Associate - Portfolio Operations

Job description / Role

Associate - Portfolio Operations (Global Energy & Power Infrastructure)

Responsibilities:
• Evaluating, in conjunction with professional advisors, and subsequently executing on the capital structures necessary to ensure tax efficient returns to Investors.
• Provision of assistance to the transaction teams as appropriate, including the coordination of the operational elements of investment activities.
• Forecasting and managing Investor capital calls and finance drawdowns in such a manner as to ensure funding is available for transactions as required.
• Integration of newly acquired portfolio assets into BlackRock.
• Liaison with third party administration, operational and maintenance providers to ensure a proper balance between internal control and operational efficiency at operating project level and to ensure accurate, timely and comprehensive reporting of asset performance by each asset on a monthly basis.
• Review and assessment, in conjunction with the Investment team, of monthly operational and financial reports. Identification and resolution of any financial or performance issues.
• Effective communication of asset performance to Senior Management, Investors and the broader group.
• Review and implementation of annual budgets for all portfolio assets.
• Portfolio and project cash management and distributions.
• Ensure full and timely compliance with regulatory, project and client reporting requirements
• Review and assess contracts pertaining to underlying projects
• Manage and oversee Valuation process for GEPI Assets with Valuation Advisors, Risk and Pricing
• Liaise with fund accounting team and auditors on accounting, fund valuation and reporting issues

Benefits:
• Attractive Salary Package

Requirements

Experience:
• Qualified Accountant, (ideally Big 4 background) with at least 3 years post qualification experience
• Third level degree
• Experience within a group finance or reporting role
• Experience in Power and energy, particularly in monitoring and reporting on operating assets is desirable
• Strong technical accounting skills, including detailed knowledge and experience in IFRS and US GAAP
• Excellent Excel and financial analytical skills
• Ability to interpret financial models and large volumes of contractual data
• Experience in liaising with external service providers an advantage
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage workload autonomously and effectively
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to apply commercial judgment
• Inquisitive, detail-oriented, self-motivated
• Willing to travel

Development Value:
• Grow with an evolving team and work in a friendly, entrepreneurial environment
• Experienced senior team with strong values, providing excellent learning and development opportunities
• Significant exposure to worldwide, prestige projects
• Broad and varied exposure to all aspects of the team’s activities, encompassing investment selection, deal execution, asset integration, operational monitoring and reporting, valuation and investor reporting
• Opportunity to provide input into future growth and operational efficiency
• Strong brand in the Infrastructure and fund management industry

About the Company

Dragon Recruiting is a leading international staffing and recruitment company, head-quartered in London, with further offices all over the globe. Our clients range from numerous well known UK and international businesses. We also represent a wide range of less well known clients - helping them to find staff for their businesses around the world.

As an international recruitment agency, our clients benefit from a vast network of human resource specialists who attract, cultivate and connect organisations to talent in both global and local markets. Our unrivalled

scope of services and global reach allow us to share candidates and roles across borders. With greater coverage and tools, we can ensure our clients and candidates all get the best outcome for their recruitment needs.

With experience of over 3 decades we are recruiting more than 10,000 workers annually to and from the UK, USA and the Middle East and several other Asian countries. We specialize in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.