COO/CFO

Our client is a top performing emerging manager in the VC space. They specific focus on providing community and capital to seed stage digital content start-ups across Video, Audio, Gaming and AR/VR. They are currently investing out of Fund II and have 26 portfolio companies. The firm is young, vibrant and agile with a diverse team and a clear and simple aim – to find the most promising start-ups and support their growth. Diversity is key for the firm to hit its goals, and as such they are focused on creating opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs to access the information, networks, and capital needed to be able to properly compete with the majority of their peers.

The organisation also heavily invests in their community, and has established a like-minded community of investors, advisors, mentors and other related parties that have an interest in this space generally.

As part of the natural growth and expansion of the firm, the Managing Partner is looking to hire a combined COO/CFO to add to the team and join them on their value creation journey.

The Role:

Investments

• Liaise with fund admin to manage capital calls, wire transfers and distributions.
• Spin up and manage Special Purpose Vehicles for co-investments.

LP Onboarding/Management

• Work with Managing Partner to onboard investors into the funds.
• Manage all aspects of investor reporting in tandem with the Managing Partner.
• Keep all relevant documents in the data room up to date.

Portfolio Management

• Implement systems for tracking portfolio company KPIs, financial performance and projections.
• Build and maintain fund projections for follow-on financing so that the Managing Partner knows when to expect investee companies to be raising, and can plan accordingly.
• Responsible for all aspects of portfolio construction and modelling.
• Track portfolio company valuations.

Firm Legals & Compliance

• Work with lawyers on all legal matters relating to fund formation.
• Lead on all aspects of regulation and compliance.
• Manage all aspects of reporting to tax authorities and other stakeholders.

Finance

• Manage the relationship with service providers on all aspects of business including:
• Management Accounts.
• Year End Accounts.
• Tax Returns.
• Payroll.
• Yearly Audit.
• Manage firm FX and tax exposure.
• Draw up budgets and forecasts.

This is an extremely exciting opportunity for a candidate who has a combination of finance and operational experience ideally from a VC/PE firm. Due to the size and age as well as the culture of the organisation this is a broad role in a non-hierarchical environment where everyone mucks in and has a voice and can contribute to the successful growth of the business.

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