AIFM Head of Risk Management, Conducting Officer

Company Description

We’re a leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide.  We employ a global workforce of 6,500+ people across 24 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$857 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top-15 private equity firms. 

Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.                                     

Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients, we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding. 

We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.

Job Description

The Conducting Officer is a member of the senior management of the Luxembourg third party AIFM servicing funds with the following investment strategies: Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Debt, Fund of funds.

The Conducting Officer is responsible for the effective day‑to‑day management, oversight and control of the AIFM’s regulated activities, in accordance with AIFMD, applicable CSSF regulations, and internal governance arrangements.

The role includes specific responsibility for regulatory oversight, operational governance and contributes to the sound and prudent management of the AIFM. The Conducting Officer will be in charge of the IT function for the AIFM and act as a key contact point for the CSSF.

You will act as a key leader within the governance and senior management framework.

What you'll do

• You'll ensure full AIFM governance and regulatory compliance, maintaining alignment with AIFMD, Luxembourg laws, CSSF requirements, and EU frameworks while overseeing governance structures, escalation procedures, board reporting, and senior-level regulatory interactions.
• You'll strengthen the AIFM’s risk and internal control framework, implementing risk management across the fund lifecycle, performing investment compliance checks, defining risk profiles, conducting pre‑deal and divestment analyses, monitoring all risk types, calculating AuM and leverage, and ensuring accurate, timely regulatory reporting.
• You'll oversee ESG and SFDR compliance, ensuring robust ESG framework implementation, managing pre‑contractual/periodic/website disclosures, ensuring alignment between strategy and ESG commitments, coordinating data/documentation with internal and external stakeholders, and monitoring sustainable finance regulatory developments.
• You'll manage ICT risk and DORA readiness, overseeing ICT risk frameworks, supervising incident management, business continuity, disaster recovery, and third‑party ICT providers, while ensuring ongoing compliance with DORA requirements in coordination with IT, risk, compliance, and external partners.
• You'll report key risks at senior levels, ensuring timely escalation of material ICT, regulatory, operational, and ESG‑related risks to senior management and the Board, while promoting a strong risk culture across the AIFM.

What we offer 

• Comprehensive remuneration and pension: motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
• Wellbeing: additional social benefits 
• Flexible working: we recognise the value of working flexibly and want to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• You bring 8–10+ years of risk and asset management experience across private equity, real estate, debt, infrastructure, and venture capital, ideally gained within a Luxembourg AIFM or ManCo.
• You are CSSF‑approved, having previously held a Conducting Officer mandate or another regulator‑approved senior management position in a Luxembourg‑regulated environment.
• You hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• You possess strong technical expertise, including deep knowledge of AIFMD and Luxembourg regulatory requirements, ESG/SFDR implementation, operational and ICT risk (including DORA), with UCITS experience considered an asset.
• You are fluent in English, with French or another EU language viewed as a strong advantage.

Additional Information

Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.  

There is always more we can, and should do, to improve – whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee. 

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 24 countries - to each achieve their potential.  Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced. 

We’re committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success lead to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.