29 Aug
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ThoughtFocus
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Bengaluru
29 Aug
ThoughtFocus
Bengaluru
Key Responsibilities
1.
Valuation Data
Entry & Maintenance
- Review investment valuation memos prepared by Deal Teams and accurately capture valuation information in the Excel-based master valuations system.
- Ensure the latest and final valuation is reflected in the system of record.
- Track valuation dates and update/version information to maintain proper version control.
- Overwrite superseded valuation information when revised valuation memos are received and maintain appropriate update dates.
- Ensure valuation data accurately feeds quarterly reporting metrics.
2.
Valuation Memo File
Management
- Maintain valuation memos in the appropriate folder structures organized by fund and sector.
- Monitor revised valuation submissions and ensure superseded versions are removed.
- Save the latest/final valuation memo in both the applicable fund and sector folders.
- Maintain consistent naming, organization, and document version control across valuation files.
3. Data Reconciliation & Exception Management
- Reconcile information between quarterly Excel-based fund records and individual investment valuation memos.
- Review and compare key valuation and performance data points, including:
- Invested Capital
- Realized Proceeds
- Unrealized Value
- MOIC
- IRR
- Identify, document, and track discrepancies between Finance records and Deal Team valuation memos.
- Maintain an exception/discrepancy log identifying the affected investment, data point, and nature of the discrepancy.
- Coordinate with relevant Deal Teams, Fund Finance, and other stakeholders to investigate and resolve differences.
- Ensure resolved discrepancies are appropriately reflected in the relevant records.
4.
Quarterly Valuation Package
Preparation
- Support the preparation of consolidated valuation packages for LP distribution, typically around four weeks after quarter-end.
- Prepare and update fund-level cover pages using prior-quarter templates and roll forward the relevant dates.
- Update tables of contents to reflect:
- New investments
- Investments sold during the quarter
- Correct valuation memo page references
- Prepare the quarter-end investment summary using information from the fund warehouse/LPAC data.
- Ensure formatting and presentation of the investment summary is clean and consistent.
- Convert the completed Word template to PDF.
- Combine the cover pages, investment summary, and individual investment valuation memos into a single consolidated PDF for each fund.
- Ensure valuation memos are included in the correct order based on the table of contents.
Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with Deal Teams to obtain and validate investment valuation information.
- Coordinate with Fund Finance regarding fund-level capital activity and cash-flow information.
- Partner with Investor Relations and other relevant teams to support accurate and timely LP reporting.
- Follow up proactively on missing information, revised valuation memos, and unresolved discrepancies.
Key Deliverables
- Accurate and current Excel-based valuation records.
- Complete and properly version-controlled valuation memo files.
- Reconciliation and discrepancy logs with timely resolution.
- Accurate quarterly investment summaries and tables of contents.
- Consolidated, correctly ordered valuation PDFs for LP distribution.
Required Skills & Experience
- 3–8 years of relevant experience in fund accounting, investment operations, private equity/alternative investments, valuations, financial reporting, or a similar function.
- Robust understanding of financial data and investment/fund-level reporting.
- Advanced or strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including working with large datasets and financial reports.
- Experience reviewing and reconciling financial information across multiple source documents.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, PDF tools, and document/file management.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, particularly when working with large volumes of financial data and multiple document versions.
- Ability to identify discrepancies and follow through to resolution.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, particularly around quarterly reporting deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders across Finance, Deal Teams, and Investor Relations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting private equity, private credit, real estate, venture capital, or other alternative investment funds.
- Experience with quarterly valuation processes and LP reporting.
- Familiarity with investment performance metrics such as MOIC and IRR.
- Experience with fund accounting systems, fund warehouses, or investment data platforms.
- Experience handling quarterly close or reporting cycles.
- Familiarity with valuation memos and investment-level financial reporting.
📌 Senior Analyst - Valuation (Bengaluru)
🏢 ThoughtFocus
📍 Bengaluru