Fund Compliance Operations Analyst/Associate

Cerberus Capital Management; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Robust benefits package

Job summary

Cerberus Capital Management in New York seeks a highly organized Fund Compliance Operations Associate/Analyst to support compliance monitoring, funding coordination, and reporting across multiple funds. The role acts as a liaison between investment professionals, Treasury, Operations, and Finance to ensure accurate funding schedules and allocations.

You will gain exposure to deal activity across asset classes, improve processes, and help automate workflows while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in compliance, investment operations, fund operations, treasury, accounting, financial analysis, fund administration, or related middle/back-office functions.
• Familiarity with capital deployment, fund allocations, liquidity forecasting, and cash management processes.
• Understanding of investment lifecycle events, including deal closings, follow-on investments, reserves, and funding tranches.
• Advanced Excel and MS Office skills, with the ability to work with large datasets.
• Experience with reporting and analytical tools such as Power BI, Anaplan, SAP BI, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with Visual Portfolio Manager, Bloomberg terminal, and IVP Polaris.
• Experience with programming or automation tools such as SQL, Python, and/or PowerApps.

Responsibilities

• Review and maintain accurate compliance rules per Investment Guidelines.
• Liaise with Legal to interpret language and provide feedback for guidelines.
• Coordinate with Operations for meta maintenance and ongoing monitoring.
• Create relevant rules in the compliance monitoring system (Polaris).
• Monitor alerts and breaches daily with documented follow-up actions.
• Track MSCI ACWI index and update as needed.
• Update Procedures Manual and adhere to checklists.
• Coordinate with deal professionals for funding schedules.
• Review funding requests for completeness and consistency with allocations.
• Perform reconciliations of funding, allocations, and activity for liquidity planning.
• Investigate funding discrepancies across records and reports.
• Assist in managing investments in the Global Deal Workflow platform.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Team-oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Excel

MS Office

Anaplan

SAP BI

SQL

Python

PowerApps

Bloomberg terminal

IVP Polaris

Visual Portfolio Manager

Job description

Founded in 1992, Cerberus is a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $70 billion in assets under management across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. We invest across the capital structure where our integrated investment platforms and proprietary operating capabilities create an edge to improve performance and drive long-term value. Our tenured teams have experience working collaboratively across asset classes, sectors, and geographies to seek strong risk-adjusted returns for our investors.

Overview

The Fund Compliance Operations team assists in pre and post trade compliance by maintaining models across 27 funds that spread across 15 different Lines of Business. We create significant value by monitoring the funds’ guideline policies, investment restrictions and investors opt-outs by managing a comprehensive system designed to fit into a wide range of portfolios to assist in compliance monitoring and generating reports for senior management as well as legal and compliance functions. We adapt to a fast-paced, complex structure which requires excellent organizational skills to ensure that all amendments are reflected in our models.

Our team supports Corporate Credit, Operational Private Equity, Real Estate, Non-Performing Loans, Emerging Markets, Venture Capital, Supply Chain and Strategic investment strategies. We work closely with investment staff to ensure new investments meet the fund’s investment guidelines upon closing. We also support the broader business by working closely with the Accounting, Tax, Legal, and Investor Relations teams on a variety of initiatives and projects.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Fund Compliance Operations (Associate/Analyst) to support compliance monitoring alongside the coordination, reconciliation, and reporting of investment funding activity across multiple investment strategies and funds. This individual will serve as a key liaison between investment professionals, Treasury, Operations, and Finance teams, working closely with Fund Compliance Operations to ensure upcoming fundings are accurately reflected, properly allocated, and aligned with portfolio deployment objectives. The role offers broad exposure to deal activity across multiple asset classes and provides a unique opportunity to work directly with investment teams throughout the lifecycle of an investment.

This role offers a unique opportunity to develop expertise in fund compliance, capital deployment, liquidity forecasting, fund allocations, and investment lifecycle management while working closely with investment professionals and cross-functional teams across multiple asset classes. The ideal candidate enjoys working with data, building relationships across teams, managing multiple priorities, and identifying opportunities to enhance processes, increase automation, and reduce operational risk in a fast-paced investment environment.

