What we do
Seamount provides institutional-grade COO/CFO leadership and operating-infrastructure expertise to investment managers, family offices and private capital firms - from founder-led launch through institutional scale. Alpha and operating infrastructure are different disciplines. We build and strengthen the infrastructure side. Every engagement is led directly by Martin Murphy, FCCA - supported where required by specialist legal, tax and regulatory advisers.
The core: Embedded / Fractional / Interim COO/CFO
A named senior operator across finance, operations, governance, NAV/valuation, treasury, investor dealing and provider oversight - for a launch, interim requirement or retained fractional mandate. Clients can engage Seamount through one of the focused mandates below, with the relationship extending into an ongoing operating seat where required.
Recent mandate: embedded launch COO/CFO for a Cayman master-feeder fund - taken live October 2025 through to stabilisation.
Fund Administrator Benchmarking, RFP & Fee Optimisation
Independent, AIMA-aligned review of your administrator & provider stack - weighted scoring, peer pricing and commercial fee modelling, benchmarked against reference and, where the mandate calls for it, live provider pricing - with a clear retain / renegotiate / switch recommendation.
Recent mandate: $210k+ annual savings identified for a ~$2bn hedge fund while retaining the incumbent provider; and a 17% launch-admin fee-tier reduction secured on a separate mandate.
Independent Shadow NAV & Fund Controls
Independent control over administrator/PB outputs: shadow NAV/P&L, three-way position and cash reconciliation, valuation, fees and series/equalisation, treasury and FX share-class hedging - including IRP checks, FX forward-point/cost analysis, exception governance and sign-off. Standalone, or embedded in a launch or retained seat.
Built and operated for a live Cayman master-feeder hedge fund launch, with no material NAV breaks or control failures during the mandate.
DDQ/ODD & Institutional Readiness
Allocator-ready DDQ/ODD, operating-model documentation, governance, valuation/control frameworks, provider oversight, evidence libraries and remediation.
Recent mandate: 14-section institutional DDQs completed, allocator-ready.
Fund Launch & Operating-Model Build
Front-to-back embedded build-out: structure and governing documents, provider selection, NAV/valuation, treasury, investor dealing, governance and controls, testing, go-live and post-launch stabilisation.
Full Cayman master-feeder hedge fund taken live October 2025 through to stabilisation.
Operating-Model Transformation & Control Enhancement
Target operating-model redesign across people, process, technology, data and governance - including workflow/control architecture, MI, provider change, technology readiness & BAU transition.
Proven at both ends of the scale - a £240bn regulated multi-manager platform and an emerging-manager launch.
What we do - and deliberately don't
We provide governance, oversight, controls, provider selection, operating-model design, allocator readiness and named COO leadership. We do not calculate official NAVs, keep books and records, run transfer agency or perform fund accounting - those stay with your administrator. That separation is deliberate: it keeps Seamount the independent adjudicator of your operations, not a competing book-keeper.
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