Operational Due Diligence Analyst, Open Door Recruitment

Job Title	Operational Due Diligence Analyst
Employer	Open Door Recruitment
Job Type	Full Time
Location	London, UK
Industry	Hedge Fund & Trading
Experience	0-3 Years
Languages
Deadline	Wednesday 2nd July 2014

Positions: Operational Due Diligence Analyst
Firm: Hedge fund research and advisory firm, headquartered in New York.
Location: UK-London
Position type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time

Job Description:
This is an analyst role for a qualified or part-qualified accountant with up to three years of experience, preferably in the auditing of hedge funds, or someone who has been working as a fund accountant but neither are a must.

Requirements:
• Accounting, operations, audit or legal experience
• Solid academic record
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Detail-oriented mentality, but also ability to think at the macro-level
• Ability to think analytically and critically
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Ability to work independently and as part of a small team
• Strong work initiative and the ability and willingness to adapt to new challenges and ideas.
• Willingness to manage and complete ad hoc internal requests and projects as needed

The Role:
Operational Due Diligence professionals at the company are responsible for:
• Hedge fund operational due diligence (focus on fraud risk, back office sufficiency, conflicts of interest, other business risks).
• Drafting reports for the company’s clients.
• Liaising with clients and prospects about our process and findings on managers

Summary:
Operational due diligence involves on-site visits/meetings, verification with various service providers, reference checking, document reviews, etc.  A significant portion of the role will entail liaising with external parties while performing due diligence and background checks, as well as reviewing underlying funds’ financial and legal documents.  Senior operational due diligence principals provide training and mentoring.  This role will involve reporting directly to the person responsible for operational due diligence on European hedge funds, and will require close collaboration with the operational due diligence team in the New York office.  Drafting reports involves extensive writing for the company’s institutional clients.  New hires are expected to quickly develop both the subjective and objective skills necessary to assess the business risks of hedge funds from an investor’s point of view.  Over time, all researchers are expected to forge their own relationships throughout the industry.

About Open Door Recruitment

Open Door Recruitment is an independent search and selection firm specialising within financial, legal and corporate services.

Our specific areas of expertise are as follows:
Financial: Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Private Equity and Traditional / Alternative Investments

Legal: Private practice and in-house

Corporate: Executive level recruitment. Roles include Senior Management/Director/Partner, Heads of Department, CFO and FD

We are a professional company with strong ethical and moral standards combined with friendly, confidential advice and assistance. This enables us to offer both candidates and clients that personal touch.

We have an extensive network of contacts across our chosen sectors and have established an extremely strong reputation for providing the very best candidates to our clients.