Senior Fund Manager

Job Title:

Senior Fund Manager

(Fund Structuring, Fund Management, Fundraising & Investor Growth)

Role Purpose:

ZACD Group Ltd is a Singapore-incorporated company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, operating an integrated real estate investment and development platform covering fund management, property development, asset management and structured investment vehicles.

As part of ZACD's strategic scaling, the Senior Fund Manager will lead the creation, structuring, management, and growth of ZACD's fund products. The role is responsible for developing fund strategies, working with legal/compliance advisers on fund structures, raising capital, managing investor expectations, and ensuring fund activities are commercially sound, investment-led, and properly governed.

ZACD needs someone who understands fund strategy, investment discipline, investor confidence, regulatory awareness, and capital raising.

Reporting Line:

Reports to: Founders

Key Responsibilities:

A. Fund Strategy & Product Creation

• Develop new fund concepts aligned with ZACD's real estate, development, income-generating, and investment strategies.
• Design fund propositions including investment thesis, target asset class, investor profile, return target, fund size, tenure, fee model, liquidity structure, and exit strategy.
• Work with legal, tax, compliance, and corporate service providers to structure funds appropriately.
• Evaluate suitable structures such as private funds, single-asset funds, SPVs, co-investment vehicles, feeder structures, or other appropriate investment vehicles, subject to legal and regulatory advice.
• Ensure each fund proposition is commercially credible and investor-ready.

B. Fundraising & Investor Development

• Lead fundraising strategy for new and existing funds.
• Build relationships with accredited investors, family offices, HNW/UHNW investors, institutional investors, private banks, and strategic partners.
• Prepare investor pitch materials, fund decks, term sheets, FAQs, investment memoranda, and due diligence responses.
• Conduct investor meetings and explain investment strategy, risk-return profile, governance, asset pipeline, and exit options clearly.
• Work closely with Relationship Managerial team to convert interest into capital commitments.

C. Investment & Portfolio Oversight

• Work with investment and business development teams to evaluate assets/projects suitable for fund inclusion.
• Ensure investment decisions are aligned with fund mandates and investor promises.
• Support investment committee papers, portfolio reviews, risk assessments, and exit recommendations.
• Monitor fund performance, deployment timelines, capital calls, distributions, and investor reporting.
• Identify early warning signals in asset performance, project delays, investor concerns, or governance gaps.

D. Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Work closely with compliance, legal, finance, and external advisers to ensure fund activities meet relevant regulatory, legal, and internal governance requirements.
• Support AML/KYC, investor suitability, onboarding, risk disclosures, conflict management, and documentation processes.
• Maintain clear audit trails for investment decisions, investor communications, and fund governance.
• Ensure no fund is marketed, launched, or positioned without proper internal and legal/compliance clearance.

E. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a senior representative of ZACD with investors, advisers, regulators where appropriate, banks, brokers, service providers, and strategic partners.
• Provide founders and board with clear updates on fund pipeline, capital raising progress, investor feedback, and market appetite.
• Build internal discipline around fund creation, approval, launch, and post-launch management.

Requirements:

Experience

• 8 to 12 years experience in fund management, asset management, private equity real estate, real estate investment, capital markets, investment banking, family office, private credit, or alternative investments.
• Strong track record in fund creation, fundraising, portfolio oversight, or investor-facing investment leadership.
• Singapore fund management experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with MAS-regulated environments is highly preferred.
• Potential to be appointed as an MAS representative / Responsible Officer, where applicable, subject to regulatory and company assessment.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of fund structures, investment strategy, portfolio management, risk-return analysis, capital raising, investor reporting, and governance.
• Ability to assess real estate or alternative investment opportunities commercially and financially.
• Strong grasp of fund documentation, investor presentations, term sheets, due diligence materials, and investment committee papers.
• Able to work with lawyers, compliance consultants, tax advisers, trustees, administrators, auditors, and corporate service providers.

Personal Attributes

• Credible with sophisticated investors.
• Commercial, disciplined, and governance-minded.
• Strong enough to push back when a fund idea is weak, unclear, or not investor-ready.
• Able to work with founders, highly proactive, not a passive order-taker.
• Mature, polished, discreet, and resilient.

KPIs / Success Measures

• Number of viable fund products developed and approved.
• Capital raised and investor commitments secured.
• Quality of investor pipeline and conversion rate.
• Fund performance against mandate and investor expectations.
• Quality and timeliness of fund reporting.
• Compliance discipline and documentation quality.
• Strength of governance around fund launch and fund management.