Finance Manager (VP)

Blue Earth Capital AG is a Switzerland-based global impact investment firm with offices in Zug, New York, London, and Madrid. We aim to address critical social and environmental challenges while achieving market-rate returns. With over 50 employees and €1.6 billion in assets under management, Blue Earth invests globally across all impact sectors via private equity, private credit, fund investments, and secondary transactions.

The Role
As Finance Manager, you will assume a leading role within Blue Earth’s corporate finance function. Based in Madrid, you will take end-to-end responsibility for day-to-day finance operations, controllership, and reporting across multiple jurisdictions (Switzerland, UK, US, Spain). You will own the execution: running the close, managing controls, coordinating with our outsourced accounting partner and external auditors, and producing reliable management information. This is a hands-on role with significant autonomy in a lean finance team - and real scope to grow as the firm scales.

Key Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable & Vendor Management: Own the full AP cycle including invoice processing, payment runs, vendor onboarding and master data, supplier verifications, and query resolution across all entities.

• Accounts Receivable: Manage the AR cycle, monitor aged receivables, and coordinate collections across entities.

• Employee Expenses: Oversee the expense management process end-to-end: onboarding, policy compliance reviews, project code maintenance, wallet/funding controls, and stakeholder queries.

• Fees & Recharges: Own management and advisory fee invoicing, quarterly intercompany service fees, rebates/retrocessions, and recharge packs; reconcile all postings and resolve discrepancies.

• Banking & Treasury Support: Manage bank account documentation, coordinate with banking partners, and support cash management and payment operations across jurisdictions.

• Service Provider Management: Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for outsourced accounting and other finance service providers; manage delivery quality, timetable adherence, and SLAs; drive issue resolution and continuous improvement of the outsourced operating model.

• General Ledger & Month-End Close: Take ownership of GL reconciliations, audit trails, and month-end close deliverables (accruals, cut-offs, journals) across entities; coordinate with the outsourced accounting partner and lead preparation for year-end audits.

• Payroll Reconciliation: Review and reconcile monthly payroll outputs across jurisdictions; verify postings to the GL, resolve discrepancies with HR and payroll providers, and maintain accurate payroll accruals.

• Reporting & Budgeting: Produce monthly management reporting packs; own cost centre budgets and forecasts in D365; contribute to board-level financial reporting and ad hoc analysis.

• Process Improvement & Controls: Identify and implement process improvements, automations, and internal controls; act as a key finance partner to investment, operations, and people teams.

• Policies & Documentation: Maintain and update finance policies, approval matrices, and process documentation; coordinate workflow configuration changes with outsourced service providers; uphold evidence and audit trail standards across all finance processes.

• 5-8+ years’ experience in finance operations, controllership, or FP&A; experience in private markets, asset management, or financial services strongly preferred.

• Accounting degree and/or professional qualification (e.g. CPA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent).

• Deep working knowledge of AP, AR, expense management, and month-end close processes in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.

• Proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver under pressure with high accuracy.

• Confident communicator who can partner effectively with senior internal stakeholders, external auditors, and service providers.

• Advanced Excel skills; hands-on ERP experience (D365 preferred); comfort with system implementations and process automation.

• Proactive and solutions-oriented; willing to roll up sleeves in a lean team while also thinking about how to build scalable processes.

• Familiarity with private markets fund structures (private equity, private credit) and intercompany flows in multi-entity investment firms a strong plus.

• Fluent written and spoken English (firm-wide working language).