Positions:
Financial Analyst - Portfolio Monitoring
The Financial Analyst will encounter a broad remit and this opportunity exposes you to a diverse range of areas in Finance to ensure you have the opportunity to maximise your strengths. You will sit within the Portfolio Monitoring team, however the role will involve working collaboratively with our Treasury and Fund Reporting team to achieve common goals, as well as a number of other areas both inside and outside of the organisation.
The portfolio monitoring team is ultimately responsible for signing off the quarterly valuations. Through this knowledge, the team partner with the Investment and Fundraising Teams to deliver insight on the investments.
Responsibilities:
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Monitoring and confirming the accuracy of investment valuations provided by underlying investment managers in “real time”, down to a portfolio company level, primarily through reviewing and interpreting underlying manager’s reporting.
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Responsible for preparing the Valuation Committee pack.
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Tracking progress of new deals and ensuring that any multi-currency funding, multi-region structuring, and reporting requirements are in line with our strategic objectives and are appropriately communicated to the Administrators, Treasury, Investment and Execution (legal) teams.
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Summarising the performance of the funds’ portfolio in a quarterly review pack. Pack is presented to senior stakeholders within the firm.
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Ongoing governance of investment performance, working alongside the Investment Team and CIO Office. This entails probing information around funding requirements, exit assumptions and underlying performance improvement plans
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Partnering with our Investor Relations team to deliver investment performance analysis for investors and aiding fundraising through the review of investment materials.
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Working alongside our tax and execution teams to manage complex underlying structures, and the teams administering them in a wide range of jurisdictions.
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Partnering with Middle Office/IT teams to innovate market-leading investment platform functionality
Essential experience:
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Newly Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) - up to 2yrs PQE
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Strong organisational and motivational skills, with excellent attention to detail
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Strong Excel skills
Desirable experience:
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Experience in one of the Top 10 firms or within a PE firm/Asset Manager
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Experience working with or for debt or credit funds
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Senior stakeholder interaction
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Knowledge of company and / or debt investment valuation approaches
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Experience in Business Intelligence / Data Analytics / Process Change
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Experience working alongside Administrators/third party providers
Competencies:
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Excellent interpersonal skills; able to create, develop and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders
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Ability to work collaboratively in a growing, fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities within deadlines
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Ability to take responsibility for significant areas of work and deliver with minimal supervision showing an accountable and proactive approach
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Demonstrate an ability to assimilate and adapt quickly to new knowledge and concepts
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Ability to problem solve and bring solutions to influence decision-making
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Ability to identify efficiencies and work collaboratively to drive change
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Demonstrates a positive attitude; places value on and contributes to a collaborative and supportive team culture
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Strong written and verbal communication skills
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where individuals can develop their talent and express themselves as part of a high achieving team. As investors, we value diverse perspectives, backgrounds and experience and actively look for these qualities in candidates.
Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments at interview in order to fully support and promote your talent.
Department
Finance
Locations
London
Current job openings
About Coller Capital
Coller Capital, founded in 1990, is one of the leading independent investors dedicated to the private capital secondaries market– and widely acknowledged as an innovator at the complex end of secondaries.
The firm provides liquidity solutions to private markets investors worldwide, acquiring interests in private equity, private credit, and other private markets assets. With headquarters in London, and offices in New York, Hong Kong, Beijing and Seoul, Coller’s multinational investment team has a truly global reach.
In January 2021, the firm closed Coller International Partners VIII, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of just over $9 billion and backing from over 200 of the world’s leading institutional investors. In February 2022 the firm closed Coller Credit Opportunities I, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of c.$1.45 billion and backing from over 30 institutional investors.
In March 2023, Coller Capital announced the creation of its global Private Wealth Secondaries Solutions (“PWSS”) business to provide further access to private capital markets for high-net-worth individuals.