantage in several offices.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A broad employee-shareholder base is emphasized, aligning incentives and offering accessible ownership participation. Feedback suggests this ownership mindset adds long-term value for staff.
Ardian Insights
What We Do
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$130bn managed or advised in Europe, North America, and Asia. The company is majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor base. Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian’s activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world. Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 850 employees working from fifteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul). It manages funds on behalf of round 1,000 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt.
