Fund Controller at Neuberger Berman in Luxembourg

About Neuberger:

Neuberger was founded in 1939 to do one thing: deliver compelling investment results for our clients over the long term. This remains our singular purpose today, driven by a culture rooted in deep fundamental research, the pursuit of investment insight and continuous innovation on behalf of clients, and facilitated by the free exchange of ideas across the organization.

As a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, Neuberger is structurally aligned with the long-term interests of our clients. We have no external parent or public shareholders to serve, nor other lines of business to distract us from our core mission, and with our employees and their families invested alongside our clients - plus 100% of employee deferred cash compensation directly linked to team and firm strategies - we are truly in this together.

From offices in 40 cities worldwide, Neuberger manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide. With more than 700 investment professionals and more than 2,900 employees in total, Neuberger has built a diverse team of individuals united in their commitment to client outcomes and investment excellence. Our culture has afforded us enviable retention rates among our senior investment staff and has earned us citations in the top-ranked firms (among those with 1,000 or more employees) in the Pensions & Investments “Best Places to Work in Money Management” survey each year since 2013.

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Position Overview:

Neuberger Berman AIFM is looking for a Fund controller to take responsibility for the fund accounting, valuation, structuring and operations of several Luxembourg funds, supporting the launch of new products and strategies. The person will report to the Chief Financial Officer and Conducting Officer Finance and Valuation and will support as well the preparation of period financial reporting for the AIFM.

Primary Responsibilities:

Governance, Control and New Fund Strategies

Support the AIFM’s overall financial reporting (corporate and fund), planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance

Provide finance insight to the CFO, to support informed decision making

Active participation in new fund structuring and onboarding new strategies

Manage liquidity and capital structure

Ensure all regulatory and statutory financial submissions are completed on time

Enhance the processes and procedures, working with the wider finance and non-finance teams

Oversight the activity of service providers preparing initial and ongoing Due Diligence and periodic reporting to the Board and other AIFM governing bodies

Operational Accounting and Valuation

Working closely with all governance functions to maintain a strong control environment

Responsible for managing the fund operational processes (capital call/distribution/etc.), liquidity management (expense payments, deal funding, cash projections)

Ensure fund financial information are timely, accurate and communicated appropriately to the service providers (fund administrator, depositary, external evaluator, auditors, tax)

Preparing the material for valuation committee

Preparation of interim and annual financial statements. Production of monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting.

Key Requirements / Qualifications: (essential unless otherwise stated)

Fluent in English

Qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CFA or equivalents). Fund accounting experience (preferable at least 10-12 years post qualifications) in BIG 4 into Private Equity department or as financial director into AIFM. Knowledge of Lux GAAP (IFRS and US GAAP familiarity welcome)

Confident, with the ability to deal with multiple internal clients. High integrity, discretion and professional judgment. Flexible, highly organized, adherence to internal deadlines and appropriate escalation any issues. Entrepreneurial mindset aligned with high-growth, multi-asset AIFM platform

Self-starter, able to work independently whilst ensuring engagement with the wider finance and non finance team members

Experience in ELTIF and Evergreen products with monthly NAV cycle preferred

Advanced excel skills

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