Assistant Financial Controller

Location

Business - Infrastructure

Brookfield Infrastructure Group is one of Brookfield’s primary operating groups. The Infrastructure Group is one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, owning and operating critical assets across the transport, utilities, energy, and data infrastructure sectors. The Group operates and manages approximately $191 billion of assets owned through its private funds and publicly listed entity, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Our portfolio of assets facilitate the movement and storage of energy, water, freight, passengers and data, and are located in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit: https://www.brookfield.com/our-businesses/infrastructure

Brookfield Culture

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Job Description

Company

Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative asset manager with over US$1 trillion of assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity and credit. Brookfield owns and operates long-life assets and businesses, many of which form the backbone of the global economy. Utilizing its global reach, access to large-scale capital and operational expertise, Brookfield offers a range of alternative investment products to investors around the world—including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and private wealth investors. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a public company listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges.

Brookfield Infrastructure Group is one of Brookfield’s primary operating groups. The Infrastructure Group is one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, owning and operating critical assets across the transport, utilities, energy and data infrastructure sectors. The Group operates and manages approximately $200 billion of assets owned through its private funds and publicly listed entity, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Our portfolio of assets facilitates the movement and storage of energy, water, freight, passengers and data, and is located in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit: https://www.brookfield.com/our-businesses/infrastructure.

Department Overview

The role will support a dedicated infrastructure investment platform within Brookfield Infrastructure. The platform has recurring and complex responsibilities across financial reporting, treasury and liquidity management, lender reporting, debt management, tax, audit coordination and stakeholder management.

The platform requires dedicated finance support to ensure accurate and timely delivery of recurring monthly, quarterly, annual and event-driven obligations. This role will be fully dedicated to the platform and will support its end-to-end finance function.

Role Overview

The Assistant Controller, Infrastructure will be based in London and will be fully dedicated to supporting a Brookfield Infrastructure investment platform. The role will report to a senior member of the Infrastructure finance team and work closely with finance, investment, treasury, tax, legal and operations stakeholders.

This role will provide hands-on support across financial reporting, treasury and liquidity management, lender reporting, invoice and collections processes, debt management, platform-level analysis and ad hoc finance deliverables. The successful candidate will help ensure the platform meets its recurring reporting, compliance and operational finance obligations in a timely and accurate manner.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated finance professional to gain direct exposure to a growing infrastructure platform, with responsibility across the core finance activities of an investment operating company.

Key Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting processes for the platform, including preparation and review of management information, trial balances, financial statements and reporting packs
• Assist with recurring platform reporting requirements, including reporting to Brookfield-managed funds and investment stakeholders
• Support preparation of stand-alone and consolidated trial balances, quarterly financial statements and related platform finance deliverables
• Assist with treasury and liquidity management, including monthly liquidity forecasting, cash flow tracking, invoice management, revenue collections and cost remittances
• Support lender reporting obligations, including preparation of quarterly financial information, lender models, compliance materials and other event-driven lender deliverables
• Assist with debt management activities, including tracking financing obligations, covenant requirements, hedging activity, mark-to-market analysis and settlement processes
• Support platform valuation, track record and operating metric reporting, including preparation of supporting analysis and materials
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, including platform management, Brookfield investment professionals, treasury, tax, legal, auditors, lenders, advisors and portfolio company finance teams
• Support annual audit processes and assist with information requests from auditors, tax advisors and other external parties
• Assist with sales and use tax reporting, investment tax credit-related support, insurance matters and other platform administrative finance workstreams as required
• Maintain and improve financial models, reporting templates, trackers and process documentation for the platform
• Support ad hoc analysis and presentations for platform stakeholders, including financial performance analysis, liquidity updates, lender materials and other special projects
• Support the onboarding and integration of new contracts, assets or businesses into the platform’s finance and reporting processes

Technical Skills and Experience

• 0-3 years PQE ACA, ACCA
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business or a related discipline
• Finance professional with relevant accounting, audit, transaction services, infrastructure, asset management or corporate finance experience
• Strong Excel skills and ability to work with financial models, reporting templates and large data sets
• Good understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, debt obligations and core finance processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple recurring deliverables and produce high-quality work under deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Proactive, organized and willing to take ownership of tasks from start to finish
• Interest in infrastructure, asset management and investment operating companies
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced and evolving platform environment

Personal Attributes

• Highly motivated, dependable and team-oriented
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Curious and eager to learn across financial reporting, treasury, debt, lender reporting and platform finance
• Able to work independently while escalating issues appropriately
• Comfortable coordinating across multiple platform workstreams and stakeholders
• Demonstrates sound judgment, professionalism and discretion

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it.  Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.