Vice President, Fund Finance - GIP Infrastructure Credit

BlackRock•New York, NY

7d•$155,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, is seeking a Vice President for its Fund Finance team in New York. This role supports GIP's Infrastructure Credit platform, which invests across major infrastructure markets and sectors, offering both investment grade and non-investment grade strategies. The team has deployed nearly c.$27bn across more than 270 investments globally. The GIP Infrastructure Debt business focuses on originating, structuring, and managing infrastructure investments for attractive risk-adjusted returns, emphasizing capital preservation and income generation. This is a significant opportunity for a motivated and experienced professional to join the Fund Finance team, playing a key role in the operational and strategic management of the Global Infrastructure Debt ("GID") platform. The GID platform is GIP's flagship non-investment grade commingled fund platform, investing in a wide range of infrastructure sectors and debt structures. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Investment Teams, Asset Management, Fund Accounting, Fund Administration, Legal, Tax, Portfolio Compliance, and Investor Relations to drive the effective management and growth of the platform. The role covers the entire investment lifecycle, including transaction execution, portfolio construction, liquidity management, valuations, financing oversight, reporting, and investor servicing, as well as supporting new product launches. The role involves significant exposure to various structures such as leveraged and unlevered commingled funds, rated note structures, asset-backed lending facilities, subscription and fund financing facilities, Collateralized Fund Obligations (CFOs), Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs), and Fund-of-One mandates. This is a high-visibility position with regular interaction with senior management, investors, rating agencies, fund administrators, and external counterparties.

Requirements

Relevant experience within private credit, infrastructure debt, structured finance, fund finance, asset management, fund operations, or a related field, with a demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility and expertise.
Strong understanding of closed-ended private fund structures and institutional investor requirements.
Demonstrated experience managing complex fund operations, liquidity processes and capital activity.
Experience coordinating capital calls, distributions, financing activities and investor reporting.
Strong understanding of fund accounting, fund administration and valuation processes.
ACA, ACCA, CFA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related discipline.
Strong analytical, financial modelling and problem-solving skills.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Experience with Aladdin, Power BI, SQL, Python or similar data platforms is advantageous.

Nice To Haves

Private credit or infrastructure debt strategies.
Leveraged private fund structures.
Asset-backed lending facilities.
Subscription line facilities.
Rated note structures.
Collateralized Fund Obligations (CFOs).
Securitization vehicles.
Structured finance transactions.
Institutional SMAs and Fund-of-One structures.
Fund launches and product development initiatives.

Responsibilities

Act as a senior Fund Finance lead supporting the GID platform and associated feeder, financing and leverage vehicles.
Partner with Investment Teams throughout the investment lifecycle to ensure efficient onboarding, execution and ongoing management of investments across participating funds and mandates.
Lead allocation review processes and confirm adherence to allocation policies, investment guidelines and portfolio construction objectives.
Oversee transaction execution and settlement activities, resolving operational issues relating to compliance, settlement, funding, hedging and reporting.
Coordinate with borrowers, sponsors, lenders, legal counsel and external service providers to support execution and ongoing management of investments.
Maintain strong operational controls and ensure accurate investment setup and lifecycle management within Aladdin.
Review valuation outputs and challenge significant movements, assumptions or anomalies.
Partner with investment teams, valuation providers and pricing specialists to ensure robust valuation governance.
Lead liquidity management across the GID fund complex, including cash forecasting, unfunded commitments, deployment planning and dry-powder management.
Determine optimal funding strategies through a combination of: Investor capital calls, Subscription facilities, Asset-backed lending facilities, Fund-level leverage arrangements.
Coordinate capital calls, fund borrowings, distributions and debt service obligations across fund structures.
Oversee ongoing management of financing facilities, including: Borrowing base calculations, Covenant monitoring, Utilization management, Lender reporting requirements.
Partner with Treasury, Asset Management, NAV Oversight and Fund Accounting teams to optimize liquidity and minimize cash drag.
Support operational oversight of rated note structures, securitization vehicles and other structured financing solutions utilized across the platform.
Monitor structural tests, waterfalls, reserve requirements and reporting obligations associated with leveraged vehicles.
Support the launch and implementation of new products, including leveraged funds, CFOs, ABL structures and bespoke client solutions.
Oversee production and review of investor reporting, management reporting, financial reporting and board materials.
Support responses to investor due diligence requests, operational reviews and ad hoc client enquiries.
Coordinate investor-specific reporting obligations, side letter requirements and bespoke reporting solutions.
Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements across all applicable structures.
Provide management information and strategic insights to senior stakeholders.
Review operational implementation of client commitments and reporting obligations across the platform.
Drive operational scalability across a rapidly growing infrastructure debt platform.
Lead initiatives focused on process optimization, automation, data governance and AI-enabled workflow improvements.
Enhance reporting and data capabilities through Power BI and other technology solutions.
Develop and document controls, procedures and best practices across the Core PM function.
Support operational implementation of new products and strategic growth initiatives.
Mentor and develop junior members of the Fund Finance team.
Act as a key stakeholder across cross-functional initiatives supporting the broader BlackRock and GIP operating model.