Alantra is an independent global mid-market financial services firm providing investment banking, asset management, and private capital services to companies, families, and investors operating in the mid-market segment. The Group has over 650 professionals across Europe, the US, Latin America, and Asia.
Its Investment Banking division provides independent advice on M&A, debt advisory, financial restructuring, structured funding & asset backed securitizations, credit portfolio advisory and capital markets transactions, having advised on c. 750 deals for a total value of c. €187bn in the last four years. Alantra’s senior bankers and execution teams offer a global understanding of industry sectors combined with strong local relationships with the companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and financing institutions in each of its markets.
In Alternative Asset Management, Alantra offers its client unique access to a wide range of investment strategies in five highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, energy, and venture capital). As of 31 December 2023, assets under management from consolidated businesses stood at €2.2bn, while assets under management from Strategic Partnerships, in which Alantra holds a significant stake, were at more than €13.4bn.
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Job Description:
Tasks:
Financial responsibilities:
- Responsible for Annual Accounts, individual and consolidated, monthly financial closings and statements, business activity reports and forecasts. All of them for the Fund and for the Management Company.
- Responsible for ESG analysis and reports.
- Responsible with relations with banks for the Management Company.
- Ensure compliance with legal requirements for the Annual Accounts and other reportings, including coordination of the audit process
- Fund Treasury Forecasting: Prepare a cash forecast based on the investment/divestment calendar to effectively manage the Fund’s treasury
Investors relationships:
- Manage capital calls to investors, including information collection from the front office teams, capital call calculations and decisions as to the capital call legal structures.
- Responsible for quarterly reportings to different investors, including valuationsand NAV calculations.
- Support on investor Due Diligence process.
- Board meetings preparation from a financial perspective, for the Fund and the Management Company.
Financial and operative enhancement:
- Active management of the Fund and Management Company financial reports to enhance financial and operative performance, achieve costs reductions, etc.
- Help management to make financial decisions.
- Support on the investment process and operations of solar assets: Provide relevant feedback to the investment team on structuring, operations, financing and taxation.
Team leader:
- Financial and accounting team supervision.
- Supervise third party service provider.
Requirements:
- Experience: 10 Years +
- Languages: Spanish and English bilingual; Italian +; French +
Skills:
Financial skills. Expert knowledge in:
- Financial accounting, both individual and consolidated under Spanish GAAP, but Italian accounting knowledge would be very valuable.
- Financial modelling, spreadsheets and other instruments.
- Expert Knowledge in ESG analysis and reporting.
- Detail oriented in preparing and analyzing reports.
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills. In both English and Spanish. Italian and French very valuable too.
- Leadership role from a financial perspective.
- Technical skills. Renewable sector.
- Business skills. Asset managers must have a general knowledge of how businesses function and of how financial markets work.
- Analytical skills. Asset managers increasingly assist executives in making decisions that affect the organization and strategy.
