KKR India | Finance - Private Markets ECS Fund Controllership - Associate

Role & responsibilities

• The Finance Team is seeking an experienced professional who can support the accounting and operations within the Employee Capital Services (“ECS”) team, which is a new team at KKR.
• This position will be highly visible across various stakeholder groups and will play a vital role in the success of a multi-disciplinary benefit program encompassing discretionary fund investing, portfolio co-investing, profit participation, employee leverage and associated financial, operational and risk-related activities.
• The role involves expertise in investment services and private equity compensation and the ability to interface with and create strong partnerships with constituents across the organization and outside of the firm.
• In so doing, the team will help to create greater alignment with fund limited partners and ensure that KKR is able to recruit and retain the most talented professionals around the world.
• Prepare discretionary capital activity including capital calls, distributions and borrowings.
• Record associated journal entries in Investran.
• Maintain all relevant financial reports, including quarter end realized activity and remaining commitment schedules.
• Monitor employee leverage programs, producing line of credit reporting and satisfying reporting obligations with lenders/banks.
• Prepare allocation of carried interest payments for KKR executives and associated reporting.
• Prepare comprehensive financial reporting and analysis for KKR leadership.
• Build strong relationships with local and global colleagues.
• Fosters a culture of teamwork and collaboration

Qualifications

• Experience in a multinational Financial Services organization and/or Private Equity preferred.
• Experience with team management roles is preferred.

KKR & Co. Inc.

Henry Kravis and George Roberts started KKR in 1976 together with their mentor Jerome Kohlberg, and it has grown into a global investment firm whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. From its base in New York, KKR invests clients' money across private markets, including private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate, and through Global Atlantic it also provides annuities and reinsurance. Its first Indian office opened in Mumbai in 2009. A second office followed in Gurugram in 2023, run by KIOPL Management Solutions India Private Limited, and it works as a hub supporting the firm worldwide in technology, finance, operations and corporate functions.

Finance hiring in Gurugram centres on fund controllership for KKR's private markets and credit funds, including open-ended credit funds and special purpose vehicles, along with investment operations (asset servicing and reconciliations) and treasury operations covering payments, controls and governance. Roles run from senior analyst to assistant vice president. Most postings want a qualified Chartered Accountant, and several also accept a CPA, ACCA, CIMA or CFA. One senior role asks for six to nine years of post-qualification experience, and one lists CTP among its preferred certifications.

• Industry: Alternative asset management: private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate, plus annuities and reinsurance through Global Atlantic
• Headquarters: New York, United States (KKR & Co. Inc., listed on the NYSE as KKR)
• In India: KIOPL Management Solutions India Private Limited in Gurugram (DLF Downtown, opened 2023), and a KKR office in Mumbai (Worli, opened 2009)