Senior Manager | Client & Portfolio Services (AIFM)

Fund services | Corporate | Capital markets | Private client | Regulatory & Compliance 

We help clients succeed by unlocking new value through expertise, trust and scale. We deliver solutions that solve complex challenges faced by asset managers, financial institutions, corporates, high net-worth individuals and family offices. 

With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, faster. We collaborate to win together, sharing successes and shaping the future of our global business. Our culture of support and recognition provides the tools and opportunities for you to grow, while unlocking the most value for our clients and making your mark with Ocorian. 

Expertise: We deliver specialist, tech-enabled solutions for our clients grounded on deep industry expertise. 

Trust: We’re a trusted partner to over 8,000 clients globally. We are proud to have long-lasting partnerships with our clients. 

Scale: With more than 1,500 colleagues, we operate across 20+ countries, our scale enables us to support our clients globally and locally, providing a seamless client experience across borders and service lines. 

Main Responsibilites

• Comprehensively providing client and portfolio management services for a number of dedicated fund mandates in the alternatives sector (Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Debt assets), ensuring customer satisfaction and development of the client relationship.
• Assuming the lead relationship role for a portfolio of clients and key service providers (e.g. investment advisors, delegated portfolio managers, depositaries, and fund administrators).
• For fund mandates under the advisory model of portfolio management:
  - Ensuring competent and timely execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the fund, including
  (i) review of investment presentations/recommendations from the Investment Advisor,
  (ii) analytical review of underlying transaction documentation,
  (iii) ensuring coordination of ex-ante and ex-post compliance checks as well as asset-level AML checks,
  (iv) documenting the necessary investment decisions,
  (vi) follow-through of the deal to completion.
  - Ongoing monitoring of asset performance including review of periodic reporting and KPIs in alignment with the Investment Advisor/Asset Manager.
  For fund mandates under the delegation model of portfolio management:
  - Ensuring appropriate involvement in portfolio transactions in advance of execution by the Delegated Portfolio Manager, notably with respect to the coordination of the risk management reviews with the risk management team, and valuation reviews with the valuation team.
  - Ensuring competent and timely monitoring of portfolio management activities undertaken by the Delegated Portfolio Manager, through the effective use of quarterly KPIs.
• Preparation of quarterly reporting to the AIFM board covering the previous quarter’s activities of the relevant funds.
• Maintenance of corporate and operational documentation related to the funds, including record keeping of board meeting minutes, drafting and regular reviews and update of the operating memorandum, etc.
• Participation in project work, aimed at
  (i) the continued improvement of the company’s service delivery and efficiency (process/procedure development, automation, standardisation) and
  (ii) compliance with the latest regulatory developments.
• Acting as senior support to the Client & Portfolio Services management team, providing coaching to more junior members of the team, sharing general knowledge and experience from past roles, and stepping in to support the resolution of complex issues where needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• University degree in economics or law
• Minimum of 7 years of practical experience with Luxembourg AIFs
• Minimum of 5 years work experience with an AIFM
• Experience in communicating with clients in a high-profile environment
• Excellent organisational skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English and German

Competencies

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, good team spirit
• Ability to take ownership of daily workload and document the status of deliverables
• Solutions-oriented mind set, with the ability to balance business needs with applicable laws
• Ability to work together with and coach more junior members of the team
• Good organisational skills with the ability to work methodically and accurately
• Initiative for continuous improvement of internal processes

All staff are expected to embody our three core values.  These values underpin everything that we do and reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful. 

• We are AMBITIOUS - We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to support our clients and staff - wherever in the world they may be.
• We are AGILE - Our independence from any financial institution gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
• We are COLLABORATIVE - We take the time to understand our clients' needs so that we can deliver personalised solutions every time.

• Equal Opportunities for Everyone

Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at [email protected].

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status