Alternative Investments

We recruit CFOs and Senior Finance professionals for Alternative Investment firms across the Private Equity and Private Credit spectrum, drawing on knowledge and insight of over 50 years experience. Our client base incorporates a range of household names and as a reflection of these market, includes the many mid-market and special boutiques that we have supported over the years; the established niche players, startups and family offices that make up the rich tapestry of the investment community.

Recent mandates include;

Real Estate Investment

  • CFO, London - Start-up BTR fund
  • Senior Director, Fund Finance, London – $100bn+ international real estate investor
  • Director, Fund Control, London – Specialist Value Add Fund
  • Head of Tax, London – European Student Accommodation Investor

Infrastructure

  • Managing Director, Valuations, London - US PE Infrastructure Investor
  • Head of Asset Management, London - £10bn European Infrastructure Investor
  • Senior Fund Controller, London - $60bn PE Infrastructure Investor
  • Financial Controller, London – Sustainable Infrastructure Investor

Private Equity

  • Senior Finance Director, London – UK PE Investor
  • Fund Controller, London – US PE Investor
  • Corporate Controller – UK PE Investor

Private Credit

  • Finance Director, London– UK start-up for established US parent
  • Fund Controller, London – US Private Credit House
  • Head of Fund Control – UK Private Credit Conglomerate

Hedge Fund

  • European CFO – US Hedge Fund (HFT)
  • Head of FP&A – UK Hedge Fund (Credit)
  • VP, Business Partnering – US Hedge Fund (HFT)

In addition to permanent placements, we specialise in Interim roles as well as Tax & Treasury recruitment within the Alternative Investment sector. This ensures businesses have access to experienced interim professionals and specialised tax and treasury expertise to support both short-term projects and long-term strategic needs.

Active jobs

Private Equity - Portfolio Finance - Technology

West End
London
Dependent on experience
Opportunity to join an establish Growth Capital business based in Green Park - you will provide the key link between the Investment Team & Portfolio entities from a Finance perspective

Portfolio Management - Analyst

Central London
London
£80,000 - £90,000 + Bonus
We are partnered with a specialist independent infrastructure investment manager that has grown to oversee more than €5 billion of assets across 15 portfolio companies worldwide. The firm is recognised for its commitment to sustainable investment and for taking a proactive role in driving portfolio company growth. By combining in-house expertise with continued capital allocation throughout the business life cycle, it supports management teams in delivering both strategic and operational value.

FP&A Analyst - Corporate Finance

Central London
London
£60,000 - £70,000 + Bonus
We are currently partnered with a fast-growing, mission-led provider of newly built housing across England - backed by leading global private equity firms. They are looking for an FP&A Analyst - Corporate Finance to join their team.

Fund Finance Analyst

Central London
London
£60,000 - £70,000 + Bonus
We're working with a specialist investment and asset management platform focused on logistics and industrial properties across major European cities. Backed by significant institutional capital and over €3bn AUM, the firm is growing fast and is now looking to expand its London-based Finance team.

Finance Manager

Central London
London
£75 - 80k plus generous bonus
This role is with a super exciting, relatively young yet phenomenally successful Private Equity business that invest into infrastructure projects across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Manager - Private Equity Valuations

City of London
London
Upon Application
Opportunity to join an established Private Equity firm to manage a team focused on the flow & analysis of GP/LP data across a range of asset classes

Meet our Alternative Investments Team

Tim Hedger

Tim Hedger

Founder & COO
Richard Hope

Richard Hope

Associate Director
Lawrence Hurst

Lawrence Hurst

Associate Director
Andrew Mackay

Andrew Mackay

Associate Director

Read our Blogs

24.01.23

Roundtable: Getting your management team crisis-ready

For the first time in decades, management teams of PE-backed companies are facing high inflation and rising interest rates. In a roundtable hosted by Real Deals and HedgerWay, a panel of private equity GPs and advisers discussed how to recruit and support C-suite management, most notably CFOs, in the face of building headwinds.
16.01.23

Career Control: The Speculative Interview Guide

It is written into folk-law that 50% of job vacancies never make it to the market. Or is it 40% or even 60%?
16.10.22

A job versus a career: what is right for you?

Our outlook on work, life and all of the other aspects which make up our world have without a doubt changed in dramatic circumstances since COVID19 enforced a global lockdown. Our longer-term prospects will be heavily influenced by how we as individuals and families pivot and evolve in these new and challenging times. With doctors and scientists at the forefront of decision making and controlling timeframes to begin a post-lockdown life, politicians and the business world face daily questions on how to stem the pain without damaging economies way into the future. In the following article, we discuss the thought process behind a job search versus a career move.