Consultant, Private Equity - Guernsey

The successful candidate will sit within Northern Trust’s Private Capital Administration (“PCA”) in Guernsey.  The PCA department comprises of four teams each providing comprehensive Administration and Accounting services to Northern Trust’s clients.

This position is to join a team comprising of 12 team members responsible for servicing 12 clients each with multiple funds at various stages in their life cycle and with different structures and investment strategies.  The combined team fund assets under administration total circa. US$2.5 billion. The team work collaboratively to ensure client deliverables are met which will provide exposure to all clients administered in the team over time.

The key components of the role include liaising with the client, the fund directors and internal teams within Northern Trust, completion of cash management, investor and investment activities. 

 The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Develop strong relationships with clients, fund directors, internal departments and other third parties associated with the administration of the funds and their associated vehicles;
• Develop an in depth understanding of the Northern Trust’s systems and processes together with clients expectations and the funds administered within the team;
• Accountable for Cash Management Activities including processing banking transactions and invoice payment;
• Responsible for Investor Activities including Investor Calls and Distributions, Investor Transfers, maintenance of investor contact and banking information, Investor Queries and Investor Reporting;
• Responsible for Investment Activities including new and follow-on Investments and Divestments;
• Organisation of Board Meetings including Board Packs, attendance at meetings and preparation of board minutes after that meeting;
• Responsible for the completion of Know Your Customer/Client Due Diligence for existing investors in the funds on a periodic basis and new investors;
• Timely completion of activities assigned and communicating the status of activities  to your manager;
• Support other team members with their workloads to ensure all team client deliverables are completed on schedule; and
• Completion of ad-hoc activities to support team/department projects as assigned.

Skills/ Qualifications:

• Previous Fund, Corporate Secretarial or banking experience;
• Good customer service skills with attention to detail;
• Ability to set priorities and work to deadlines with minimal supervision;
• Possess excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities; and
• Work collaboratively as part of a team with an enthusiastic approach and positive attitude.