Vp, Fund Finance

Pantheon is a leading global private markets specialist currently investing on behalf of more than 1,000 investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and private wealth clients. Founded in 1982, Pantheon has an established reputation across private market asset classes, covering all stages and geographies, and provides investment solutions that include flagship fund offerings, as well as integrated programs and customized solutions. Pantheon also manages and advises Pantheon International Plc ("PIP") and Pantheon Infrastructure Plc ("PINT"), both investment companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2022, Pantheon had $92.8 billion in assets under management and advice and the firm currently has more than 460 employees located across its offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bogotá, Tokyo, Dublin and Berlin. Its global workforce includes more than 140 investment professionals. Pantheon is majority-owned by Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (NYSE: AMG), a leading partner to independent active investment management firms globally, alongside senior members of the Pantheon team. **Purpose of Position** The VP, Fund Finance, working alongside the Principal, Fund Finance - Infrastructure & Real Estate and the Pantheon Investment and Investor Relations teams, will play a central role in shaping the Fund Finance team in the region and designing the associated operating model. This will include establishing the operating platform from which local funds and client mandates will be supported, including any associated systems, finance, risk, valuation procedures, and other operational processes that may be required. Reporting to: Principal, Fund Finance - Infrastructure & Real Assets **Key Responsibilities** - During the product design/concept stage, acting as the key point of contact for the below workstreams: - Key interface with the relevant investment teams to ensure that the investment opportunity is understood, and that the portfolio can be adequately monitored, reported on, and serviced. - Provide financial and operational support for the set-up of new structures including working with the structuring team, internal counsel, external advisors, and investment teams to ensure that operating frameworks are set up appropriately and service providers are appropriately selected and appointed. - Highlighting and communicating any issues to the Operations Team and working with them to update/change any process or other changes required to process, systems, etc to ensure adequate service delivery. - Working with Finance to quantify and design the framework for management fee and carry calculations, and to provide information on the costs of servicing specific mandates. - During the fundraising, fund closings and investment period and with a focus on fund finance and operational aspects: - Support the Investment or Investor Relations teams, as required, with marketing activities or materials. - Provide transaction support for acquisitions with potential tasks including assisting with the structuring advice, set-up of investment structures in accordance with tax advice, creation of new entities and close liaison with investment team to ensure transaction closing from an operational standpoint is achieved as planned. - Attending the relevant investment team meetings to understand the current deal pipeline, future transactions and anticipating and coordinating any operational requirements. - Working with Valuation Analytics to understand valuation specific considerations for the product, and to ensure that there is adequate and independent oversight to the valuations process, including considering any impacts for Valuation Committee to consider and other committees as may be necessary or relevant. - Support the Investment and Investor Relations teams in client pitches and onboarding, as required with a focus on fund finance and operational aspects. - Partner with the Investment and Investor Relations teams to provide financial and operational support to ensure that business objectives are met. - Build, develop and maintain and develop good working relationships between the team and its internal/external clients and suppliers. - Ensuring that the operational and internal control frameworks are fit for purpose to adequately operationally service Pantheon's clients/funds, and that the process by which we service those clients/funds are following best practices. - Critically assessing the funds' operational servicing, how it can be improved in response to feedback from underlying clients, internal stakeholders and relative to the market with the intention of informing the most appropriate operational processes for the next generation of funds in the strategy. Inputting into operational strategy across funds and strategies. - Chair or voting member of various Sub-Valuation Committees, ensuring valuations are reason