Operations Lead Expert Private Markets

Kempen & Co; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Van Lanschot Kempen in Amsterdam is seeking an Operations Lead Expert Private Markets to shape an integrated operating model across investments, operations and technology. You will act as a central link between internal teams, clients and external stakeholders to professionalise and scale private markets activities.

The role emphasizes change management, vendor and data management, collaboration with IT, and exploring automation and AI to boost efficiency and data quality.

Qualifications

• Deep domain knowledge in private markets.
• 15+ years of experience in finance, ideally in organisational change, project management or consulting.
• Completed college or university education, preferably in a financial discipline.
• Confident in evaluating and adopting new AI tools relevant to your field.
• Good mastery of English; Dutch language skills are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop a vision for an integrated illiquid operating model for our institutional business and Private Bank.
• Manage and evaluate vendors, software and data management across deal flow, portfolio management, investment administration and quarterly reporting.
• Work closely with IT to identify technology challenges, opportunities and priorities for private markets.
• Improve current ways of working and help shape a scalable and effective private markets organization.
• Explore and steer automation, including AI where relevant, to enhance efficiency and data quality.

Skills

Private markets knowledge

Analytical

Initiative

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

College/University education in finance

Job description

Enable scalable growth in private markets at Van Lanschot Kempen. Shape an integrated operating model across investments, operations and technology. Help professionalise a fast-growing and strategically important domain.

That is what you will use your talents for as an Operations Lead Expert Private Markets at Van Lanschot Kempen. As senior change specialist at the intersection of technology, operations and business, you focus on private markets. You act as a central linking pin between internal departments, clients and external stakeholders, helping us build a scalable, effective and future-proof private markets operating model.

You also have the following tasks:

• Develop a vision for an integrated illiquid operating model for our institutional business and Private Bank.
• Manage and evaluate vendors, software and data management across deal flow, portfolio management, investment administration and quarterly reporting.
• Work closely with IT to identify technology challenges, opportunities and priorities for private markets.
• Improve current ways of working and help shape a scalable and effective private markets organization.
• Explore and steer automation, including AI where relevant, to enhance efficiency and data quality.

Your talents

Proactive, coordinating and responsible. This is how we can best describe you in the position of Operations Lead Expert Private Markets. Talents that you use to guide our customers in a constantly changing world every day. By thinking out of the box and asking questions. And all will be well if you are analytically strong, take initiative and know how to connect investment, operations and technology stakeholders in a professional environment with short lines of communication. You also have:

• Deep domain knowledge and proven experience in private markets.
• 15+ years of experience in finance, ideally in organisational change, project management or consulting.
• Completed college or university education, preferably in a financial discipline.
• Confident in evaluating and adopting new AI tools relevant to your field.
• Good mastery of English, both oral and written; good mastery of Dutch is a strong plus.

Move ahead at Van Lanschot Kempen

Investing in a more future-oriented, sustainable, and data-driven way with various clients. Both nationally and internationally. With nearly 300 years of experience, we make this ambition a reality at Van Lanschot Kempen. We do this with some 2,300 colleagues in various fields of expertise.

You will join the Operations Team, supporting the continued growth of our assets under management in Private Markets. The team works closely with investment teams, operational delivery teams, technology teams, clients and external stakeholders to professionalise and scale our private markets activities.

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