Responsibilities

Compliance Monitoring & Guidelines

• Review and maintenance of accurate compliance rules in accordance with the Investment Guidelines.
• Liaise with Legal to ensure correct interpretation of language and provide feedback to Legal when drafting investment guidelines.
• Liaise with Operations to ensure proper meta maintenance is established and maintained for ongoing monitoring.
• Ensure accurate and correct interpretation of guidelines and create relevant rules in the compliance monitoring system (Polaris).
• Ensure that alerts and/or breaches are monitored daily, with follow-up action taken quickly and documented.
• Actively monitor the markets listed on the MSCI ACWI Index and update when needed.
• Update the Operating Procedures Manual and, by adhering to guidelines and checklists, ensure that the standard procedures and controls set out in the Manual are being adhered to.
• Attend to investor requests.
• Coordinate directly with deal professionals across multiple investment platforms to obtain, validate, and maintain funding schedules for active investments.
• Review funding requests for completeness, accuracy, and consistency with approved investment allocations.
• Perform detailed reconciliations of funding requests, allocations, and investment activity to support accurate liquidity planning, deployment pacing, and reporting.
• Investigate and resolve funding-related discrepancies across investment records, accounting data, and operational reporting.
• Assist in the management and reconciliation of investments in the Global Deal Workflow platform.

Liquidity & Deployment Management

• Support liquidity planning by tracking upcoming capital requirements and anticipated deployment activity.
• Monitor investment pipelines and identify changes that may impact cash forecasts or deployment pacing.
• Assist in managing deployment targets across multiple funds to ensure capital is invested consistently with portfolio objectives.
• Produce regular reporting on projected capital requirements, deployment activity, and funding variances.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as a primary point of coordination between investment professionals, Treasury, Fund Compliance, Finance, and Operations.
• Facilitate communication surrounding timeline changes, revised capital requirements, allocation updates, and other transaction-related developments.
• Support investment professionals through deal closings and subsequent capital deployment events.
• Escalate potential issues related to timing, liquidity, allocations, data integrity, or operational risk.

Data, Process Improvement & Reporting

• Maintain meta and financial data in our Data Warehouse Management system and build Data Warehouse reporting leveraging this information.
• Assist in developing and enhancing funding workflows, controls, and reporting processes related to capital deployment and liquidity management.
• Support initiatives and work with the Investment Operations and Business Optimization teams on projects aimed to automate and improve reporting, reconciliation, and operational processes.
• Maintain accurate documentation of funding assumptions, allocation decisions, and workflow procedures.
• Assist in process improvement initiatives and participate in special projects focused on capital planning, liquidity management, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Assist in training and development of new or inexperienced staff.
• Ad-hoc project ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in compliance, investment operations, fund operations, treasury, accounting, financial analysis, fund administration, or related middle/back-office functions.
• Familiarity with capital deployment, fund allocations, liquidity forecasting, and cash management processes.
• Understanding of investment lifecycle events, including deal closings, follow-on investments, reserves, and funding tranches.
• Advanced Excel and MS Office skills, with the ability to work with large datasets.
• Experience with reporting and analytical tools such as Power BI, Anaplan, SAP BI, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with additional platforms such as Visual Portfolio Manager, Bloomberg terminal, and IVP Polaris.
• Experience with programming or automation tools such as SQL, Python, and/or PowerApps.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and collaborate across investment professionals and business partners.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with exceptional attention to detail, strong follow-up skills, and an analytical mindset.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Intellectual curiosity and a desire to continuously learn and expand technical and operational expertise.
• Proactive mindset with a willingness to challenge existing processes, identify opportunities for automation, and recommend enhancements that improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.
• Self-motivated with a willingness to assume additional responsibilities and contribute to special projects.
• Team-oriented individual who collaborates effectively and contributes positively to a dynamic work environment.

The base salary for this position is expected to be between $100,000.00 and $125,000.00. The base salary offered to the chosen candidate will be commensurate with a candidate’s relevant experience and other qualifications for the position, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus [which is often a meaningful portion of the compensation package], and a robust benefits package.