Transaction Management Analyst (Temp)

at  Pantheon Ventures Careers

Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years, earning a reputation for providing innovative solutions covering the full lifecycle of investments, from primary fund commitments to co-investments and secondary purchases, across private equity, real assets and private credit.
We have partnered with more than 650 clients, including institutional investors of all sizes as well as a growing number of private wealth advisers and investors, with approximately $65bn in discretionary assets under management (as of December 31, 2023).
Leveraging our specialized experience and global team of professionals across Europe, the Americas and Asia, we invest with purpose and lead with expertise to build secure financial futures.
For further details please visit www.pantheon.com

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Data/transactional processing experience, inclusive of approval stages.
• Confident, articulate communicator, both written and verbal.
• Thrives in a high-pace environment, working to daily deadlines.
• Pro-active and positive team player.
• Experience of dealing with high volumes, where accuracy is crucial.
• Strong focus on control and procedures is essential.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, advanced in Excel.

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

This is a contract position for a member of the Transaction Management Team, which is largely responsible for the preparation and input of all transactional data. The focus of the role is the input of all investment-related cashflows into the in-house database. This must be completed based on daily deadlines to facilitate both timely reconciliations and investor reporting. Responsibilities also include resolving cash breaks, answering queries from internal and external stakeholders, and instructing payments through several external banking portals. After gaining confidence in the fundamental aspects of the role, the successful candidate will also be expected to approve the work of their peers.
Other key deliverables of the team include the accurate set up of investment vehicles, as well as the onboarding of new investors into the internal reporting system

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Inputting investor and investment cashflows into Pantheon’s in-house database, according to US GAAP standards with a view to move onto approving inputs from others.
• Investigating and resolving cash breaks between Pantheon’s database and the investors’ bank accounts, as well as transaction booking discrepancies between the databases of Pantheon and that of our administrators.
• Investigation and resolution of queries from internal stakeholders, administrators and investment managers (General Partners).
• Working with the Transactions Control team to resolve unfunded commitment breaks between Pantheon and our General Partners.
• Supporting and training our offshore team in the booking of transactions.
• Using online banking portals to fund capital calls for certain investors and instructing internal transfers between bank accounts, on an ad-hoc basis. This includes performing call backs with payment beneficiaries.