Senior Manager, Funds (Real Estate)

Iq-Eq; England; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Pension

Insurance Benefits

Health & Wellbeing

Leave & Flexibility

Family Benefits

Learning & Development

Recognition programs

Job summary

IQ-EQ is seeking a Senior Manager, Funds to lead our real estate funds team. You will manage a high-value client portfolio, drive profitability, and ensure top-tier client service while developing high-performing teams.

You will oversee the Client Administration Team, enhance processes, monitor financial performance, and embed strong risk and regulatory controls across complex structures. Strong leadership and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in ICSA, ACCA, or equivalent with extensive fund services experience.
• Strong knowledge of fund administration, laws, regulatory requirements and taxation.
• Excellent analytical, numeracy and IT skills with attention to complex fund documents.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-value client portfolio, ensuring service quality, profitability and strong relationships.
• Oversee Client Administration Team, manage workload, KPIs, and performance.
• Drive operational excellence; monitor revenue, utilization, and debtor control.
• Provide risk oversight and regulatory compliance for complex client structures.
• Support business growth through stakeholder management and staff development.

Skills

Fund services experience

Client relationship management

Leadership

Education

ICSA/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

Fund accounting software

Regulatory compliance tools

Job description

Job Description

As a Senior Manager, Funds within our real estate team you will lead client portfolio management, drive operational excellence, ensure regulatory compliance, and develop high-performing teams while delivering exceptional client service and supporting business growth.

What you'll do

• You'll lead and manage a high-value client portfolio, ensuring excellent service delivery, profitability, and strong client relationships while fostering a client-centric and business development culture
• You'll oversee and support the Client Administration Team, ensuring accurate portfolio management, effective workload allocation, team development, and high performance against KPIs and commercial targets
• You'll drive operational excellence by improving processes, managing financial performance (including revenue, utilisation, and debtor control), and ensuring efficient execution of financial and administrative activities
• You'll provide technical leadership and risk oversight, supporting complex client structures and transactions, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and embedding strong risk management practices
• You'll contribute to business growth and leadership by supporting new business development, managing stakeholder relationships, mentoring staff, identifying training needs, and promoting a collaborative, high-performance team environment

What we offer

• Base Salary: Competitive salary based on role, experience, and market standards
• Annual Bonus: Discretionary bonus linked to individual, team, and company performance
• Referral Rewards: Bonus for successful employee referrals
• Pension: 6% non-contributory employer pension scheme
• Insurance Benefits: Medical, dental, life assurance, and income protection coverage
• Health & Wellbeing: Cash plan, counselling support, eye care, and sick pay
• Leave & Flexibility: 25–30 days leave, hybrid working, flexible work, and nimble days
• Family Benefits: Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave support
• Learning & Development: Professional qualification and career development support
• Additional Perks: Recognition programs, social events, volunteering, and long service awards

Qualifications

• You hold a relevant professional qualification (ICSA, ACCA, or equivalent) with extensive industry experience in fund services (Real Estate experience would be highly desirable)
• You demonstrate strong technical knowledge of fund administration, applicable laws, regulatory requirements, taxation, and best practices across relevant jurisdictions
• You exhibit excellent analytical, numeracy, and IT skills, with the ability to interpret complex fund and legal documentation accurately and with attention to detail
• You communicate effectively and collaborate well with colleagues, showing strong relationship management skills, high self-awareness, and a commitment to continuous development
• You show resilience and integrity in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to manage workloads, meet deadlines, support team members through change, and maintain a strong risk-aware mindset

Additional Information

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

As a forward-looking business, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.

There is always more we can, and should do, to improve – whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 5,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, speaking 41 languages across 25 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support female managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.

We’re committed to growing long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients' sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.