Fund Administration Manager
Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you led a team through a heavy filing season. What did you change afterward?
What they are checking: Whether they learn from peak periods and fix staffing or process instead of repeating the same crunch.
How do you develop compliance administrators into people who can run a client relationship on their own?
What they are checking: Whether they grow future leaders, which a fund administration manager is expected to do.
Tell me about a mistake that reached a client. How did you tell them and what changed afterward?
What they are checking: Whether they are honest about errors and fix the process, which matters a lot in client service businesses.
What would you do
A fund client calls upset because a financial statement deadline is at risk. How do you handle the call and the next 48 hours?
What they are checking: Whether they can calm a client with a concrete plan while fixing the cause inside the team.
You are the main contact when a regulator sends a request about one of your funds. How do you coordinate the response?
What they are checking: Whether they can organize accurate, timely answers across service providers without overstating or guessing.
How do you oversee outside service providers like auditors, legal counsel and transfer agents when you do not manage them directly?
What they are checking: Whether they can hold others accountable to timelines through clear expectations rather than authority.
How do you balance taking on new fund clients with protecting service quality for the ones you already have?
What they are checking: Whether they can speak up about capacity before quality slips instead of saying yes to everything.
About the work
Walk me through the SEC filings your team would handle for a fund over a year, and which ones carry the most risk of going wrong.
What they are checking: Whether they know the filing calendar, such as N-PORT, N-CEN and N-CSR, and where deadlines and data quality bite.
How do you manage fund expenses and accruals so the expense ratio stays accurate through the year?
What they are checking: Whether they understand budgeting, accrual true-ups and expense caps that directly affect shareholders.
What goes into a good Board of Directors reporting package, and how do you make sure it is right before it goes out?
What they are checking: Whether they see board materials as a governance record that must be accurate and readable, not just a data dump.
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