About Company - At Linedata we believe finance matters to our society as much as energy to life and fueling financial transformation is vital for development and leadership. We humanize technology. We are passionate experts who provide the investment management and credit communities with innovative, user-friendly products which help their businesses grow in over 50 countries.
We employ more than 1300 employees representing 40 nationalities spread throughout our offices in 14 countries. We believe in mobility, diversity & team work.
Our mission is to continue to find new ways to create and build flexible, mission critical software and services and to stay on the cutting edge of the financial software space.
The Role -
You will be working with the asset management team of a large and reputed global asset manager. You will be providing extensive support to the client's asset management group in carrying out the day-to-day activities of the underlying assets (loans, real estate, structured products, transportation, etc.) to maximise performance. You will be working closely with various internal functions (Investment team, Legal Transaction team, and Back Office functions) and external service providers of the client.
Responsibilities -
General
- Work closely with the client's asset management team to manage the day-to-day workflows of the fund's existing assets, including monitoring & analysing cash flows, tracking & analysing asset performance, managing risk, overseeing the fund's third-party partners & to execute the business plan.
- Strong experience in detailed financial modeling using advanced Excel, incorporating waterfall and promote structures, scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing.
- Expertise in building asset-level cash flow models for private credit and real asset investments (such as loans, real estate, and transportation); familiarity with CRE modeling is a plus.
- Knowledge of different methodologies, including DCF, comparables, transaction comps, and NAV/appraisal methods.
- Portfolio onboarding - track & summarize reporting, prepare analytics, communicate status, process, and asset level activity to various groups, including asset management & investment teams, throughout the life of the investment.
- Collaborate with the asset management team & external business partners in the facilitation and review of performance, suggesting value enhancements where applicable.
- Co-ordinate with third parties & internal teams on lender reporting, monitoring of loan covenants, and ensure compliance with credit agreements.
- Outline key terms in credit and purchase agreements.
- Execute and enhance operational efficiencies and information flow with both internal and external teams.
- Work with internal/external teams to manage funding and distribution activity.
Real Estate Technology Project Management
- Work closely with the client's technology team and third-party consultants on high priority real estate technology implementation initiatives.
- Perform detailed review of chart of account mapping to real estate asset's trial balance accounts during the implementation stage of technology and onboarding of new deals.
- Review financial statement reconciliation and resolve mapping discrepancies to ensure that generated financial statements reflect deal activity and performance, as expected.
- Understand how trial balance level accounts roll up to financial statements, determining the need for new trial balance accounts where necessary.
- Assist in managing third-party workflows.
- Utilize dynamic portfolio management tool to analyse the deal's standardized financial statements, key performance metrics, and other partner reporting on a recurring basis.
- Review budget-to-actual and other outputs from the real estate portfolio management tool
- Monitor partner reporting requirements.
Skills Required -
- Sound experience in asset management or related fields (Real Estate / Loans / Structured Products) (3-8 years).
- Strong accounting (US GAAP & IFRS) knowledge with advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills.
- Strong financial and analytical skills with a well-developed understanding of key investment performance drivers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with meticulous attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
- Ability to cultivate trust and build strong partnerships with different counterparts.
- Training and mentoring junior team members.
Advantageous Skills -
- Knowledge of third-party databases such as Yardi, Argus, CoStar, Real Page, Bloomberg, Alteryx, Tableau, etc.
Academic Requirements -
- CPA / CFA / MBA or equivalent qualification in accounting & finance from a reputed institution.
