We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. The Vice President or Director of StepStone Private Debt – Core Operations / Fund Accounting in Dublin will be responsible managing a team within the Private Debt Fund Accounting team for the Firm’s private market / alternative investment managed portfolios.
Requirements
- Senior Department resource for Fund Accounting for StepStone Private Debt products
- Manages team to ensure data consistency, completeness within the StepStone Private Debt
- Manages direct reports and oversees outsourcing partners for dedicated fund accounting resources
- Oversees the Fund Accounting processes and ensures sufficient control procedures
- Establishment of a KPI framework to lead the team and continuously improve such KPIs
- Ability to communicate with relevant stakeholders across the business but also outside the business
- Support the business in onboarding new mandates and make sure scalability of the business is achieved
- Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement
- Agree and set goals for the team and measure them on an ongoing basis
- Ensure succession plans and institutional memory are in place as needed to ensure uninterrupted service (documentation of unique processes/procedures, etc.)
- Ensure key deadlines are established, continuously strived for, and met on time
- Lead and effectively delegate resources to ad hoc projects, where necessary
- Responsible for day-to-day leadership of assigned team (i.e. Direct Reports).
- Work with Direct Reports to help manage day-today operations of the team.
- Actively develop, engage and mentor Direct Reports by offering challenging work, guidance, and increasing scope of responsibilities based on merit.
- Provide explanation and reinforcement of Department-wide communications, initiatives, and training objectives to Direct Reports.
- Encourage and promote skill development of team, objectively identifying strengths and weaknesses of individual Direct Reports and improving the effective operations of the team as a whole.
- As a senior stakeholder of the Department, the Director is held to the highest standard of respectful communication, which is instrumental in setting the tone for the rest of the Department team.
- Ability to drive positive change and contribute multi-faceted leadership to the Department through utilization of unique knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Offer ideas for improving overall operations, efficiency, and value-added services for the Department.
- Based on depth of experience, possesses (or is expected to possess) resident/domain expertise on subject matters of importance to the Department and broader Firm.
- Work with senior management to implement Department-wide strategic initiatives amongst Direct Reports.
- Perform other duties as requested or as responsibilities dictate.
Benefits
- comprehensive healthcare
- strong retirement plan
- mental health well-being program
- paid time off
- student loan repayment program for our US office locations
- several wellness initiatives
