About the Role
This role offers a unique opportunity for a qualified finance professional to expand their expertise beyond traditional fund accounting within InfraRed's Value-Add Portfolio Management Finance team. You will collaborate with Fund Management, Investments, and Asset Management teams to provide financial oversight, manage fund operations, investor reporting, treasury, and strategic initiatives for infrastructure funds exceeding USD 3 billion in assets under management. The position involves taking ownership of responsibilities across 1-2 funds, gaining exposure to fund reporting, investor relations, treasury, fund structuring, governance, and transaction support. With accounting outsourced, the focus is on oversight, challenge, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the preparation and review of audited financial statements and quarterly management accounts.
- Support the delivery of investor reporting and respond to investor-related queries.
- Manage relationships with third-party administrators, auditors, and key stakeholders.
- Oversee fund liquidity, cash management, and treasury activities, including fund credit facilities.
- Coordinate capital calls, distributions, and investor closings.
- Support fund structuring, governance, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Monitor portfolio performance and assist with investment and asset management reporting.
- Partner with investment teams on acquisitions, disposals, and transaction-related activities.
- Lead or contribute to initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, reporting, and controls.
- Support the operation of multi-currency fund structures, including FX hedging and investor reporting.
- Present financial information and fund updates to internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, ACCA or equivalent) with at least 2+ years of PQE is preferred.
- Experience of fund accounting with close-ended structures is preferred.
- Exposure to multi-currency funds, FX and hedging, treasury or fund financing is advantageous.
- Analytically minded with the ability to solve problems and think independently.
- Ability to form a view in situations where there is no established precedent.
- Organized, able to multitask and prioritize to meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to operate with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment, such as the launch of a new fund.
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills with a flexible 'can do' approach.
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong and proactive communicator, able to effectively use both written and verbal communication skills.
- Confident dealing with senior internal stakeholders, external advisers, administrators, auditors, and lenders.
- Strives to improve processes and create efficiencies around a team.
- Competent with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Skills
- Fund accounting
- Financial oversight
- Fund operations
- Investor reporting
- Treasury management
- Strategic initiatives
- Financial statements preparation
- Management accounts preparation
- Investor query response
- Stakeholder management
- Liquidity management
- Cash management
- Treasury activities
- Fund credit facilities management
- Capital calls coordination
- Distributions coordination
- Investor closings coordination
- Fund structuring
- Fund governance
- Regulatory reporting
- Portfolio performance monitoring
- Investment reporting
- Asset management reporting
- Acquisition support
- Disposal support
- Transaction support
- Operational efficiency enhancement
- Reporting enhancement
- Controls enhancement
- Multi-currency fund structures operation
- FX hedging
- Financial information presentation
- Fund updates presentation
- Problem-solving
- Independent thinking
- Multitasking
- Prioritization
- Ambiguity management
- Learning agility
- Attention to detail
- Accuracy
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Stakeholder engagement
- Process improvement
- Efficiency creation
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years of PQE
Education Level
- Qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, ACCA or equivalent)
About the Company
- InfraRed is a leading international mid-market infrastructure asset manager with over 25 years of experience in developing and managing essential infrastructure.
- InfraRed manages US$13bn of equity capital for global investors across listed and private funds, employing both core and value-add strategies.
- The company operates globally with offices in London, Frankfurt, Madrid, New York, Miami, Sydney, and Seoul, supported by a team of over 160 professionals.
- InfraRed is part of SLC Management, the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life, leveraging its scale and global platform.
Equal Opportunity
- Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At InfraRed we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this, or another role.
