Vice President – Funds Fiduciary

Job Description

Vice President – Funds Fiduciary | Maples Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Maples Group, located in the Cayman Islands. The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, providing trusted financial and legal services to the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations. This Vice President role is a critical part of the Funds Fiduciary team, contributing to the delivery of award-winning services and ensuring client relationships comply with policies and procedures. The role is integral to the continued success and global reputation of the firm.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: In-person, Cayman Islands

• Team: Funds Fiduciary team, part of the financial services business in Grand Cayman
• Mission: To exercise fiduciary duties, review transaction documents, coordinate client acceptance, and ensure client relationship compliance within the investment funds sector.
• Tech Stack: Windows applications

What You’ll Actually Do
• Fiduciary Duties: Exercise fiduciary duties, review transaction documents, and coordinate the client acceptance process for investment funds.
• Client Service: Deliver high levels of client service while ensuring that each client relationship is compliant with internal policies and procedures.
• Team Management: Assist with the management and development of junior staff members within the team.
• Project Involvement: Contribute to and manage ad hoc projects as required by the business or clients.
• Group Representation: Potentially represent the Maples Group at various industry association events.

The Must-Haves
• Background: University degree with an excellent academic background. Strong knowledge of all forms of investment funds and strategies, corporate governance, relevant local laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience: An internationally recognised professional designation and at least eight to ten years’ relevant financial services experience, including a minimum of 1-2 years previous fiduciary experience. Experience in reviewing transaction documents and liaising with lawyers, investment managers, institutional investors, administrators, and other transaction parties.
• Skills: Superb attention to detail, professionalism, excellent organizational skills, team-first mentality, self-starter capabilities, strong drafting, critical thinking, and communication skills (fluent written and oral English), sound working knowledge of all Windows applications, relationship management, client service, excellent time management, and prioritization.
• Bonus: Experience with unit trusts and the requisite knowledge to function as an effective director on an investment fund board immediately.