Strategy & Governance Manager (FTC)

ICG; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at ICG as a Strategy & Governance Manager, where you will lead critical projects that shape long-term success. This role involves managing transitions across fund entities while ensuring operational excellence and strong stakeholder engagement. Ideal candidates will have a strong financial background and experience in private equity, making significant impacts in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Wellbeing support for mental and physical health

Competitive and inclusive benefits

Long-term sustainable design of benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in Fund Administration, Private Equity & Venture Capital.
• 5+ years in Asset Management or Project Management.
• Exposure to IFRS and Lux GAAP.

Responsibilities

• Manage TPA transition projects, ensuring clear milestones and risk management.
• Oversee data migration for fund accounting with a focus on accuracy.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to manage operational handover effectively.

Skills

Financial controls

Data validation

Reconciliation processes

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

BSc/BA

ACA

CIMA

ACCA

Job description

Job Title: Strategy & Governance Manager

Contract Type: 12 month fixed-term contract

Location: London, St Paul's

Work Pattern: 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home

Department: Strategy & Governance, Operations

What the Hiring Manager says....

Join ICG's Strategy, Governance, and Control team and step into a dynamic, high-impact role at the heart of decision-making. If you're passionate about strategic influence, operational excellence, and driving accountability, this is where you belong!

In this team, you'll shape long-term success, and be part of a strategic powerhouse that ensures operational excellence to make a difference.

Summary of our opportunity

The Operations team consist of 85 employees, based out of the New York, Luxembourg, Sydney, Paris, Warsaw and our head office in London.

Reporting into the Associate Director, this position is primarily responsible for leading the transition of funds/entities investing in Private Debt and Real Estate between Third Party Administrators (TPAs) by establishing project governance, executing a detailed project plan, and managing risks, issues, and interdependencies and providing the technical expertise on critical accounting judgements as and when needed. This role involves coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, overseeing the seamless transfer of operations between TPAs, ensuring accuracy of records, compliance and minimal disruption to stakeholders.

Primary responsibilities for this role include (but are not limited to):

TPA Transition Project Management:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of a detailed project plan together with the incoming and outgoing Third Party Administrators including clearly defined milestones with clear exit criteria, creating and maintaining a risk & issues log, identifying interdependencies with other workstreams in the programme and other ICG projects.
• Leading the technical workstream with the Third Party Administrators and other Suppliers in managing the transfer of entities.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders and TPAs to align objectives and expectations.

Data Migration:

• Ensuring accurate and timely migration of fund accounting data, including financial records, investor reports, NAV calculations and transaction histories.
• Validating completeness and accuracy of migrated data, conducting reconciliation checks to mitigate discrepancies.
• Coordinating testing and parallel runs to confirm the integrity of financial reporting under the new service provider.

Stakeholder Management:

• Liaising with internal stakeholders impacted by the project such as Fund Accounting team; Investment Operations team, Deal team and so on to ensure smooth operational handover with new service provider.
• Documenting updated workflows, roles and procedures post transition and sharing updated with all stakeholders.
• Managing the transition of relevant systems and improvements; Validating completeness and accuracy of migrated data, conducting reconciliation checks to mitigate discrepancies.
• Coordinating the testing and parallel runs to confirm the integrity of financial reporting under the new service provider.

Quality and Risk Management:

• Identifying, assessing and mitigating risks associated with the transition, including regulatory, operational and financial risks.
• Maintaining a risk and issues log with the aim to put forward remediation strategies.
• Ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements throughout the transition.
• Facilitating post-transition monitoring, reporting and issue resolution.

Other Projects:

• There will also be an opportunity to assist in other workstreams under Strategy & Governance and any other ad-hoc projects run by the firm/Operations team.

Key Requirements/ Qualifications

You will have demonstrable experience of:

• BSc/Ba - Preferably with ACA, CIMA, ACCA
• Experience in Private Equity and Real Estate with exposure to IFRS and Lux GAAP.
• Extensive experience (5 years+) in either Fund Administration, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Asset Management or Project Management
• Very strong team player who is happy to work in a collegiate and consultative manner.
• Expertise in financial controls, data validation, and reconciliation processes.

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes that will make you successful in this role include but are not limited to:

• Highly driven and motivated.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
• Confident and strong communicator, with advanced interpersonal skills.
• Technical mindset with a positive, flexible and 'can do' attitude and ability to deliver under pressure.
• Commercial mindset when approaching tasks.

Our Global Benefits Framework is centred around these 3 key attributes:

• Wellbeing - Supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing as well as your lifestyle needs.
• Inclusivity - Fit for purpose and competitive, no matter who or where you are.
• Longevity - Long Term and sustainable in design.

ICG will provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment. No employee will be discriminated against in hiring or employment because of race, colour, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, ancestry, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.