Private Equity and Real Estate Services – Associate AVP

Job Title:                     Private Equity and Real Estate Services – Associate AVP

Location:                     Dublin

Department:              Private Equity and Real Estate Services - Fund Administration

Grade:   602

J.P. Morgan Private Equity and Real Estate Services (PERES) offers high quality outsourced administration and banking services to private equity firms and institutional investors. J.P. Morgan enables private equity managers and institutional investors to focus on building wealth - while we take care of all their administrative needs.

J.P. Morgan has the people, processes, and technology to deliver a full suite of services. The Private Equity and Real Estate Services group has over 350 highly skilled professionals with decades of experience in private equity accounting and operations, and offices in New York, Dublin, Jersey (Channel Islands), Guernsey (Channel Islands) Luxembourg and Bangalore. J.P. Morgan has invested in a market-leading technology solution to be able to service clients in a secure, confidential environment with strong controls.

The Role:

J.P. Morgan has structured our PERES service offering to be a Client centric end to end model. The successful candidate will have full ownership of all aspects of fund administration including but not limited to Client Services, Financial Reporting, Investor Relations and Capital Event servicing. 

  Job Responsibilities :

 Responsible for the management of a team (local and offshore) and external client relationships.

• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting, audit, and reporting functions for a portfolio of closed ended and semi closed ended private equity and debt funds.
• Significant experience of internal controls, checklists and procedures and interaction with internal audit, implementing change and constantly creating efficiencies in operating model.
• Responsible for LP / investors’ capital calls, distributions, investor financial reports and capital statements.
• Responsible for fund compliance with partnership agreements and other legal and regulatory requirements.
• Understand client relationships and expectations and ensure client deliverables are timely and accurate.
• Interact with many JPM stakeholders – product, sales, risk, legal, compliance etc.
• Communication and interaction with clients on fund matters and investment structures.
• Assist/support clients with special projects and requests.
• Identify fund issues and escalate to Senior Management on a timely basis.
• Collaborate with on-boarding team in relation to new business.

Qualification / requirement

• Prior experience in Private Equity fund administration or alternatives funds industry preferred.
• Demonstrates a willingness to own the full end to end servicing of a fund or client relationship.
• FIS Investran, Advent Geneva and or Arcesium knowledge a distinct advantage.
• A qualified/part-qualified accountant or with proven experience in accounting with exposure to US/Lux/UK GAAP and IFRS.
• A keen understanding of technology and developing efficiencies.
• Must be a team player with the ability to network with co-workers but also have the ability to work independently and prioritise own workflows.
• Demonstrates JPMorgan Values.
• Proactive attitude, a bility to multi-task and work to tight reporting deadlines.
• Autonomous and rigorous.
• Strong presence and presentation skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.