Senior Valuations Analyst - London, United Kingdom - Eames Consulting

Eames Consulting
Eames Consulting
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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A highly commercial and business facing opportunity at a growing multi-strategy asset manager and an ideal first move into industry for someone working in a professional services or advisory firm within valuations.


With a collegiate, supportive and refreshingly down to earth culture, this business has grown year on year since inception and over the last few years has been in-housing their valuations capabilities due to an increase in portfolio size across both equityand debt/credit investments.


The business can evidence a solid track record of internal mobility and progression, with the opportunity to gain promotion into roles across back, middle and front office longer term.

Working as part of a specialist team that's highly embedded in with the investment teams, responsibilities will encompass:

  • Lead support on quarterly (and occasional ad hoc) valuations of illiquid fixed income and equity asset investments
  • Preparation of valuation reports Preliminary review and analysis of business plans and cash flow models
  • Formulating and robustly defending valuation opinions
  • Review of draft valuations performed by junior valuation staff
  • Development and update of valuation models
  • Collation of underlying financial data from investment managers, providing relevant challenge where necessary
  • Management of valuation rollforward process for equity and credit assets at times other than full valuation dates
  • Oversight and performance of periodical deep dives into asset valuations
  • Drafting of papers for submission to the scheme's Fair Value Committee on both technical and nontechnical matters
  • Assist the Head of Investment Valuations with control and process improvements and provide ideas and thoughts as to how the department can continue to evolve and improve
  • Attendance at Fair Value Committee meetings to provide relevant technical input to the Committee as required
  • Supervision and coaching of more junior specialist valuations staff
  • Communication of key judgements and conclusions to investment accounting function
  • Documentation of procedures and controls, identifying and implementing process change requirements
  • Preparation of committee reports
  • Assisting with the review and challenge of externally performed property valuations
  • Assisting external valuation advisers with the performance of the external valuation process

Your background is likely to be:

  • Prior experience
  • roughly 5 years+ or equivalent
  • in a valuations role at a large global accounting or advisory firm or in industry for a fund or large corporate. Specific sector or industry experience isn't essential.
  • Extensive prior experience of drafting valuation reports
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
  • Excellent level of Excel and financial modelling skills, working with integrated forecast models for large businesses
  • Experience of dealing with external clients or influencing at senior level within an organisation
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