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Company Description

About MUFG Investor Services

MUFG Investor Services is a trusted partner to many of the world’s largest public and private funds, providing asset servicing and operational solutions built for alternatives. With over $1 trillion in client assets under administration, we offer fund administration, banking, payments, fund financing, foreign exchange overlay, corporate and regulatory services, custody, business consulting, and more. Operating from 17 locations worldwide, we help clients mitigate risk, enhance efficiency, and navigate the operational complexities of today’s investment management landscape. As a division of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s largest financial institutions with approximately $3 trillion in assets, we combine deep expertise with the strength and stability of a leading financial institution. To learn more, visit us at www.mufg-investorservices.com.

Job Description

Reporting to the Associate Director of Client Operations, this is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-growing company in Financial Services.
You Will:

• Prepare and process private markets capital activity, including capital calls, distributions, net activity allocations, and related investor-level calculations.
• Review client instructions received through approved intake channels to confirm completeness, accuracy, key dates, authorized sender requirements, and good-order status.
• Prepare allocation workings and supporting calculations in accordance with fund governing documents, limited partnership agreements, client instructions, approved templates, and agreed service levels.
• Record capital activity transactions in fund accounting systems, including Investran, Yardi, or other applicable platforms, and generate investor notices for review and approval.
• Support calculation and review of carried interest, waterfall allocations, management fee impacts, equalization, and other investor-level adjustments where applicable.
• Complete workflow tasks, checklist items, status updates, evidence attachments, and approval tracking in workflow tools.
• Perform first-level quality checks over allocation workings, system postings, notices, supporting files, and package materials before submission for review.
• Monitor status and coordinate with other internal teams to support timely completion of the capital activity lifecycle.
• Escalate incomplete instructions, calculation variances, data issues, late approvals, and potential SLA risks in a timely and well-documented manner.
• Maintain complete audit trails, supporting documentation, approvals, evidence of controls, and final deliverables in accordance with internal policies and team procedures.
• Support onboarding of new funds by reviewing fund documentation, validating static data requirements, setting up templates, and contributing to workflow readiness activities.
• Assist in mentoring junior team members by sharing process knowledge, reinforcing procedures, and promoting consistent adherence to controls and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Three or more years of experience in private equity fund accounting, private markets operations, investor services, or fund administration.
• Experience preparing or reviewing capital calls, distributions, investor notices, capital account activity, or investor-level allocation workings.
• Working knowledge of private markets fund structures, fund governing documents, limited partnership agreements, investor commitments, and service level requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including experience with formulas, reconciliations, structured calculation templates, large data sets, and review of supporting workpapers.
• Experience with private markets systems such as Investran, Yardi, Appian, or similar fund administration and workflow platforms is preferred.

Additional Information

What’s in it for you to join MUFG Investor Services? 

Take a look at our careers site and you’ll find everything you’d expect working with one of the fastest-growing businesses at one of the world’s largest financial groups. Now take another look. Because it’s how we defy expectations that really defines us. You’ll feel that difference in all kinds of ways.  Our vibrant CULTURE. Connected team. Love of innovation, laser client focus and next-level LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT.

So, why settle for the ordinary?  Apply now for your next Brilliantly Different opportunity. 

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This role is being hired to fill an existing vacancy.

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