Director - Head of Mezzanine Funds

The role is primarily responsible for managing and driving Client Delivery across the Mezzanine Funds strategy to Channel Islands clients within Alternatives Segment which includes working closely with the Strategic Transition team alongside Operational Support, Corporate Services and the Banking teams for both new and existing business. The role involves a high degree of client contact and communication on a day to day basis and helps drive the provision of a range of accounting and administration services to our clients flagship private capital investment funds along with their related corporate entities.  The role requires high levels of co-ordination both locally and with other Client Delivery teams in both the CI and other service centres such as Luxembourg, Cayman, Delaware and our International Operational Centres (IOC) as these develop. The role requires a forward looking outlook providing input to an evolving operational model that services production of our clients' requirements covering the three core elements of Platform, People, and Processes. The incumbent takes management responsibility for our clients' day to day deliverables, reporting to the Head of Private Capital Client Delivery
The successful candidate will be ACCA/CA qualified with at least 10 years experience in Management Role with private equity, real estate funds; excellent working knowledge of offshore funds and relevant legislation and regulations; excellent accounting, management, communication, leadership and team building skills; extensive practical experience of Alternative Fund Structures; good understanding of IFRS/UK/US and other GAAP, valuation and accounting disclosure for complex financial instruments; detailed knowledge of various Private Capital structures, valuation of complex financial instruments, FIA/MFFA, Private Capital Services controls and procedures and IPEV, BVCA, ILPA.