EMEA Real Assets Operations Lead

KKR; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

KKR invites an Associate with transfer pricing, tax advisory or FDD experience to join the EMEA Real Assets Product Operations team. The role focuses on operations, execution and project management across Real Estate and Infrastructure, coordinating internal and external teams from pipeline through close to ensure efficient settlements.

The ideal candidate will have 3–6 years in Big Four audit/tax/transaction services and hold ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CTA or equivalent, with strong judgement and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in audit, tax, transfer pricing or deals from a Big Four firm.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-jurisdictional projects.
• Strong documentation, analysis and issue-spotting skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as an operational quarterback for EMEA Real Estate and Infrastructure investments, maintaining visibility and ownership from pipeline and transaction planning through close, key events, distributions and exit.
• Join pipeline and live transaction discussions early, establish the operating plan and critical path, and mobilise the relevant internal and external teams before execution becomes time-critical.
• Support the assessment, design and implementation of investment and holding structures, including transaction perimeters, funds flows, capital calls, tax and financial sign-offs, governance steps and operational readiness.
• Coordinate financial, tax and other due diligence workstreams with Big Four and other advisers; review outputs, identify material issues and ensure that actions are clearly allocated and resolved.
• Drive transaction implementation by sequencing Portfolio Management, Tax, Treasury, Controllership, Legal, Compliance, Finance, SPV management teams, fund administrators, portfolio companies and external advisers.
• Own or support recurring key events, including capital calls, reinvestments, refinancing, restructurings, distributions, liquidity movements and exit processes.
• Quarterback cash distributions from local deal structures to the relevant fund or aggregator: open the process in advance, coordinate the intake and funds flow information, run workstreams in parallel and drive documentation, approvals, validations and execution.
• Maintain a single source of truth for status, timing, dependencies and decisions, providing concise updates to deal teams and escalating blockers early.
• Coordinate local legal documentation, board materials and meetings required for capital activity and other key events, with the objective of having governance steps prepared promptly following a cash-generating event.
• Support selected holding company board mandates and wider governance activity, including meeting preparation, attendance, issue escalation and board member training where appropriate.
• Act as an information bridge across investment teams, Portfolio Management, Finance and Business Operations, Tax, SPV management, Valuations, portfolio companies and fund-level teams.
• On-board and coordinate administrators, accountants, tax advisers and other service providers; monitor service quality, challenge delivery and identify opportunities for consistency and procurement efficiency.
• Support exit readiness by assessing transaction perimeters, coordinating preparatory diligence, resolving historic or operational risks and preparing portfolio companies and holding structures for execution.
• Lead process improvement and new-function implementation projects, including workflow redesign, standardisation, management information, technology enablement and appropriate automation of recurring processes.
• Participate in new fund launches and other ad hoc strategic or operational projects, working closely with Legal, Compliance and wider KKR teams.

Skills

Big Four experience

Project management

Transfer pricing

Due diligence

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CTA or equivalent

Job description

KKR invites an Associate with transfer pricing, tax advisory or FDD experience to join the EMEA Real Assets Product Operations team. The role focuses on operations, execution and project management across Real Estate and Infrastructure, coordinating internal and external teams from pipeline through close to ensure efficient settlements.

The ideal candidate will have 3–6 years in Big Four audit/tax/transaction services and hold ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CTA or equivalent, with strong judgement and