Senior Associate - Valuations

• Responsibilities:

  • Primary responsibility for day-to-day oversight of the valuation process for all investments held within the Firm’s portfolios

  • Coordinates the process by which the Firm selects and engages external service providers to provide independent valuation services for illiquid assets

  • Acts as a strategic and trusted liaison between the Firm’s external service providers and the various front office groups that oversee the relevant investments

  • Reviews both front office and third-party valuation models by developing and maintaining a rigorous process to challenge and stress test underlying valuation inputs and assumptions using data from a variety of sources

  • Leads the quarterly reporting effort for the Valuation Committee for illiquid or “hard to value” investments

  • Plays a primary role in managing the relationship with the Firm’s external auditor with respect to valuations ensuring that the work product and evidence produced by our team meets evolving audit standards

  • Provides thought leadership on valuation policies, processes, controls and reporting by identifying and communicating industry best practices, trends and innovations

  • Participate by providing feedback in the technology related rebuild of the pricing system

  • Broad understanding of the regulatory framework pertaining to pricing and valuations

  Requirements/Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 4 - 6 years of relevant experience

  • Bachelors degree required; Advanced degree a plus

  • Strong technical knowledge of financial markets and strong academic background

  • Experience building and maintaining private asset valuation models utilizing an array of industry standards models and methodologies

  • FAdvanced proficiency with full suite of Microsoft products required: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

  • Familiarity with other programming languages a plus: SQL, Python, R