Senior Associate Level 3

Apex Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Pune, India, is seeking a Senior Associate to lead PE dealing processes, act as SME, and coordinate with clients and local offices. The role demands expertise in investor setup, fund operations, and payment processing within PE environments.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years in private equity or real estate fund administration, strong English communication, and solid Excel skills for data management and reporting.

Qualifications

• MBA/PG degree with finance focus; strong PE fund knowledge.
• Experience in private equity fund administration and investor setup.
• 5–10 years in PE/real estate fund management.
• Proficient in Excel (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, IF).
• Excellent English communication; team player.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for PE dealing process and support migrations.
• Identify root causes of errors and provide fixes.
• Review sub-activities related to PE dealing.
• Serve as primary client contact and liaise with local offices.
• Handle fund setup, investor setup, and investor portal tasks.
• Process invoices and payments; manage capital call trackers.
• Prepare and send notices, statements, PCAPs, and K1s.
• Ensure compliance with Legal and Compliance for wire instructions.
• Collaborate with onshore counterparts.
• Review management and performance/ incentive fees.

Skills

PE dealing SME

Client liaison

Data accuracy

Excel proficiency

Process improvement

Education

MBA

M.Com

B.Com

Tools

PE systems

Excel

Investor portals

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Private Equity Dealing - Profile Overview

Role Title - Senior Associate

Main Responsibilities

• Should act as a Subject matter expert of the underlying PE dealing process imparting training if needed, command on key areas of the process and taking lead in transitions and migrations if needed
• Being an SME should be capable enough to find out the root cause of errors and provide solutions accordingly
• Should able to involve in reviewing aspects of different sub activities aligned to PE dealing
• Acting as a primary contact for day-to-day contact with clients and other fund participants and able to establish a rapport with Local office managers
• Good understanding of Fund Setup, Investor Setup, Company Setup, Contacts and circulation list updates over investor portal Investigation of Investors Subscription & redemption documents
• Should have expertise and understanding over linking, updating and deleting of investors, contacts, address and bank wire details to the funds over investor portal
• Should have fair understanding of reading invoices and processing payments through payment platforms
• Initiating and maintaining tracker for Capital Call transactions
• Performing Mail Merge activity to send Financial Notices / Statements to the Investors
• Performing activities related to Capital Call notices, PCAPs, Distribution letters & K1's
• Ensure adherence to the Legal and Compliance teams while reviewing the wire instructions
• Expected to work Closely with Onshore counterpart on individual Funds aligned
• Must have hands-on on any of Investor based /fund based applications
• Reviewing and processing of Management / Performance fees and incentive fees
• Need to have the basic understanding of Excel and the formulas like V-lookup, H-lookup match, index and IF functions etc.

Education

• MBA, M.Com and B.Com

Desired Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Investor based /fund based applications (or other Private Equity system)
• Private equity / Real estate fund administration experience
• Minimum 5-10 years of experience in Private equity / Real estate fund
• Experience in reviewing of Subscription documents and other financial statements
• Excellent communication skills and expert in English (verbal and written)
• A good team player who is able to manage individual responsibilities with less supervision
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word)
• Self-motivated and diligent individual who is driven to meet deadline

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We're a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we're inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you'll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We're a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We're expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We'll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We're a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We're expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We'll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We'll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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