Our client is a CySEC regulated Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) in Nicosia and they are looking for a Qualified Financial Analyst with excellent Excel skills, reporting to the CFO and joining a team of professionals based in Greece and Cyprus. The individual will be expected to build strong working relationships across the business. The Financial Analyst is an important role for the business with visibility to senior leadership and direct impact on investor reporting and portfolio management and ideally has experience with investment funds / liquid trading funds / real estate. This is an onsite role.
Responsibilities:
- Support investment decisions, portfolio monitoring and investor reporting through maintenance of fund models and fund track record; produce scenario analysis and KPI dashboards
- Maintain fund-level cash flow models and liquidity forecasts; monitor SPV cash movements and recommend distributions within covenant and facility constraints
- Review administrator NAVs, capital account movements and waterfalls; verify management and performance fee calculations (including equalisation and expense caps), capital calls and distributions
- Prepare periodic investor reports and presentations; coordinate and draft responses to DDQs or requests for information from investors; ensure consistency across materials and data sources.
- Coordinate quarterly/periodic valuation inputs, review asset-level assumptions and outputs, and support the valuation review process
- Support financial and tax due diligence workstreams on acquisitions and disposals
- Perform income and expense analysis and cost-optimisation reviews; support financial operations for group entities and fund SPVs, including monthly/quarterly closes; preparation/review of accounting schedules and assistance with financial statements preparation / annual audit
- Maintain key risk and KPI registers for funds, and assistance with risk mitigation / hedging
- Support upkeep of business intelligence and property/development management tools; help automate recurring reports and ensure data quality
- Act as a hub between the AIFM, fund administrators, asset/development management, banks and auditors to keep quarterly cycles predictable and deliverables on time.
Requirements:
- Strong academics; ACA/ACCA and/or CFA qualified with 4+ years’ experience (experience with funds and/or real estate preferred).
- Solid financial modelling and analysis skills; corporate finance or other financial planning & analysis background an advantage (sensitivities, scenario analysis, waterfalls).
- Advanced Excel user (including pivot tables, complex formulas, scenario/sensitivity tables). Comfortable with data and reporting tools an advantage (eg Power BI). Systems-savvy and self learner: adapts quickly to new platforms.
- Excellent attention to detail with a strong controls and self-check mindset.
- Ability to learn quickly and work under pressure / to tight deadlines
- Enthusiastic, hardworking, and a team player, confident in dealing with people
- Fluent in English and Greek
- High standards of professional ethics and confidentiality
- Committed and flexible
To apply:
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