Director – Head of Mezzanine Funds

About the role:

• Provide active leadership within our clients' Private Capital Client Delivery Team with special focus on Mezzanine funds. Being part of a wider management team, whose collective responsibility is to support both each other, the location and the group's objectives.
• The role is primarily responsible for managing and driving Client Delivery across the Mezzanine Funds strategy to our Channel Islands clients within the Alternatives Segment which includes working closely with the Strategic Transition team alongside Operational Support, Corporate Services and the Banking teams for both new and existing business. 
• The role involves a high degree of client contact and communication on a day-to-day basis and helps drive the provision of a range of accounting and administration services to our clients flagship private capital investment funds along with their related corporate entities.

Responsibilities:

• To manage the Client Delivery team responsible for the day-to-day production of new and existing client business (Fund Accounting, Fund Administration) working with other relevant teams within the Business.
• To ensure that our clients regulated and unregulated structures remain fully compliant with the relevant legal/ regulatory requirements, fund prospectus, structuring and applicable accounting and administration standards on an ongoing basis.
• Help lead, develop, motivate and retain staff, ensuring proper resource plans are in place for new and existing business working with Senior Management and HR to achieve this. Support the production of career ladders for staff, training and development in line with their personal development and our business strategy.
• To provide a positive contribution towards working with both local and global teams to optimise the delivery of our services. The role provides connectivity at local level, but also within the wider group as it involves working with other locations and SME’s in delivery of the clients requirements to ensure that global capabilities are leveraged to the maximum extent.

Skills required:

• Excellent management and team building skills with ability to demonstrate leadership.
• Extensive practical experience of Alternative Fund Structures (Private Equity, Debt, Infrastructure, Real Estate etc). 
• Proper and effective accounting skills and good understanding of financial reporting standards (IFRS/UK/US and other GAAP), valuation and accounting disclosure for complex financial instruments.