IEQ Capital is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) seeking to transform traditional wealth management. Our firm integrates intellectual and emotional intelligence to drive exceptional investment results while maintaining a values-oriented culture that fosters connection and collaboration with our clients. As an independent, employee-owned company, we adhere to the fiduciary standard, prioritizing our clients' best interests.
The RoleIEQ Capital's Investment Operations, Capital Formation team is looking for a detail-oriented and highly motivated Capital Formation Operations Associate to support the capital formation lifecycle for alternative investment opportunities across the platform. This role sits at the intersection of capital formation, investment operations, legal documentation, compliance coordination, and client-team enablement.
The associate will help ensure that new and existing investment opportunities are operationally ready for client engagement, subscription, and closing. The role requires hands-on coordination across internal stakeholders and external partners, including client teams, investment research, marketing, compliance, legal counsel, fund administrators, and General Partners. The ideal candidate brings prior exposure to private fund capital formation, investor relations, fundraising operations, subscription documentation, or alternative investment platform support.
Key ResponsibilitiesCapital Formation Readiness & Execution
- Support the end-to-end capital formation process for alternative investment opportunities, from pre-launch readiness through subscription execution and close tracking.
- Coordinate with investment, marketing, legal, compliance, and client-facing teams to ensure opportunities are positioned, documented, and ready for client engagement.
- Track launch milestones, capital raise timelines, subscription deadlines, minimums, capacity constraints, closing schedules, and other key fundraising logistics.
- Help translate investment opportunity details into clear operational requirements for internal stakeholders supporting client education, diligence, and subscription workflows.
Investment Vehicle Launch & Subscription Operations
- Manage the operational setup of alternative investment opportunities, including feeder vehicle launches, direct subscription pathways, document workflows, and investor onboarding requirements.
- Coordinate the preparation, review, distribution, and execution of subscription agreements, offering documents, investor questionnaires, side letters, and related fund documentation.
- Utilize DocuSign and other workflow tools to create efficient, accurate, and scalable subscription processes.
- Maintain accurate opportunity, launch, subscription, and close-status records in Salesforce or similar CRM / workflow systems; identify bottlenecks and escalate issues proactively.
Legal, Compliance & External Partner Coordination
- Partner with internal and external legal teams to facilitate timely review and execution of fund documentation and investor materials.
- Coordinate with compliance to ensure capital formation and subscription workflows follow applicable regulatory, policy, and approval requirements.
- Support operational due diligence, background check coordination, document collection, and issue escalation as part of the opportunity launch process.
- Serve as a day-to-day liaison with fund administrators, General Partners, counsel, and other external partners to resolve documentation, onboarding, and closing-related questions.
Cross-Team Collaboration & Training
- Serve as a key point of contact for client teams and internal stakeholders on capital formation workflows, subscription logistics, deadlines, documentation requirements, and opportunity launch status.
- Develop step-by-step guides, process maps, FAQs, and training materials that improve internal understanding of capital formation and investment onboarding processes.
- Host internal training sessions to educate client-facing teams on new opportunities, subscription workflows, document requirements, and key process changes.
- Coordinate with Research and Marketing teams to support accurate, compliant, and timely distribution of investment materials and launch communications.
Process Improvement & Project Management
- Conduct post-launch and post-close reviews to identify inefficiencies, pain points, and opportunities to improve the capital formation experience for client teams and operational partners.
- Lead or support operational improvement projects that enhance scalability, accuracy, transparency, and timeliness across the capital formation and investment onboarding lifecycle.
- Develop dashboards, trackers, or reporting tools to improve visibility into launch readiness, subscription progress, capital raise status, and process bottlenecks.
- Continuously refine the role and identify innovative ways to add value to Investment Operations, Investment Onboarding, and the broader investment platform.
Required Skills & Experience
- 1-3 years of relevant experience in capital formation, investor relations, fundraising operations, private fund operations, alternative investments, investment operations, or fund onboarding.
- Working knowledge of private fund subscription processes, investor documentation, capital raise timelines, and cross-functional launch coordination.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities, deadlines, stakeholders, and workstreams simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to coordinate effectively with client-facing teams, legal, compliance, operations, marketing, research, and external partners.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Prior experience at a private fund manager, placement agent, RIA, multi-family office, fund administrator, investor relations team, or alternative investment platform.
- Knowledge of alternative investment structures, feeder vehicles, subscription agreements, offering memoranda, investor questionnaires, side letters, and closing mechanics.
- Familiarity with compliance standards and approval workflows related to private funds, marketing materials, investor eligibility, and subscription documentation.
- Experience working with General Partners, fund administrators, legal teams, compliance professionals, investment research teams, and client-facing distribution teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for diagnosing process gaps, improving workflow design, and building scalable operating models.
The total compensation range for this role, inclusive of base salary and bonus, is $90,000 - $115,000, depending on skills and experience.
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Skills Required
- 1-3 years relevant experience in capital formation, investor relations, fundraising operations, private fund operations, alternative investments, investment operations, or fund onboarding.
- Working knowledge of private fund subscription processes, investor documentation, capital raise timelines, and cross-functional launch coordination.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple opportunities, deadlines, stakeholders, and workstreams simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to coordinate effectively with client-facing teams, legal, compliance, operations, marketing, research, and external partners.
- Experience using DocuSign and Salesforce or similar CRM/workflow systems to manage subscription and onboarding processes.
- Prior experience at a private fund manager, placement agent, RIA, multi-family office, fund administrator, investor relations team, or alternative investment platform.
- Knowledge of alternative investment structures, feeder vehicles, subscription agreements, offering memoranda, investor questionnaires, side letters, and closing mechanics.
- Familiarity with compliance standards and approval workflows related to private funds, marketing materials, investor eligibility, and subscription documentation.
- Experience collaborating with General Partners, fund administrators, legal teams, compliance professionals, investment research teams, and client-facing distribution teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for diagnosing process gaps, improving workflow design, and building scalable operating models.
What We Do
IEQ Capital is Registered Investment Advisor, with $18B RAUM*, seeking to transform traditional wealth management. Our quest is to integrate the Intellectual and Emotional Quotient, and to generate exceptional investment results driven by a values-oriented culture that fosters connection and collaboration with our clients. We are an independent, predominantly employee-owned company, adhering to the fiduciary standard to put our clients' interests first. We focus our efforts on helping clients meet their investment objectives without the distractions and limitations that can arise within much larger organizations. *As of 3/31/22; *RAUM as of 12/31/2021 as reported in IEQ Capital’s Form ADV filed in March 2022 totaled $17.8bn. The content of this website is for general, informational purposes. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy any security or other financial instrument or product offered or managed by IEQ or any other issuer or company. The provision of this information does not constitute the rendering of investment, consulting, legal, accounting, tax, or other advice or services. Information on this website should not be the basis of or be relied upon for making business, investment or other decisions or used as a substitute for consultation with professional advisors, nor should it be construed as advice, endorsement or recommendation. Special Notice to Non-U.S. Investors: Each of the investment products and services referred to on this website is intended to be made available to U.S. residents. This website shall not be considered a solicitation or offering for any investment product or service to any person in any jurisdiction where such solicitation or offer would be unlawful.
