Financial Controller

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About LBP AM & The Role

LBP AM – European Private Markets is a European asset manager specializing in private assets. It is
part of the LBPAM Group.
The LBPAM Group manages approximately €70 billion, of which €9 billion is for the European Private
Markets Platform. The European Private Markets Platform began its activity in European Private Debt
in 2012 and has invested over €8 billion in 250 companies.
Deeply focused on innovation and the integration of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)
criteria, the team benefits from proprietary tools that are leaders in ESG analysis. Sustainability and
impact goals are an integral part of our management policies in both Corporate Debt and real assets
portfolios.
The European Private Markets Platform is an agile entrepreneurial structure within the CDC Group, a
globally significant institutional player. Our growth plan is ambitious, with the goal of being among the
top European private asset managers by 2030

Job Title: Financial Controller

Reporting to the Head of Operations of the European Private Markets platform

The Operations team is dedicated to the European Private Markets platform and is key to support the strong development of the platform.

Missions

The Financial Controller will participate to the ambitious growth of the business. Main responsibilities include:

Contributing to the creation of new products
Assisting managers in closing transactions
Operational support of funds
Preparing regulatory, management, and ad hoc reports
Contributing to Processes & IT Tools evolutions

Activities

Help to support the growth of the private assets’ platform, a strategic growth area for LBP AM, by participating in the creation of new products in collaboration with other internal teams, including the structurer.
Assist investments managers in closing transactions, including:
- Interacting with external counterparts for funding operations (managing fund return letters)
- Managing KYC processes
Support the operational management of funds:
- Managing capital calls and distributions
- Supervising fund liabilities
- Ensuring proper execution of corporate actions, position keeping
- Controlling the valuation of portfolio securities (debts, funds, co-investments, etc.)
- Controlling fund valuations
- Monitoring all asset and liability operations of the funds
- Maintaining the central reference database
Prepare regulatory, management, and ad hoc reports:
- Preparing regulatory and management reports, including various ad hoc reports requested by certain investors
- Automating report production
- Contributing to responding to investor inquiries
- Controlling the production of annual/semi-annual fund reports and supervising audits with external auditors
Contributing to processes & IT Tools evolutions
- Contributing to processes creation or adjustment
- Participating in exploration, feeding and amelioration of the IT tool.

Transversal responsibilities

Secretarial support for investment and monitoring committees
Contributing to operational questions in response to tenders, creating new products, and producing marketing documentation
Reporting operational incidents according to defined procedures and participating in their resolution
Participating in internal procedures and operating methods
Participating in the implementation of recommendations from internal control teams

Functional Relationships

Internal functional relationships with the Risk Management Department, Legal Department, IT Department, Middle Office Supervision team, and Client Service team
External functional relationships with service providers (including custodians, valuers, and external auditors)

Required Skills

Education/Degree: Master’s degree (Bac+5)
2-5 years of professional experience, with significant experience in operational roles within an asset management company, specifically in private markets (private debt, private equity, infrastructure equity, fund of funds)
Ability to work collaboratively on multidimensional projects involving several internal departments and external providers
Strong organizational, analytical, and synthesis skills; dynamism
Appetite for IT Tools and data analysis. Knowledge in DOMOS system is a plus.
Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English

CDI - Financial Controller (H/F)

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