KKR India | Finance - Private Markets Fund Controllership - AVP

Roles & responsibilities

• The role is responsible for the preparation, analysis, and dissemination of financial and operational information for KKR Private Market funds.
• This position is a full time position and will be onsite in our Gurugram office.
• Be committed to operating as a team-player on the team as well as in the context of the larger firm.
• The ideal candidate should be a control-minded individual dedicated to helping in the design and maintenance of a strong control environment for operating funds within a large asset management firm and be someone who acts with integrity and committed to acting as a fiduciary at all times.
• Work with the Global Private Markets Finance Teams to ensure appropriate accounting, reporting, operational and internal controls across the organization.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and help provide solutions and implementations to maximize efficiency.
• Assist with internal quarterly reporting of funds' asset and revenue figures including preparing reports to facilitate the funds’ consolidation requirements and SOX requirements, as applicable.
• Manage the funds’ annual and quarterly reporting/filing requirements to key external stakeholders such as investors and compliance/regulatory bodies based on governing documents and other statutory requirements.
• Review and enhance financial systems/technologies.
• Assist with resolution of all investor-related queries and other ad-hoc reporting templates.
• Provide oversight on fund administrator’s work mandate, SLAs, performance metrics, schedules, etc.
• Support the team’s key strategic initiatives and other ongoing firmwide transformation efforts such as technology and process re-engineering projects.
• Provide strong, assertive and positive collaboration across the Finance team.
• Develop, mentor and motivate the current team.
• Keep abreast of all major accounting, regulatory and reporting changes that affect the funds.
• Outstanding business judgment; contributes to broader business matters and complex decisions addressed by the senior executives of the Global Credit Finance Team.

Qualifications

• The successful candidate will have at 10-12 years of relevant financial experience within fund accounting, with at least 3 years in a management role (Controller, Senior Manager, VP, etc).
• Strong investment company (ASC 946) fund accounting skills with US GAAP & IFRS knowledge; SEC reporting experience is a plus.
• Investran and/or Geneva experience preferred.
• Third Party Fund administrator coordination experience preferred.
• Proven and proactive financial leader with a successful track record of managing and leading a fund accounting team.
• Effective communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across the broader team, as well as externally.
• Ability to develop, motivate, and retain finance / accounting talent.

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)