Fund Controller - Private Credit (15-Month Contract)
Location: London (Hybrid)
Rate: £600-650 per day via umbrella, depending on experience
The Opportunity
An outstanding opportunity has arisen with a leading global alternatives investment manager for an experienced interim Fund Controller to join its high-performing Private Credit Finance team on a 15-month maternity cover contract.
This is a broad, commercially focused role supporting a portfolio of direct lending and private credit funds, including both closed-ended and evergreen structures. Working alongside investment professionals, senior leadership and leading external service providers, you will play a key role in overseeing fund operations, financial reporting and governance across the full fund lifecycle.
This position would suit someone who enjoys ownership, stakeholder interaction and working within a sophisticated institutional investment environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of a portfolio of private credit fund structures, ensuring efficient operational and financial oversight.
- Review quarterly NAVs, financial statements, investor allocations, management fees, carried interest and distribution calculations.
- Produce and oversee quarterly and annual investor reporting.
- Monitor fund liquidity, cash forecasting and treasury activities.
- Partner closely with investment teams on transactions, fund launches and capital activity.
- Manage relationships with third-party fund administrators, custodians and auditors, ensuring high service standards.
- Coordinate annual audits and oversee governance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Prepare board papers and present fund updates to boards and governance committees.
- Analyse fund performance, returns, valuation movements and hedging impacts.
- Act as a key contact for internal stakeholders including Portfolio Managers, Investor Relations, Legal, Tax and Compliance.
- Mentor junior team members
Candidate Profile
- A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CPA)
- Significant experience in private credit, direct lending,
- Strong technical fund accounting and fund control expertise.
- Excellent understanding of fund structures, legal documentation and fund operations.
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