Capital Formation Operations Associate

IEQ Capital•Foster City, CA

22h•$90,000 - $115,000•Hybrid

About The Position

IEQ 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.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.