Delivery Lead

The job role is in the Private Markets division at Acuity, one of the fastest growing segments within the firm. This opportunity is ideal for a private equity /investment banking / strategy consulting professional who is interested in working with leading global private equity funds and corporations.

The role would involve:

• Core system administration & functional support: create/manage entities, investors, GL accounts
• User access & issue resolution: permissioning, troubleshooting with FIS/Investran support
• Reporting support (SSRS): maintain, tweak, and enhance existing reports; limited net-new build using templates
• Data management & remediation: bulk updates, corrections, and data quality fixes
• Operational support: run existing reports and support business requests from the system
• System maintenance & environments: manage UAT refreshes, validate connections, support testing cycles
• Upgrade support: assist with quarterly upgrades, testing, and validation cycles
• Review of NAV and Financials of the Private equity and Hybrid Funds that include recording Journal Entries, preparing monthly/Quarterly/Annual Financials, processing payments, preparing investor notices and various client reporting.
• Review Capital Call and distribution workings along with notices and release to respective investors.
• Managing the client relationships for the Funds and individually handle the deliverable requirements on daily/weekly/monthly/Quarterly basis.
• Onboard new PE/Hybrid Funds in the accounting platforms (Investran)
• Identify and implement process improvement techniques to improve the process efficiency and team productivity
• Setting up SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) by laying down the processes and internal check frameworks to achieve the overall objective
• Client Management: Understanding project request, negotiate deadline and handling client queries
• Project Management: Project structuring, planning, conceptualizing output

Key Competencies: -

• CFA, Chartered Accountant, MBA from a top tier business school
• 4-9 years of strong experience in Private Equity Fund Accounting, Investran System admin Support
• Understanding of Private Equity, Venture Capital, PE Co-investment, PE Fund of Funds
• Strong in finance fundamentals and analytical skills
• Excellent in MS Excel to process varied data sets
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines
• Dedicated and motivated individuals having demonstrated academic excellence with project management, client relationship management, analytical, and teamwork skills