Overview
In this Senior Finance Manager role you will own the financial management of two Luxembourg-based institutional funds within a large European real assets platform. You will partner with investment, asset management, investor relations and valuation teams to drive reporting, forecasting and strategic finance activities. The role covers fund finance, corporate finance, and asset-level oversight, offering leadership opportunities and exposure to financing, hedging and project finance. You will contribute to fundraising, investment evaluation and process improvements, shaping how finance supports a growing portfolio. A strong, proactive, commercially minded accountant with people leadership will
Responsibilities
- Lead financial management for two Luxembourg institutional funds
- Oversee forecasting, cash management, distributions, valuations, audits and tax processes
- Manage relationships with external administrators, auditors, tax and legal advisers, depositories and lenders
- Support financing activities including debt facilities, project finance and hedging
- Partner with investment and asset management teams on investment structuring and financial analysis
- Assess financial impact of new investments and sectors
- Oversee finance activities across a portfolio of project and holding companies
- Respond to investor, management and stakeholder queries
- Own key operational and reporting workstreams
- Act as a director across fund structures and project entities
- Manage and develop two finance team members
- Drive process improvements across finance and asset management
Key requirements
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification
- At least 5 years' experience in investment management, private markets, infrastructure or real assets
- Experience with complex investment structures and fund vehicles
- Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering
- Proactive and solutions-focused approach
- Strong attention to detail with ability to see the bigger commercial picture
- Previous people management experience or the desire to lead and develop others
- stakeholder management
- business partnering
- proactivity
- fund finance
- forecasting
- cash management
Fund Finance Manager (Real Assets) in London employer: Trace Recruitment
As a rapidly scaling fin-tech and payments platform based in the heart of the City of London, we offer an exceptional opportunity for our Finance Director to not only lead financial strategy but also to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of a market-leading business. Our dynamic work culture fosters innovation and collaboration, while our commitment to employee growth ensures that you will have the resources and support needed to advance your career towards a CFO position. With competitive compensation, including bonuses and equity, and the chance to work closely with the CEO and Board, this is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a thriving industry.
