Manager - Finance - Compliances & Operations (3-5 yrs)

Position Name: Finance Manager - Compliances and Operations

Location: Gift City-Gandhinagar

Experience: 4 yrs

Mandatory Requirement:

Experience with end-to-end fund accounting, compliances, and operations of alternative investment funds.

Job Role and Responsibilities:

- Manage end-to-end fund accounting, compliances, and operations of alternative investment funds;

- Managing all banking operations of the fund;

- Managing the demat and custody operations of the fund;

- Working closely with internal stakeholders and external service providers (fund accountants, compliance team, trustees, bankers, custodians, tax, legal and regulatory advisors etc) on various operational aspects of the fund;

- MIS preparation, monitoring, presentation, and discussions with relevant stakeholders - This would include fee, sponsor, expense workings amongst others;

- Monitoring vendor payables;

- Assist in statutory audit and valuations of the fund;

- Periodic reporting (tax and regulatory) to investors of the fund;

- Wiring towards investment in portfolio companies and execution towards tax and regulatory implications arising upon investments;

- Preparation and execution of distributions from the fund on account of divestments from portfolio companies;

- Distribution waterfall and carry workings;

- Tax and regulatory compliances, including but not limited to TDS, advance tax, portfolio exits, assessments etc.;

- Ensuring adherence to PPM from an accounting, tax, reporting and regulatory perspective;

- Supporting Investor Success team on any investor queries arising on accounting, tax and regulatory aspects;

- Handling one-time projects during the life cycle of various funds;

- Other areas related to the fund operations such as preparation of IRR and NAV workings, data on benchmarking reports required by SEBI, assessing impact of circulars / notifications from tax and regulatory authorities, etc.

Qualification and Experience:

- Commerce graduate (not a Chartered Accountant) with 3-5 years experience in venture capital / private equity space (preferably for funds registered with SEBI as well as IFSCA) having worked on areas covered above.

- Hands-on execution mindset is a critical requirement.

- Ability to work with and train a team.

- An obsessive eye for detail, proactive and process-oriented

- Strong stakeholder management skills to be able to engage with internal stakeholders and external service providers and investors - possibly all on the same day!

- A high level of comfort with deadlines and managing multiple projects simultaneously

- A hustler - you'll figure out the best way to get things done in an unstructured world.

- Excellent communication skill

- Independent oversight of operations

- Strong growth mindset and long-term orientation

- Working knowledge of Tally, Microsoft suite is necessary. Prior experience of implementing productivity tools is an additional plus.