Vice President Strategic Corporate Finance - Alternative Investment Fund

Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit a Vice President Strategic Corporate Finance to serve as a strategic finance partner to firm leadership and lead firmwide financial planning, long-term forecasting and budgeting for the firm's corporate functions and investment strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to firm leadership and lead firmwide financial planning, long-term forecasting and budgeting for the firm's corporate functions and investment strategies
• Develop, own and maintain firmwide financial models linking capital requirements, headcount, expense management and revenue
• Drive and own the annual budget process including periodic reforecasting and variance analysis
• Collaborate with corporate strategy and firm leadership to align business plans with firm objectives
• Oversee and own the management company financial analysis - firmwide profitability analysis, expense allocations, management fee revenue, etc.
• Build economic models analyzing the firm's investment strategies to support corporate planning, operating efficiencies and long-term strategic growth
• Support enterprise level capital planning and liquidity analysis and evaluate the financial impact of strategic initiatives
• Translate financial analysis into actional recommendations for senior leadership
• Build dashboards providing senior leadership with KPIs focused on AUM growth, industry and market trends and financial performance metrics
• Consolidate complex financial data into ready to consumer narratives for presentations to senior leadership and Management Committee/Board meetings
• Collaborate with various teams on firmwide planning and forecasting
• Drive process improvement and automation initiatives for financial reporting and system enhancements
• Perform ad hoc projects as required

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• MBA, CFA or CPA preferred
• 5+ years of strategic corporate finance in the alternative investment industry required
• Advanced financial modeling experience and the proven ability to own firmwide models
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise-wide strategic planning, forecasting, management company economic modeling across multiple entities
• Investment banking or corporate development experience is a plus
• Fundamental knowledge of alternative investing strategies - private equity, private credit, insurance, real estate, etc.
• Demonstrated experience preparing executive-level presentations and materials
• Experience collaborating with senior leadership on strategic financial planning initiatives
• Expertise with budgeting and forecasting
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with enterprise planning tools preferred
• Highly motivated and detail oriented with the ability to synthesize complex financial data into actionable recommendations
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong problem solving skills