Who We Are

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Albourne is an investment consultant which was founded in 1994. Albourne advises over 340 investors, including institutional investors, financial intermediaries and family offices, on over $700 billion alternative investments across the liquidity spectrum. It specializes in Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Real Assets, Real Estate and Dynamic Beta.

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Albourne empowers its clients to be the best investors they could be by providing Portfolio Advice, Research (Investment, Operational and Quantitative due diligence), Analytics (data and tools) and Implementation (middle and back office) services. Albourne seeks to minimize potential conflicts of interest by only providing non-discretionary advice, which it does on a fixed fee basis.

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Albourne’s 600+ employees are in 11 offices globally, including London, San Francisco, Connecticut, Munich, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Nicosia and Bahrain.

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The Role

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We are looking for an ODD Associate Analyst to join our Operational Due Diligence team in our Hong Kong office. As an Associate Analyst, you will provide support to due diligence analysts in conducting operational due diligence analysis on alternative investment funds.

Responsibilities​

• Review and interpret financial statements, offering documents, and other fund literature. Upon that review and interpretation, produce research deliverables for clients within the scheduled deadline
• Liaise with fund service providers to ensure timely receipt of information on the funds
• Conduct reference checks with service providers for completion of the relevant reports
• Conduct with fellow Due Diligence Analysts onsite interviews with fund managers to discuss operational risks, internal controls and information systems, as well as verifying existence of assets. Deploy skills and experience to contribute to these meetings and to prepare clear and concise written notes to summarize the findings
• Ensure client deliverables are prepared, reviewed, and delivered on a timely and accurate basis
• Active idea contributor to client newsletter and intranet
• Participate in production of white paper research for distribution to clients
• Follow Albourne's "Best Practices" with respect to operational due diligence
• Ensure information within internal database is kept up to date and current
• Other ad hoc projects upon request
• Report potential conflicts to compliance and work with compliance to ensure that conflict disclosures appear on research reports​

Requirements​

• University graduate or equivalent
• 1-3 years relevant prior work experience, with knowledge or experience with hedge funds or private markets. Exposure to operations/administration/audit/legal/compliance/technology would be useful
• Proactive self-starter, proficient at time management and multi-tasking
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Professional demeanour and strong interpersonal skills
• Systems literacy (Excel, Word, PPT, Outlook)
• Ability to travel when required
• Compliance with the Compliance Manual and other Albourne Policies and procedures, including, but not limited to IFFM; compliance reporting; Information, Communications & Cyber Security Policy; Expense & Travel Policy, etc. and HFDB filing
• Regulatory registration (dependent on regional requirements)​

Benefits​

• Professional development support
• 22 days annual leave
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Business travel insurance

Albourne is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce, encouraging applications from all qualified individuals.