Vice President – Fund Finance – New York

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced professional to join the Fund Finance team supporting GIP's Infrastructure Debt platform globally.

The successful candidate will play a central role in the operational and strategic management of the Global Infrastructure Debt ("GID") platform, GIP's flagship non-investment grade commingled fund platform.

Key Responsibilities

Fund Oversight & Investment Execution

• Act as a senior Fund Finance lead supporting the GID platform and associated feeder, financing and leverage vehicles.
• Partner with Investment Teams throughout the investment lifecycle to ensure efficient onboarding, execution and ongoing management of investments across participating funds and mandates.
• Lead allocation review processes and confirm adherence to allocation policies, investment guidelines and portfolio construction objectives.
• Oversee transaction execution and settlement activities, resolving operational issues relating to compliance, settlement, funding, hedging and reporting.
• Coordinate with borrowers, sponsors, lenders, legal counsel and external service providers to support execution and ongoing management of investments.
• Maintain strong operational controls and ensure accurate investment setup and lifecycle management within Aladdin.
• Review valuation outputs and challenge significant movements, assumptions or anomalies.
• Partner with investment teams, valuation providers and pricing specialists to ensure robust valuation governance.

Liquidity Management & Financing Structures

• Lead liquidity management across the GID fund complex, including cash forecasting, unfunded commitments, deployment planning and dry-powder management.
• Determine optimal funding strategies through a combination of investor capital calls, subscription facilities, asset-backed lending facilities and fund-level leverage arrangements.
• Coordinate capital calls, fund borrowings, distributions and debt service obligations across fund structures.
• Oversee ongoing management of financing facilities, including borrowing base calculations, covenant monitoring, utilization management and lender reporting requirements.
• Partner with Treasury, Asset Management, NAV Oversight and Fund Accounting teams to optimize liquidity and minimize cash drag.

Structured Products & Complex Fund Vehicles

• Support operational oversight of rated note structures, securitization vehicles and other structured financing solutions utilized across the platform.
• Monitor structural tests, waterfalls, reserve requirements and reporting obligations associated with leveraged vehicles.
• Support the launch and implementation of new products, including leveraged funds, CFOs, ABL structures and bespoke client solutions.

Reporting, Client Support & Regulatory Oversight

• Oversee production and review of investor reporting, management reporting, financial reporting and board materials.
• Support responses to investor due diligence requests, operational reviews and ad hoc client enquiries.
• Coordinate investor-specific reporting obligations, side letter requirements and bespoke reporting solutions.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements across all applicable structures.
• Provide management information and strategic insights to senior stakeholders.
• Review operational implementation of client commitments and reporting obligations across the platform.

Platform Development & Leadership

• Drive operational scalability across a rapidly growing infrastructure debt platform.
• Lead initiatives focused on process optimization, automation, data governance and AI-enabled workflow improvements.
• Enhance reporting and data capabilities through Power BI and other technology solutions.
• Develop and document controls, procedures and best practices across the Core PM function.
• Support operational implementation of new products and strategic growth initiatives.
• Mentor and develop junior members of the Fund Finance team.
• Act as a key stakeholder across cross-functional initiatives supporting the broader BlackRock and GIP operating model.

Candidate Profile

Required Experience

• Relevant experience within private credit, infrastructure debt, structured finance, fund finance, asset management, fund operations, or a related field, with a demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and expertise.
• Strong understanding of closed-ended private fund structures and institutional investor requirements.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex fund operations, liquidity processes and capital activity.
• Experience coordinating capital calls, distributions, financing activities and investor reporting.
• Strong understanding of fund accounting, fund administration and valuation processes.

Highly Desirable Experience

• Private credit or infrastructure debt strategies.
• Leveraged private fund structures.
• Asset-backed lending facilities.
• Subscription line facilities.
• Rated note structures.
• Collateralized Fund Obligations (CFOs).
• Securitization vehicles.
• Structured finance transactions.
• Institutional SMAs and Fund-of-One structures.
• Fund launches and product development initiatives.

Qualifications & Skills

• ACA, ACCA, CFA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related discipline.
• Strong analytical, financial modelling and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Experience with Aladdin, Power BI, SQL, Python or similar data platforms is advantageous.