AVP, Transaction Management, Private Equity (2-Year Contract)

GIC Private Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GIC (Europe) is seeking an AVP, Transaction Management for Private Equity in London on a 2-year contract. The role involves coordinating deal closings, enhancing TM processes, and serving as a central point of contact for external and internal stakeholders to ensure timely execution and documentation across regions.

The successful candidate will bring experience in private equity transaction management, strong communication, and meticulous organizational skills to support cross-border deal flow

Qualifications

• General familiarity with the investment sector and private equity transactions.
• Knowledge of documentation for private transactions and company secretarial practices.
• Experience supporting private credit settlements is advantageous.
• Understanding of the commercial and regulatory environment for private transactions.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills to manage multiple deals.

Responsibilities

• Support deal closing processes in line with TM Service Menu and related settlements.
• Partner with TM team to enhance operational processes and policies for efficiency and scale.
• Mentorship and knowledge sharing within the TM team.
• Serve as middle-office contact for external counterparts (counsels, custodians, KYC/AML) for TM support.
• Coordinate with internal teams on KYC documentation, fundings, and queries.
• Record closing tasks in workflow platform and manage records for circulation and retention.
• Coordinate pre-deal and post-deal documentation review, execution, and tracking.
• Manage processing and reconciliation of FCC requests and audit findings.
• Ensure daily/monthly deliverables are communicated globally across London and Singapore.

Skills

Investment sector knowledge

Documentation awareness

Private credit settlements

Regulatory environment understanding

Communication and organization

Job description

AVP, Transaction Management, Private Equity (2-Year Contract)

Location: London, GB

Job Function: Private Equity

Job Type: Contract

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 offices around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long‑term investor, we work at the point of impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

The Investment Services and Transaction Management team leverages data and emerging technology to provide investment services and transaction management services to the Private Equity investment teams globally. The role of the Transaction Management team in GIC is to work in‑step with the investment teams to project manage the smooth and timely closing of investments within the GIC Private Equity strategies. This involves general understanding of the alternative investment sector, legal documentation and concise communication with various stakeholders.

The number of strategies covered by the Transaction Management team, as well as the significant deal flow, requires extreme attention to detail, elite organisational and time‑management skills. Altogether, these are vital to be effective in dealing with the complex nature of the deals and short timelines.

What will you do as an AVP, Transaction Management

• Support deal closing processes in line with the ‘TM Service Menu’. Experience supporting private credit settlements end‑to‑end an advantage;
• Work in close partnership with the Transaction Management team to both enhance and automate key operational processes, and develop and enhance process management, targeting efficiency and scale. Be the go‑to resource for queries on application of processes and policies;
• Contribute to mentorship and knowledge share with the wider Transaction Management Team;
• Be the middle office point of contact for external counterparties such as legal counsels, custodians, and KYC/AML agents to assist with TM support functions on a timely basis;
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure timely exchange of KYC documentation, processing of fundings, and resolution of any related queries;
• Record and update status of deal closing tasks in internal digital workflow platform and obtain complete records of closing documentation for circulation to relevant internal stakeholders, and retention in the document management system;
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely review, execution, notarisation, exchange, and tracking of both pre‑deal and investment documentation;
• Accurately manage processing and reconciliation of investment commitments, financial crimes and compliance (FCC) requests, and audit findings;
• Ensure daily/monthly deliverables/tasks are managed globally with consistent communication across London and Singapore.

What skills or qualifications should you possess in this role

• General familiarity of the investment sector and general knowledge of private sector investing;
• Awareness of documentation of private transactions, company secretarial practices and the nuances of PE transactions;
• Experience supporting private credit settlements an advantage;
• Appreciation of the commercial, regulatory environment for private sector transactions;
• Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and deals at any given time.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

All applicants who qualify for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, socio economic background or disabilities. GIC (Europe) is signed up to the Halo Code and a Disability Confident Employer. Please email [e-mail] at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.