Fund Administrator - Associate - Venture Capital

This is one of the region's earliest venture franchises, set up more than ten years ago and still run by the same founding team. It writes seed and Series A cheques into founder-led technology businesses across the Gulf. Capital sits in two separate vehicles - a traditional closed-end fund alongside an evergreen structure that lets the team stay in its best companies indefinitely and re-invest behind founders they already know.The results speak for themselves. Well over a hundred companies backed, several that went on to become billion-dollar businesses, a public listing and close to twenty trade sales. Several of the household-name technology companies in the Middle East today had this firm on the cap table at seed.The finance function is small and senior. Whoever takes this seat becomes the operational backbone of both vehicles rather than one contributor among many.Why this seat is worth a conversationTwo structures, two sets of mechanics — closed-end and evergreen — which is far broader technical exposure than most roles at this level offerYou report into finance leadership directly and sit close to the investment teamRegular contact with limited partners, auditors, counsel and the administrator from week oneA portfolio with real realisations behind it, so distributions, waterfalls and carry are live work rather than theoryGenuine licence to redesign process and reporting infrastructure as the evergreen vehicle growsThe workRunning fund accounting and administration across both vehicles, in partnership with the outsourced administratorManaging drawdowns, capital calls, distributions and all investor notices end to endPreparing quarterly and annual NAVs, with valuation and fair-value input on portfolio holdingsBuilding investor reporting packs and capital account statements, and fielding LP questionsCalculating management fees, expense allocations, distribution waterfalls and carried interestOwning the audit process and drafting statutory accountsHandling regulatory filings plus investor onboarding, KYC and AMLOverseeing treasury, banking, payments and cash planning across fund and ManCo entitiesSupporting live transactions on funds flow, closing mechanics and post-completion entity workBackground requiredThree to five years in fund administration or fund accounting, either in-house with a manager or on the service side at an administrator, audit firm or Big Four private funds teamVenture capital or private equity fund experience is essential; closed-end structures non-negotiable, evergreen or open-ended a clear advantageConfident with capital calls, distributions, waterfall models, carry and LP capital accountsQualified or part-qualified accountant preferred — ACCA, ACA, CPA or CIMASuited to a lean environment where you own the process end to end rather than executing someone else'sAccurate, calm against reporting deadlines, and credible in direct dialogue with investors and auditors