Fund Finance Associate

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.

**Purpose of the Position**:
The Associate, Fund Finance, working alongside the VP, Fund Finance, and the Pantheon Investor Relations and Investment teams, will play a central role in the Fund Finance team.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Partner with the product 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.
- Onboard the new structures or funds operationally, working with the structuring team, internal counsel, external advisors, and Infrastructure team to ensure that operating frameworks are set up appropriately.
- Fund accounting review, 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.
- Support the onboarding of new third-party fund administration providers and establishing operational workflows.
- Assist with external audits, 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 Investment and Investor Relations teams, 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.

**Knowledge & Experience Required**:

- Technical_
- Preferably a recognised accounting qualification, with strong accounting skills or strong operational experience.
- Broad knowledge of private markets, preferably funds of funds or Infrastructure, and the processes involved in servicing these funds.
- Customer focused, with a background in fund accounting/ operations and passion for quality and efficiency.
- Experience in designing, monitoring and understanding the internal controls frameworks in place at each stage of a fund/product life cycle.
- 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.
- Experience in process change and improvement projects.
- Proficient Excel skills.
- Individual_
- Comfortable acting proactively and always with integrity.
- Excellent organisation and planning skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to develop meaningful partnerships with both internal and external teams.
- Professional scepticism: an ability to ensure that things are not taken at face value.
- Problem solver: an ability to, and an interest in searching for solutions to problems and establishing the root causes of any issues that arise.

**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.