Head of Fund Finance
Airtree is looking for a Head of Fund Finance to join the team!
Airtree is a venture capital firm with a mission to back the most ambitious Australian and Kiwi founders who are building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow, right from the start. As one of the largest and most active funds in Australia and New Zealand, you'll be working with 80+ of the most exciting startups in our region, including Canva, Linktree, Who Gives a Crap, Employment Hero, Go1, Brighte, Eucalyptus, Immutable and Mr Yum.
In early 2022, we announced a new $700m fund with $250m dedicated to investing in early stage companies.
We're a down-to-earth team from diverse backgrounds but with the same passion: startups and technology. We've written a lot about what we do at Airtree, check out our blog, 2023 year in review and team bios on our website.
We are committed to building a world-class VC platform for Australia and New Zealand startups with global ambitions. This is an opportunity to help shape Airtree and make an impact on our region's tech ecosystem.
About the role:
The Head of Fund Finance role is critical in managing the financial operations of our funds, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing strategic financial insights. You will report directly to Helen Norton, Partner of Finance and Operations.
The core of the role is the ownership of the finance function for our 7 funds (and growing!), whilst mentoring and developing a high performance fund finance team. Coverage of the role will include fund accounting, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis.
This is a full time, permanent role.
Requirements
What you’ll do:
Your responsibilities include:
- Oversee all aspects of the Airtree fund financials, compliance and reporting functions
- Manage the reporting requirements, regulatory compliance and corporate secretarial functions of the funds
- Drive continuous improvement projects to elevate our systems and processes, as well as investigate new tools and platforms
- Lead and develop a high performance Fund Finance team
- Cashflow forecasting for all funds
- Managing the year end audit process
Requirements
In terms of your background, it’s likely you’ll have 10+ years’ experience and have:
- Strong accounting and finance skills (CPA or CA or equivalent qualifications).
- Experience within a funds management environment, Private Equity or Venture Capital is essential
- Strong understanding of fund structures, partnership accounting, and venture capital operations
- Strong financial modelling skills
- Ability to operate in a fast paced environment
- High attention to detail
- Experience at creating, improving, monitoring and implementing new processes and continuous improvement projects
- Experience leading and developing a team
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Benefits
Location, Flexibility & Support
Airtree’s headquarter is based in Sydney, but our team enjoys a flexible (WFH days), supportive and family-friendly work environment.
We also offer:
- 5 weeks of leave: 4 weeks annual leave plus 1 bonus week of lifestyle and well-being leave.
- An annual budget for your training & self-development.
- A range of health and wellness benefits including EAP, mental health first aid training, skin checks, flu vaccines and more.
We celebrate and value diversity and are committed to being equitable and inclusive in the way we hire and work together.
Therefore, we strongly encourage you to apply even if you are not sure you fit all of the criteria we've mentioned above. All of our roles involve a range of skill sets and we recognise that everyone has different strengths and experiences that can add value to our team.
How to Apply
Please apply via the Workable link with your CV by 5pm 18 October 2024.
From the initial submissions we'll select a small group of candidates for an interview and a take-home case study. We hope to finish the process by November 2024 and have you working with us as soon as possible after that.
We can’t wait to meet you!