Manager-Fund Admin & Reporting

Lexington Partners is a leading global alternative investment manager primarily involved in providing liquidity solutions to owners of private equity and other alternative investments and in making co-investments alongside leading private equity sponsors. Lexington Partners is one of the largest managers of secondary acquisition and co-investment funds with $76 billion in committed capital since inception. Lexington has acquired over 4,500 secondary and co-investment interests through more than 1,100 transactions with a total value in excess of $80 billion, including $18 billion of syndications. Lexington also invests in private investment funds during their initial formation and has committed to more than 650 new funds in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Lexington has offices strategically located in major centers for private equity and alternative investing ‐ New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Miami, London, Hong Kong, Santiago, São Paulo, and Luxembourg. The Investor Relations team at Lexington is comprised of 21 dedicated professionals – 17 in New York, two in London, and two in Latin America. The primary responsibilities of the investor relations team include: (i) coordinating global fundraising and marketing efforts, (ii) supporting client coverage teams in Lexington’s global offices, and (iii) managing the firm’s communications with existing and prospective investors and advisors

What is the Manager, Fund Admin & Reporting responsible for?

• Directing or conducting a variety of financial reporting activities for the organization, including oversight and review of financial statements, preparation and review of inquiries from limited partners and other financial reporting tasks to ensure these are completed in accordance with department procedures and regulatory requirements.

• Working with domestic reporting team and external auditors to ensure financial reporting complies with local GAAP requirements and industry guidelines, and participating in product launch activities related to financial reporting.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of the Manager - Fund admin & Reporting?

Production & Delivery:

• Supervise and review the work of analysts and senior analysts including the preparation and review of quarterly financial statements and business reports and investor requests

• Managing processes and activities through downstream leaders and team members to achieve expected service, solution or product outcomes for team and/ or department of accountability.

• Ensuring all work is completed timely, accurately and according to procedures.

• Makes decisions regarding processes/systems issues, utilizing depth of knowledge/technical expertise to provide guidance and direction to teams.

• Escalates issues, as appropriate.

• Manages communication with appropriate stakeholders. Drives team to identify and implement continuous improvements.

• Prioritizes and aligns work to strategic priorities.

• Contributes suggestions to improve control of the environment and manage risks.

• Provides input to strategy for department, leveraging business, technology and industry domain knowledge and expertise.

People:

• Makes hiring and termination decisions for both individual contributors and supervisors

• Support awareness of diversity and inclusion across department.

• Identifies, coaches and develops talent in their team to meet and/or exceed performance expectations. Develops talent for own group and high potential staff for other groups to support development rotation.

• Understands current and forecasts future work volumes and staffing needs required to meet service goals and determines if team is staffed appropriately. Will assist the senior leaders in driving forward key initiatives for talent development.

What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone be successful in this role?

• Minimum of 10 years of experience working in financial reporting/audit/financial services with a focus on private equity.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

• Qualified chartered accountant - ACCA / ACA / CIMA or equivalent.

• Strong knowledge of business desktop applications (i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Windows, etc.).

• A strong track record of leadership and team management, demonstrating the ability to motivate and develop a high-performing team.

• Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skill along with strong mathematical skills as well as proficiency in Excel.

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and with external partners.

• The candidate must be a strong team player, but also work with a fair degree of autonomy and take responsibility & ownership of their work.

• Strong attention to details & well organized.

• Effectively resolves problems and makes quality decisions.

• Candidates with audit experience background will be considered favorably.

• Strong interest in private equity.

Job Level - Manager

Work Shift Timing - 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM IST