Associate Director, Real Estate Fund Implementation

Company Description

About MUFG Investor Services :

Experience something Brilliantly Different with a career at MUFG Investor Services.

Who are we? In a nutshell, MUFG Investor Services is part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and we partner with over 480 loyal global investment firms to provide them with administration, asset services, banking and fund financing.

We’re in 14 global locations and provide an exceptional hub of Brilliantly Different talent to thrive.

Job Description

• Manage all aspects of system and static data setups for new client onboarding and conversions.
• Plan and oversee all conversion activities liaising with Client Integration, Client Operations and Investor Operations.
• Take ownership of the systems setups throughout the onboarding process, ensuring productive rapport is established.
• Create the funds / clients in the appropriate systems based on the offering documents and best practices.
• For conversions and parallel, setup and load the latest fund NAV and share registry information to the applicable systems.
• Leverage data analysis and visualization tools to review NAV and Share registry data and resolve discrepancies.
• Collaborate with other team members to create and maintain standard operating procedures for client and investor data setups.
• Assist in standardizing and simplifying processes for creating and maintaining client and investor data.
• Participate in multiple initiatives with Technology, Product and other stakeholders to digitize and automate the ingestion and maintenance of client and investor data.
• Participate in regular meetings with all fund launch stakeholders to review status and progress.
• Communicate Daily / Weekly / Monthly status and progress reports to key stakeholders.
• Act as a subject matter expert on internal MUFG systems across traditional, hedge and private equity mandates.
• Provide expertise, direction, and leadership to members of the operations team.
• Perform and review internal accounting and shareholder service system set-ups.
• Work well with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth onboarding of new funds.
• Aid other organizational efforts / initiatives as required to support the roll out of new products and banking services.
• Ensure full compliance with ISAE / SOC standards relating to the onboarding or conversion of new funds.
• Ensure internal checklists are completed and signed off.
• Ad hoc tasks, as required.

Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Post-secondary education / University Degree with a concentration in finance or accounting.

Work Experience

• Demonstrable experience working in the public accounting / private equity industry. This can include other administrators, investment managers or fund auditors.
• Project experience - Previous experience either leading or having a senior role in projects (onboarding, conversions, data migrations and digital transformation).

Technical - Essential

• Experience with Yardi
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Familiar with data analysis querying tools / concepts
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving and process improvement skills
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Technical – Desired

• Advanced Microsoft Excel Knowledge
• Advent Geneva
• Mantra
• Investran
• Flexcube

Additional Information

Experience something Brilliantly Different with a career with MUFG Investor Services.

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