Job Description:
Are you a Chartered Accountant seeking your next career move? We are working on a fantastic opportunity for a Fund Research, Associate - Alternatives to join the team at a leading global financial services firm. You will be responsible for performing operational due diligence reviews for investments into hedge funds and other private market funds.
Skills/Experience:
A Chartered Accountant qualification or Chartered Financial Analyst qualification is essential for this role.
Strong working knowledge related to Global Markets or Asset Management space and their financial instruments. Specific involvement with hedge funds, private equity funds would be desirable.
Experience of auditing or performing due diligence of Asset Managers, Investment Managers or other wealth fund managers.
Highly analytical.
Excellent organisation skills.
Core Responsibilities:
Conduct operational due diligence of external investment / fund managers as part of the company’s investment process.
Document due diligence meetings and present findings to the various committees and stakeholders.
Perform regulatory research and reviews of investment & wealth managers.
Analyse underlying manager financial statements.
Conduct research into domestic and international markets to assess regulatory and tax issues involving trading or establishing a local presence in those markets.
Maintain understanding of ongoing developments in the hedge fund and private markets industry, including ESG, regulations, structuring, trends, valuations, etc.
Benefits:
A highly competitive salary
Wider Benefits package
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 16093
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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C++ Developer – Investment Tools and Signals
Newton Colmore is looking for an experienced C++ developer with a strong interest in finance and technology to join a newly established investment team, developing cutting edge tools and algorithms.
You will be working closely with quantitative researchers, and traders and fellow developers to create software that drives the company’s investment strategies and delivers alpha across a broad spectrum of markets and instruments.
This is a key hire for this team and your key responsibilities will include the development and maintenance of C++ applications for alpha signal generation and equity research, mixed in with building new tools for advanced data processing and multithreaded statistical analysis.
You will also have the opportunity to help shape the future of this team as it grows.
In terms of what the client is ideally looking for, they are searching for strong C++ expertise, coupled with industry knowledge and a naturally curious mindset. The Ideal industry experience would be from a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm or from a more general fintech background.
The team like to hire people who are coachable and the ideal experience level for this role is 2-to-4 years. There is a degree of flexibility on this for the right candidate.
The company can offer tailored compensation packages, which includes bonuses and a series of other benefits and provide the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.
Your application will be confidential, and your details will only be shared with our client after our initial call and only with your expressed permission, if you feel you are a strong fit.
Newton Colmore is a specialist recruitment consultancy, and we search for and introduce world-class engineers, scientists, and developers to impactful companies, globally.
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