Alcentra is owned by Franklin Templeton, a dynamic firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents, you’ll get exposed to different cultures, people, and business development happening around the world.
Alcentra operates independently as a Specialist Investment Manager and is headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Boston, Tokyo and Hong Kong. We are a leading, global asset management firm specializing in the sub-investment grade debt markets, experts in credit management, private credit, and structured credit strategies. Our investors include pension funds, insurance companies, government agencies, banks, wealth managers and high net worth individuals.
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What is the Fund Administration & Oversight Lead Analyst responsible for?
Alcentra, acquired by Benefit Street Partners ("BSP") in November 2022, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. that, together with its various subsidiaries, operates as Franklin Templeton. The BSP/Alcentra combined organization is a leading credit-focused alternative asset management firm with approximately $77 billion in assets under management. Established in 2008, the BSP platform manages funds for institutions, high-net-worth and retail investors across various strategies including: private/opportunistic debt, liquid loans, high yield, special situations, long-short liquid credit and commercial real estate debt. Established in 2002, the Alcentra platform manages funds for institutions, high-net-worth and retail investors with a focus on the sub-investment grade debt capital markets in Europe and the U.S. Their objective is to deliver strong, risk-adjusted returns that are less correlated, through a complementary suite of traditional and alternative credit strategies. In pursuing this objective, their investment strategy and approach to credit selection are based on intensive fundamental research and credit analysis, combined with active portfolio management to minimize credit losses.
The successful candidate will be employed as a Fund Controller in the Syndicated Loan & Multi-Credit Fund Finance team. The role encompasses Fund Accounting, Investor Reporting and Data Management oversight. The candidate must be well versed in accounting principles and have experience in Performance Return calculations. Knowledge of both open-ended funds is also advantageous.
What are the ongoing responsibilities of Fund Administration & Oversight Lead Analyst?Fund Accounting – overseeing production/review of NAVs produced by Alcentra’s third-party Administrators, monitoring balance sheets, profit & loss, class performance and hedging efficiency
Performance Return calculations – Portfolio and Share Class
Attribution – overseeing production and submission
Expense Budgets Calculations – overseeing management and performance fees, expense budgets and TERs
Reporting - Regulatory and Investor reporting
Audit - oversight and sign-off of Financial Statements/fund audits
Data – ensuring accuracy of data in the Front Office Systems and Data Warehouse
Liquidity – managing cash using bridge facility, capital calls and distributions.
What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?
3 to 5 years of experience working in financial services.
Educated to degree level or equivalent.
Qualified chartered accountant - ACCA / ACA / CIMA or equivalent.
Strong mathematical skills as well as proficiency in Excel are essential.
Possess strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills and have the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts, ideas and processes.
The candidate must be a strong team player but also work with a fair degree of autonomy and take responsibility & ownership of their work.
An understanding of syndicated loans and CLO products is advantageous.
Work Shift Timings - 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM IST
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