Private Equity Controller

Our client are a Global leading Private Equity firm with a well-established and growing operation in Luxembourg.

They like to work with motivated and ambitious people with a genuine interest in alternative investments and asset management!

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

 

The controller will be in charge of a portfolio of SPVs and Alternative funds investing in Private Equity/Real Estate/Debts.

The controller will be in charge of the supervision of all the accounting work, tax compliance and VAT compliance including the coordination with the local service providers.

The controller will assist the deal team in the transactions (setting-up structures, organize cash flows and waterfalls….)

 

 

Duties:

 

Transactional activity/support of the investment team

o The Controller needs to review accurately the legal step plan/ tax structuring deck made available by the advisors or others and be in a position to illustrate the transaction to her/his Team leaders and colleagues.

o The Controller needs to identify any potential issues or matter of attention and flag it as appropriate

o The Controller needs to elaborate on her/his own an action plan and a solution to a potential issue to be proposed to her/his Team leaders and colleagues.

o The controller needs to get involved in all the correspondence, discussions calls in relation to the Lux side of the transaction. The Lux controller is the primary responsible for the execution of the Lux side of the transaction and has to proactively coordinate among the various parties to make sure advancement towards completion is made according to the defined timeline including:

Finance review of the legal documentation.
Coordination, monitoring and review of the correct implementation of the legal step plans
Coordination, monitoring and review for any Lux related cash flow.
Coordination, monitoring and review with accounting agents, auditors, tax advisors for any finance and accounting information needed for the correct execution of the transaction.
Coordination with our Lux legal colleagues for the organization of any meeting of board members instrumental to the approval of the transaction and participation/contribution during board meetings to provide Finance related information/commentary.

Finance, Tax, Legal Compliance activity

 

Each controller needs to ensure that the following regulatory filings are coordinated, prepared reviewed and filed with the respective regulatory body within the required deadline:

 

Accounting and financial statements
Consolidated financial statements if applicable
Corporate tax returns
VAT returns if applicable
Any other tax filings if applicable (e.g. WHT returns, subscription tax return, CBCR)
BCL reporting if applicable
Any other reporting and filing under the responsibility of the Lux Finance team that may need to be made from time to time (e.g. reporting to stock exchange)

Corporate Legal Assistance

 

 

 

Requirements:

 

The candidate must have a Master’ degree in finance/accounting
The candidate should have the Chartered accountant qualification or equivalent
At least 4 years of experience in audit of alternative funds or having worked for a central administration company or having worked in a tax advisory department of a Big 4 company
Fluency in English – French is highly advantageous

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