# Fund CFO Specialist – Assistant Vice President

**Company**: DWS Group
**Location**: London, 45 Cannon Street
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Fund CFO Specialist – Assistant Vice President to support the finance and operational oversight of strategic multi-asset alternative investment solutions. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of alternative investment fund structures, fund accounting, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities:

- Support the financial and operational oversight of alternative investment funds across multiple asset classes and jurisdictions.

- Act as a key liaison between investment teams, fund administrators, auditors, tax advisers, depositaries, and other external service providers.

- Own the delivery and oversight of fund accounting, financial reporting, investor reporting, and regulatory reporting obligations for assigned products.

- Review and challenge key fund deliverables, including NAV calculations, management and performance fee calculations, investor allocations, valuations, and other deliverables prepared by external service providers.

- Coordinate annual audits, tax reporting, and regulatory submissions, ensuring timely completion and resolution of matters arising.

- Monitor and oversee fund liquidity, investor capital activity, and treasury operations to support effective fund operations.

- Ensure compliance with fund documentation, investor requirements, internal policies, and applicable regulatory obligations.

- Support fund launches, restructurings, investment onboarding, in-specie asset transfers, and other strategic product initiatives.

- Drive process enhancements, control improvements, and operating model initiatives across finance and operations activities.

Requirements:

- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CPA) with at least 5 years PQE.

- Strong fund controllership experience within alternatives, multi-asset, private markets, fund-of-funds, or complex regulated fund structures.

- Experience within the Alternative Investment Fund industry.

- Understanding of Alternative products, tax, legal, and regulatory environment.

- Strong Excel, financial modelling, and analytical review skills, with the ability to challenge outputs.

- Experience with fund launches, administrator onboarding, operating model design, or strategic product initiatives would be advantageous.

What we offer:

- 30 days' holiday + bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days.

- A non-contributory pension scheme, up to 10%.

- Physical and Mental Health Well-Being benefits including Private Medical Cover, a complimentary GP service, and the support of Mental Health First Aiders.

- Family-friendly benefits including generous parental leave packages, to healthcare plans and travel insurance.

## Skills

### Required
- alternative investment fund structures
- fund accounting
- financial reporting
- NAV calculations
- management and performance fee calculations
- investor allocations
- valuations
- regulatory reporting
- fund launches
- administrator onboarding
- operating model design
- strategic product initiatives

### Nice to have
- AI tools
- productivity enhancement
- workflow optimisation
- data analysis
- critical judgment

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