Senior Associate, Valuations
Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years, earning a reputation for providing innovative solutions covering the full lifecycle of investments, from primary fund commitments to co-investments and secondary purchases, across private equity, real assets and private credit.
We have partnered with more than 650 clients, including institutional investors of all sizes as well as a growing number of private wealth advisers and investors, with approximately $65bn in discretionary assets under management (as of December 31, 2023).
Leveraging our specialized experience and global team of professionals across Europe, the Americas and Asia, we invest with purpose and lead with expertise to build secure financial futures.
For further details please visit www.pantheon.com
Purpose of Position
The Senior Associate, Valuations Manager will be responsible for managing the team as well as the the timely and accurate delivery of all team tasks.
The Valuations team is primarily responsible for the provision of portfolio valuations to the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Management of Valuations team workload
- Planning of the Valuations team responsibilities throughout the year to ensure overall objectives of the Operations department are met.
- Oversee and review the preparation of the quarterly Valuation schedule and input of the subsequent valuations by the team.
- Continual review of controls to proactively mitigate or reduce operational risks, including liaising with other teams for any areas with cross team impacts.
- Key escalation point for resolution of technical valuation matters arising during normal activities.
- Present key updates to the firms Global Valuation Committee, and put decisions into action.
- Responsibility for the overall audit of valuations, coordinating other team members to ensure all audit activities proceed smoothly.
- Supervising the teams processes and data flow within Pantheons systems of record.
- Ensuring data quality targets are met, overseeing integrity checks and statistical analysis techniques.
- Guiding the team through complex queries or valuations, providing expert oversight.
- Monitoring and updating the valuations operating model, including control framework
- Lead on areas of transformation for systems and processes.
- Staff management
- Manage objectives, motivations and all training needs ensuring individual development in accordance with company HR policies and practices.
- Conduct regular one to ones with team as well as formal semi-annual and annual appraisals.
- Support the team through ongoing transformation projects, helping pivot their role to be more analytical.
- Develop and sustain a culture of collaboration.
- Cascade agreed global Operations behaviours and corporate objectives to the wider team
- Working with senior team members to coordinate workload in order to meet complex and competing priorities.
- Internal and external stakeholder management
- Own Valuations team relationship with the third-party service providers (e.g. Third Party Administrators).
- Manage ad-hoc query process, including the scoping of requirements to ensure best possible service levels to the business.
- Act as a first point of contact with other internal teams, managing the internal relationships.
- Guiding and collaborating with colleagues to achieve the objectives in a smooth and timely manner.
Knowledge & Experience Required
- Strong technical skills, with emphasis on Fund of Fund private markets valuations techniques.
- Demonstrable experience post qualified ACCA/ACA (or equivalent).
- Ability to work independently to objectively analyse technical processes.
- Ability to work collaboratively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to develop strong and open relationships.
- Strong focus on control and procedures is essential.
- Experience of ensuring timely and accurate delivery, working with tight deadlines.
- Experienced professional working with data in a financial environment.
- Knowledge of data management techniques.
- Self starter with strong organisational skills.
Non essential experience that would be advantageous;
- Project management qualifications/experience.
This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. You may be required to perform other job-related duties as reasonably requested by your manager.
Pantheon is an Equal Opportunities employer, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't perfectly align we'd still encourage you to apply.
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