JOB DESCRIPTION
Role Purpose
The Fund Controller Lead is responsible for the overall financial management, control, and governance of the private Real Estate funds. The role ensures high-quality, timely financial and investor reporting, robust risk and compliance oversight, effective capital management, and strong coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
The role supports investment and divestment activities, oversees fund lifecycle events, and reinforces a strong control, ethics, and risk culture across the platform.
Key Responsibilities
1. Fund Financial Management & Reporting
- Ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality financial reporting, investor deliverables, and regulatory submissions for all assigned Real Estate funds.
- Work closely with the Business Partnering (BP) team to ensure monthly and quarterly management reporting is completed properly and on schedule.
- Oversee fund accounting activities, including NAV calculations, capital accounts, and financial statements.
- Support the COO on financial modelling inputs, deal tracking, and forecast updates.
2. Capital Management & Fund Operations
- Manage capital calls, distributions, and related investor communications for the various Real Estate funds.
- Oversee fund liquidation processes, including the liquidation of legacy funds and corresponding GP entities, ensuring orderly wind-down and compliance with all obligations.
- Monitor and review funding structures, interest rates, and FX hedging strategies across the portfolio.
3. Investment, Divestment & Transaction Support
- Provide financial and structuring support for investment and divestment transactions across Real Estate funds.
- Assist in refinancing processes for portfolio assets, including coordination with lenders, advisors, and internal stakeholders.
- Support China-related initiatives, including working with local teams on RMB fund programs and China asset financing matters.
4. Risk Management & Controls
- Review and enhance risk management reporting and assessments, including updating hedging strategies for funds as required.
- Reinforce a strong risk, ethics, and governance culture across the team and outsourced service providers.
- Ensure adequate insurance coverage is maintained for funds and underlying assets.
5. Compliance & Governance
- Work closely with the Risk and Compliance to ensure all compliance requirements are performed, documented, and monitored appropriately.
- Monitor the performance and service quality of outsourced service providers (e.g., fund administrators, tax agents).
- Ensure tax compliance across funds by reviewing tax advice, ensuring proper documentation, and coordinating filings.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in fund finance, asset management, or real estate investment management.
- Strong experience in Real Estate fund structures, capital calls/distributions, and investor reporting.
- Experience supporting transactions, refinancing, and fund lifecycle events (including liquidation) is essential.
- Exposure to China investment structures and RMB funds is highly advantageous.
- Strong understanding of the relevant Accounting Standards and proficient in financial analysis, financial controls, tax, and regulatory requirements.
- Solid knowledge of risk management, hedging strategies, and capital structures.
- Proven ability to manage service providers and outsourced functions.
- High attention to detail with strong control mindset.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally
- Demonstrated commitment to ethics, governance, and risk culture.
BUSINESS SEGMENT
Real Estate
PLATFORM
Fund Management
