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HarbourVest

Global private markets investment manager

Transfer Agency Oversight Associate

Full-Time
$85k - $95k+ Discretionary annual bonus
Junior, Mid
Bachelor's
Boston, MA, USA
HybridUp to 18 remote workdays per quarter, subject to manager approval.
Operations & Logistics

About the job

Requirements
  • Basic understanding of fund administration and transfer agency processes.
  • Prior experience working with external providers, including fund administrators, transfer agents, custodians, and intermediaries.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Attention to detail, organization, ability to multitask, and problem-solving ability.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
  • Assist with daily operational tasks related to transfer agency processes.
  • Support internal business teams to ensure the transfer agency process aligns with global operating model standards.
  • Attend meetings with transfer agents, distributors, and other parties as needed.
  • Serve as a point of contact for the transfer agent and HarbourVest operations teams.
  • Assist in calculating distributor and intermediary fees and coordinating payments.
  • Help maintain and update operating model documentation.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of private markets evergreen products.
  • Strong client service orientation.
  • Eagerness to learn and motivation to grow in a fast-growing environment.

About the company

HarbourVest Partners is a global private markets investment firm that manages private equity allocations through fund-of-funds, secondary investments, and direct investments in operating companies. Clients invest, and HarbourVest allocates capital across venture capital, leveraged buyouts, and other strategies via funds, secondaries, and direct co-investments, with access through commingled funds or separately managed accounts and fees consisting of ongoing management fees and potential performance fees. The firm differentiates itself with a globally scaled, integrated platform that combines multiple private equity channels and offers both pooled and bespoke account structures. Its goal is to make private markets accessible to a wide range of investors by providing flexible, multi-channel investment solutions.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$10.2B

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

1982

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What believers are saying

  • HarbourVest raised $2.4 billion for private-credit secondaries by September 2026.
  • HCF VII closed at $4.75 billion on July 10, 2026, exceeding its target.
  • Advent and HarbourVest agreed September 2026 to buy FNZ Bank, extending wealth-platform reach.

What critics are saying

  • HVPE still trades at a stubborn high-20% NAV discount despite 2026 buybacks and tenders.
  • Software repricing cut HarbourVest's Q1 2026 buyout benchmark to minus 1.6%.
  • Blackstone, Ardian, and Hamilton Lane attack HarbourVest's secondaries and private-credit evergreen franchises daily.

What makes HarbourVest unique

  • HarbourVest manages $165 billion AUM and spans primaries, secondaries, co-investments, and private credit.
  • Its Evergreen platform gives wealth clients institutional private-market access through one operating system.
  • Four decades of sourcing relationships make HarbourVest a preferred buyer for complex GP-led deals.

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Benefits

  • Hybrid Work Options

Company News

Yahoo Finance
Oct 27th, 2026
HarbourVest hires Peter Larsen from Hamilton Lane to head infrastructure distribution

HarbourVest Partners has appointed Peter Larsen as managing director and head of infrastructure distribution. The Boston-based private markets manager said the move reflects growing investor demand for infrastructure as a way to diversify private markets portfolios. Larsen spent more than 17 years at Hamilton Lane, most recently as managing director for real assets, leading capital formation across infrastructure and real estate. He was previously a partner at Atlantic-Pacific Capital, where he led fundraising and sales strategy. He will link the infrastructure investment team with HarbourVest's global investor relations group. HarbourVest launched its infrastructure platform in 2015. The firm manages more than $165 billion in assets as of June 30, 2026.

Markets Group
Oct 21st, 2026
Nest raises HarbourVest private equity mandate to over $2.5B from $950M

Nest, a UK defined contribution workplace pension scheme, has raised its private equity commitment to HarbourVest Partners to more than £2 billion, up from £750 million when the firm was appointed in 2022. The mandate invests through co-investments in about 60 private companies across 17 countries in North America, the UK, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Nine are UK-based. Nest has more than £3 billion in private equity, about 5% of its £68.4 billion in assets under management as of June 30. About £566 million of that is in UK private companies, including 9fin and Citation. HarbourVest led 9fin's latest $170 million funding round, which valued the company at $1.3 billion. "Private equity is a key component of our private markets strategy," said Elizabeth Fernando, Nest's chief investment officer. She said the aim is a more diversified portfolio for the scheme's more than 14 million members.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 16th, 2026
HarbourVest Partners hires Tony Ranaldi as managing director to lead private credit evergreen strategy

HarbourVest Partners has appointed Tony Ranaldi as managing director to lead portfolio management for its Private Credit Evergreen strategy. Based in Boston, Ranaldi will oversee portfolio construction, investment strategy, investment monitoring, liquidity and risk management for the firm's Private Credit Evergreen solutions. Ranaldi brings nearly three decades of investment experience in private credit, opportunistic credit and private equity. He joins from Sixth Street, where he served as a senior advisor sourcing and evaluating opportunities across private credit. Previously, Ranaldi founded Tucks Point Partners and held senior investment and portfolio management roles at Berkshire Partners and DDJ Capital Management. The appointment strengthens HarbourVest's Evergreen platform capabilities as the global private markets asset manager continues expanding its offerings for investors.

GFM Limited
Aug 19th, 2026
UC Investments sells $1bn private equity portfolio to HarbourVest.

UC Investments sells $1bn private equity portfolio to HarbourVest. * August 19, 2026 * - 9:28 am The University of California's investment office has sold around $1bn of private equity interests to secondaries specialist HarbourVest Partners, providing another sizeable transaction for a market that has seen discounts widen amid renewed pressure on private assets, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites unnamed people familiar with the matter as reeling that UC Investments, which oversees roughly $190bn across retirement, endowment and cash portfolios, began the sale process earlier this year. The portfolio changed hands at a discount of more than 10% and includes interests in software and other technology-focused buyout funds, the people said. Campbell Lutyens advised UC Investments on the transaction. UC Investments' latest annual report showed that its private assets had a market value of approximately $39bn as of mid-2025. Private equity accounted for slightly more than half of that exposure.

AltAssets
Aug 6th, 2026
HarbourVest hires DWS executive to expand private wealth coverage across Southern Europe.

HarbourVest hires DWS executive to expand private wealth coverage across Southern Europe. August 6, 2026 HarbourVest Partners has brought in former DWS executive Guido Lombardi as private wealth lead for France, Belgium, Luxe If you would like to access this article you must become a Premium Subscriber. Premium subscribers receive complete access to its daily breaking news, premium stories, weekly Fundraising & IR Review, Knowledge Bank and LP profiles - all which are accessible via its mobile platform.