Senior Associate, Investment Operations, Investment Fund, Dubai, UAE

PER; Dubai; On-site; AED 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

PER, a leading multi-family office based in Dubai, seeks a Senior Associate for its investment operations team as it scales its global portfolios across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and public markets.

The role combines strategic insights with end-to-end operational responsibilities, including capital calls, redemptions, and regulatory reporting, to support governance and performance across the investment lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field required.
• Accounting qualification required.
• Experience in audit before moving into investment operations preferred.
• Experience with private funds and various investment vehicles desired.
• Strong regulatory knowledge and global investment standards essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic insights to senior management based on portfolio performance, risk exposure, cash flow trends, and market intelligence.
• Oversee end-to-end investment operations: capital calls, redemptions, subscriptions, cash flows, rebalancing trades, and cash sweeps.
• Review fund valuations, NAV calculations, capital account statements, investor reports, financial statements, and regulatory filings.
• Ensure documentation, audit readiness, and adherence to regulatory obligations for all investment activities.
• Maintain authorised signatories across bank accounts with governance-aligned controls.

Skills

Financial analysis

Investment ops

Audit background

Regulatory knowledge

Private funds

Risk management

Back-office ops

Data reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

Accounting qualification

Economics degree

Job description

About our client

Our client is a leading multi-family office headquartered in Dubai, managing substantial global investments on behalf of prominent GCC families. The firm takes a long-term, institutional approach to capital deployment, investing across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, secondaries, public markets and fund commitments. The firm is now seeking a senior associate to join its investment operations team as it continues to scale.

About our client

Our client is a leading multi-family office headquartered in Dubai, managing substantial global investments on behalf of prominent GCC families. The firm takes a long-term, institutional approach to capital deployment, investing across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, secondaries, public markets and fund commitments. The firm is now seeking a senior associate to join its investment operations team as it continues to scale.

What the job involves

• Strategic responsibilities: provide strategic insights to senior management based on portfolio performance, risk exposure, cash flow trends, and market intelligence
• Operational responsibilities: work across end-to-end investment operations, including capital calls, redemptions, subscriptions, cash flows, rebalancing trades, and cash sweeps
• Financial & performance reporting: work on the review and approval of fund valuations, NAV calculations, capital account statements, investor reports, financial statements, and regulatory filings
• Compliance & risk management: ensure complete documentation, audit readiness, and adherence to any regulatory obligations for all investment-related activities
• Administrative responsibilities: maintain and update authorised signatories across all relevant bank accounts, ensuring alignment with governance protocols

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field is required
• An accounting qualification is required
• Someone who has ideally started their career in audit before moving into investment operations in a large financial institution
• Experience of working with private funds
• In-depth understanding of various investment vehicles
• Strong knowledge of global financial regulations and global investment standards
• Expertise in operational risk management and compliance frameworks
• Expertise in back-office operations, including trade settlement, reconciliation, fund accounting, performance measurement, and reporting
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating operational risks, including counterparty risk, settlement risk, and compliance risks. Ability to implement controls to safeguard investments
• Strong understanding of relevant regulations and industry and the ability to ensure operations comply with legal and regulatory requirements
• Ability to analyse large volumes of financial data, generate actionable insights, and produce accurate, timely reports for internal stakeholders and regulatory bodies
• Ability to align investment operations with the organisation's broader business strategy and goals, understanding how operational efficiency impacts the bottom line
• Strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, and financial performance metrics to ensure cost-effectiveness operations and proper resource allocation