Senior Associate - Valuation Oversight

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Our client is an alternative investments fund manager (AIFM).
They offer a unique opportunity for a valuation professional (with a Big-4 or AIFM experience) to join them in a rich and varied role that will allow fantastic broad exposure to the business.
The role is at a Senior Associate level, so suited to someone with 4-5 years of financial services career experience with a focus on the valuation oversight of alternative assets. Our client is targeting someone who is at equivalent level of Senior II or Senior III at the Big 4.
Due to the success of the business, and the desire to ensure well-rounded fund professionals who stay in the business long-term, this permanent role (CDI) will involve an initial sustained period working as a valued member of the local valuation oversight team, focused on specific private market strategies. After an initial 18-24 months, subject to business needs, you could then transfer into another team to continue your professional development; the concept is to provide broad, varied opportunities for driven individuals who wish to gain a breadth of knowledge within an AIFM that is usually hard to attain.
Valuation team responsibilities:
• Review valuation materials, investment committee memos, and valuation reports
• Drive conversation with Valuation teams, providing analysis and comment to Management
• Assist in due diligence of 3rd party valuation partners
• Prepare MI for board meetings and management committee meetings
• Financial reporting to include finance databases and reconciling the investment portfolio

To be considered for this role, you will:
• Be comfortable in a dynamic, demanding and fast-paced environment that rewards effort
• Work in fluent English to an excellent standard
• Have excellent academic qualifications, ideally in a Finance related subject
• Have significant hands-on expertise in a high calibre finance firm in Luxembourg, with strong knowledge alternative investment funds
• Be in a Big 4 (consulting, valuation, risk) at Senior II or Senior III (not more senior, or more junior)...or within an AIFM at the same level and industry expertise.
• Salary will be commensurate with experience as defined internally
• Good knowledge of the Luxembourg regulatory environment pertaining to AIFs
• Be proactive, solution orientated, curious
• Have experience of working on transformation projects or change management or enhancing the business using AI