V.I.E. - 12 months - Fund Controller Debt M/F - Luxembourg

Description du poste:

Company Description

AEW is one of the world's largest real estate asset managers, with EUR71.2bn of assets under management as at 31 March 2020. AEW has over 700 employees, with its main offices located in Boston, London, Paris and Hong Kong and offers a wide range of real estate investment products including comingled funds, separate accounts and securities mandates across the full spectrum of investment strategies. AEW represents the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Investment Managers, one of the largest asset managers in the world.

As at 31 March 2020, AEW managed EUR33.5bn of real estate assets in Europe on behalf of a number of funds and separate accounts. AEW has over 400 employees based in 9 offices across Europe and has a long track record of successfully implementing Core, Value-Add and Opportunistic investment strategies on behalf of its clients. In the last five years, AEW has invested and divested a total volume of EUR23.9bn of real estate across European markets.

AEW Europe LLP, based in London, focuses on both Pan European and UK markets working closely with its European offices and joint venture partner, AEW UK Investment Management LLP. AEW Europe LLP also has an office in Madrid and the London and Madrid platforms have 70 employees as at June 2020.

Job Description

The VIE-Fund Controller's mission is to assist the Senior Fund Controller/ Portfolio Manager in the administrative and financial management of the Debt Fund managed by AEW.
With a European dimension, it consists in particular of intervening in the following activities:
* Operational business plan
* Establish semi-annually, and periodically update, the business plans of the fund's sub-funds based on events planned by the Department.
* Asset Management Cash Management
* Calculate and initiate fund calls to investors and bank drawings and track their execution;
* Calculate and ensure the flow of cash to investors;
* Control the receipt of interest income from receivables held by the fund;
* Effectively manage cash flow at the level of all structures;
* Manage hedging instrument loopbacks and unclogs and related margin calls.
* Production of accounts
* Supervise the service providers responsible for producing vehicle accounts and review the company and consolidated financial statements;
* Organize the appointment of auditors and ensure the relationship with them (review of accounts, ad hoc requests...).
* Valuation of assets
* Check the valuations of assets held by the fund and participate in quarterly monitoring meetings. Ensure their correct accounting in the fund accounts in line with applicable accounting standards.
* Reporting, investor relations
* Integrate information related to the financial management of funds into quarterly reporting to investors, meeting all contractual obligations of AEW;
* Supervise the production of regulatory reports by our service providers and control the content;
* Answer investors' questions; carry out specific analyses on the fund as needed.
* Social, legal and fiscal life
* Ensure compliance with legal and tax standards in each country where the Funds are present and take into account legislative and regulatory developments;
* Prepare the files of the Management and General Assembly Committees in relation to the Legal Department and/or the boards.
* Portfolio Management support role
* Follow the waivers communicated by the agents and help with the recommendations of the Portfolio to the Stewardship Committee if necessary;
* Participate in the preparation of the Portfolio recommendation to the Management Committee on investment opportunities.
* Mounting of Funds
* Contribute to marketing to potential investors, Q&A on business plan and financial performance;
* Supervise the service provider responsible for the Know Your Customer analysis of a new investor. Manage the relationship with the investor. Automatic translation

Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience

You have a Bac+4/5 level education (university, business school or engineering school) with a specialization in accounting/finance.
You have a first professional experience in the financial sector, ideally real estate.
You master the French language and the English language at a professional level.
You show rigor, dynamism, autonomy and adaptation.
You have interpersonal skills, the ability to analyze and anticipate, as well as an interest in real estate.
This position is only open to candidates eligible for the Business France V.I.E program: - French or European citizens - Aged 18-28 years - From a country other than the host country - Graduates

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