Finance Manager – start up PE fund Job at City of London Full Time

This is a rare and highly commercial opportunity for a fully qualified accountant to join a start-up, tech-focused private equity fund as its first full-time finance hire. The firm has been established for several years, having successfully completed two fundraises and multiple investments, with finance support provided by a fractional CFO in a highly outsourced environment to date.

With deal activity set to accelerate, this is an excellent opportunity to join at an early stage manager, offering clear and fast progression path towards Finance Director or CFO.

The role will broadly cover:

• Oversight and management of all outsourced fund and corporate accounting, including audits and investor reporting
• Acting as a key partner to the Partners and investment team across the deal lifecycle, including due diligence, financial modelling, and structuring
• Providing ad hoc commercial support to portfolio companies (e.g. professionalising finance functions, board-level business partnering and/or developing reporting/KPI frameworks)
• Supporting a range of strategic and operational projects as you help build out the firm’s finance infrastructure

Your background should include:

• Fully qualified accountant & degree educated or equivalent
• Experience in a private equity or venture capital business or similar, with a strong interest in learning the portfolio finance side
• A hands-on, proactive mindset with strong interpersonal skills — this role requires someone comfortable operating at pace and engaging closely with stakeholders
• AI fluency – keen to embrace new technology and best adoption of AI

If you are looking for a genuinely entrepreneurial environment and the opportunity to build, own, and grow within a high-performing team – joining as employee number six – we would be keen to hear from you.

Salary in the £90-100,000 (total cash comp) range.

Hybrid working is offered (3 days in the office) based in Central London.

Please note: visa sponsorship is not available. Candidates must have relevant UK experience and full, unrestricted right to work.