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We help pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, and fund-of-funds transform how they manage and analyse their alternative investment portfolios across Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, and Private Debt.\nUsing AI and other data automation systems, we collect, extract, digitise, standardise, and harmonise investment data from fund managers (GPs) across all formats and sources, including fund portals, email, and direct uploads. Our clients access unified portfolio views through our software platform, APIs, and Excel add-ins.\nWe are an AI-forward business. AI assistants, automations, and modern data tooling are everyday parts of how we work, and we look for people who use them fluently as core tools rather than novelties.\nAt Allocator, our people and culture are at the heart of our success. We strive for excellence through innovation in a collaborative and agile environment and are always looking for great people to join us in building the next generation of data management and analytics solutions for the alternative investment industry.\nAbout the Role:\nAs a Senior Private Equity Fund Data Analyst at Allocator, you take ownership of our private markets data across global markets. The data team is the backbone of our business and works hand-in-hand with Customer Success, Product, and Technology to deliver the highest-quality data to our clients. We are an AI-forward team. Every analyst uses AI assistants and internal automations as part of their daily workflow to scale data quality, accelerate turnaround, and remove manual tasks.\nThis role is dedicated to supporting our growing US client base, and works on a US-aligned shift pattern of 14:00 to 22:00 Cape Town time. You will alternate this shift on a rotating cadence (3 days / 2 days, swapping the following week). During your shift you will join our Client Queries squad alongside owning your data work, monitoring the support inbox, triaging incoming tickets, responding to clients, and resolving issues within your area of expertise.\nYou will lead the final data sign-off stage for new funds, mentor junior analysts, and apply AI-assisted workflows to scale data quality without compromising accuracy.\nPrimary Job Responsibilities:\nWork a US-aligned shift of 14:00 to 22:00 Cape Town time on a rotating cadence (3 days / 2 days, swapping each week) to support our US client base\nJoin the Client Queries squad during your shift, monitoring the support inbox, triaging incoming tickets, responding to clients, and resolving queries within your area of expertise\nDetermine, monitor, and report on the quality of client private markets data\nEnsure data is delivered in a consistent format and aligned with onboarding arrangements\nOwn the final data sign-off stage for new funds before they go live to clients\nUse AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) and internal automations as core daily tools, applying them to capital activity processing, fund document extraction, validation, drafting, and accelerating Excel-heavy work\nMentor and train junior analysts, including reviewing their outputs, supporting career development, and coaching them on effective use of AI tooling\nCoordinate with Customer Success on shared issues between client delivery and data operations\nLiaise with internal Data, Product, and Engineering teams to ensure client deadlines and needs are met\nIdentify opportunities to expand AI-augmented workflows across extraction, classification, and validation, and partner with Engineering to implement them\nContribute to broader initiatives across the company and partner with international colleagues on next-generation data systems for private markets\nSkills and Qualifications:\nWillingness and availability to work a 14:00 to 22:00 Cape Town shift on a rotating cadence (3 days / 2 days alternating every other week)\n3 to 5 years of hands-on experience working with private markets data, ideally including time as a Private Equity Fund Accountant or in a Fund Operations role at a fund administrator or GP\nWorking knowledge of capital calls, distributions, NAV statements, and LP reporting cycles\nDaily working fluency with AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot), with comfort using them to parse fund documents, draft validation logic, accelerate Excel work, and handle non-standard queries\nConfident client-facing communicator; 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