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Head of Finance - Real Assets
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Head of Finance — UK Real Assets Investment Manager (Real Estate, Renewables & Logistics) | London
We're working with a fast-growing UK direct principal investor and investment manager focused on real estate and related real asset transactions to find a Head of Finance, a rare opportunity to build and own the finance function of a genuinely entrepreneurial platform.
About the business:
The firm owns a controlling position in a renewable energy platform undergoing rapid growth, having recently completed a joint venture with a major institutional infrastructure investor to scale operations significantly. It also owns a separate operating company run by its own founder-executive team, and acts as exclusive investment manager to three dedicated UK-only industrial and logistics vehicles with a combined gross asset value of just under £900m today - expected to grow beyond £1.5bn by the end of 2025.
Capital for its platforms comes from a mix of institutional and HNW investors, including best-in-class multi-billion-dollar institutional co-investors. The firm expects to grow into 5–6 distinct investment "verticals" over the next two years.
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It's an entrepreneurial, high-energy environment - not capital-constrained, but deliberately run with a start-up culture where people work across broad mandates and bring new initiatives to the table. Core values: tenacity, creativity, humility, empathy, and candour.
What you'll own (across the Group's own entities and platforms under its advisement):
📊 Accounting & Controls
- All accounting and reporting processes, incl. quarterly/annual accounts, capital calls, distribution calculations, management fee and carry calculations
- Receivables/payables management for SPV entities; cash movement controls incl. asset/property manager oversight
- Financial and information reporting systems in line with IFRS, FRS102 and relevant legislation
- Ownership of external accounting firms' processes (management accounts, budgets, cash flow forecasts); review and challenge of financial statements Group-wide
💷 Tax & Audit
- Implementation of tax structures and documentation (excl. tax diligence); tax compliance; coordination and review of corporation tax and VAT returns
- Full ownership of audit processes across SPV administrators, accounting firms and auditors
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📈 Investor Reporting & Treasury
- Ownership of administrators to ensure timely investor financial reporting
- Payment processes/runs, banking platform management, invoice approvals
- Arrears, service charge and insurance management for platforms under advisement
🏦 Debt & Liquidity
- Periodic loan reporting and covenant compliance reporting
- Cash flow modelling for lenders alongside the Investment Team
- Liquidity forecasting for SPVs/JVs and at Group level
- REIT compliance reporting
Plus oversight of KYC, treasury, regulatory, insurance, HR and company secretarial matters at Group level, and counterparty selection/contracting within scope.
Reporting line:
Directly to the Founder and Managing Director
Team:
One direct report (Analyst, Finance & Operations), with scope to build the team out further as the platform scales
This is a genuinely broad, high-autonomy Head of Finance mandate for someone who wants real ownership rather than a narrow reporting seat - with material upside on comp tied to performance as an early hire in a scaling business.
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