Investment Valuations Analyst
Expiring today
- Recruiter
- Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive plus Bonus/Benefits
- Posted
- 14 Jul 2022
- Closes
- 12 Aug 2022
- Ref
- 15858821
- Job Function
- Other
- Industry Sector
- Finance - General
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
Key Responsibilities
Technical Competencies, Skills and Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Assisting with, and performance of, quarterly (and occasional ad hoc) valuations of illiquid fixed income and equity asset investments
- Drafting of valuation reports in line with regular valuation timetable
- Formulating robust and defensible valuation opinions
- Preliminary review and analysis of business plans and cash flow models
- Development and update of valuation models
- Collation of underlying financial data from investment managers, providing relevant challenge where necessary
- Building a thorough commercial understanding of the scheme's illiquid equity and debt investments
- Assistance with the intra-quarter valuation roll-forward process
- Assistance in the performance of valuation due diligence reviews
- Communication of key judgements and conclusions to investment accounting function
- Documentation (and where appropriate enhancement) of procedures and controls
- Assistance with the preparation of committee reports
- Performance of key administrative duties for the Investment Valuations function
- Interacting and liaising with financial control and operations functions for certain key processes and ad hoc queries (cut-offs, SPV accounting etc.)
- Working with the asset management (Private Markets) teams to gain an understanding of assets and key developments, and collating relevant management information
- Assisting with the performance of various items of project work
- Assisting external valuation advisers with the performance of the external valuation process
- Assisting external auditors in the financial audit process
- Assisting with the delivery of occasional project work for the wider Finance function
Technical Competencies, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Prior experience of performing business or equity investment valuations as the primary function of a previous or existing role
- Professionally Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or other relevant financial qualification with significant exposure to investment appraisal techniques (e.g. CFA)
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Excellent level of Excel skills
- Experience of dealing with external clients or influencing at senior level within an organisation
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within investment management, infrastructure or pensions industries in a finance or analyst role
- Prior experience of performing fixed income / bond valuations in a previous or existing role
- Prior financial modelling experience, working with integrated forecast models for large businesses
- Prior experience of performing financial due diligence assignments