Manager, Investment Funds – Investment Funds

Job Description

Manager, Investment Funds | DLA Piper

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at DLA Piper, a global professional services firm that provides legal services to clients worldwide. The firm is built on being bold, exceptional, collaborative, and supportive, with its people forming the backbone and soul of the organization. The Manager, Investment Funds plays a pivotal role in ensuring a best-in-class fund management platform, directly supporting the firm’s strategic investment initiatives and long-term growth by building scalable processes.

The TL;DR
• Role: Manager
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Reston, Short Hills, Baltimore
• Pay: $118523–$164525 yearly
• Team: Part of the firm’s Investment Funds function, collaborating cross-functionally with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and Compliance.
• Mission: Ensure a best-in-class fund management platform for DLA Piper, covering reporting, governance, capital activity, investor communications, and ongoing investment operations.
• Tech Stack: Excel, PowerPoint, document management tools, fund administrators, investor portals

What You’ll Actually Do
• Manage: Oversee the day-to-day operations, investment execution, reporting, and administration for the firm’s multiple investment funds and vehicles.
• Coordinate: Serve as a central point of coordination across the full fund lifecycle, including investment diligence, capital activity, investor communications, and ongoing portfolio oversight.
• Prepare: Develop and maintain investment committee agendas, materials, scorecards, recommendations, minutes, and track follow-up actions.
• Support: Assist with quarterly, semi-annual, and annual fund reporting processes, including compiling investment updates and drafting investor communications.
• Partner: Collaborate with internal Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Compliance teams, and external service providers to support fund accounting, audit, and annual tax processes.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field, focused on private funds, investment management, or fund administration.
• Experience: 6 years of relevant experience in private funds, investment management, fund administration, investor reporting, fund accounting, transaction execution support, or private equity/venture operations; experience in professional services firms is preferred.
• Skills: Strong project management and organizational skills; excellent written communication for investor-facing and executive-facing materials; strong analytical skills to translate complex investment details; proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and document management.
• Bonus: Master’s Degree; CPA, CFA, CAIA, or other relevant finance/investment credential; experience with fund administrators, investor portals, or related reporting tools.