Reports to: SVP, Finance  

Location: Chicago, IL

This role will be performed onsite in the Chicago office.

Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (“AJCP”) is seeking a Master Data Manager to ensure data integrity across our firm’s various databases and support its rapid growth across various investment platforms focused on the hospitality, mixed-use, and single-family rental sectors.

ABOUT AJCP

Adventurous Journeys ("AJCP") Capital Partners is a vertically integrated real estate investment manager founded in 2008. The firm repositions real estate to build timeless, scalable businesses and brand platforms. We deliver returns on transformative real estate by applying placemaking, inspired design, and hospitality principles to spaces overlooked or undervalued by traditional investment firms. The firm’s current portfolio includes $5.3 billion of assets across 100+ properties and 50+ geographic markets. With a mission to humanize hospitality through handcrafted projects made by people for people, AJCP delivers spaces that evoke emotional connections and become backdrops for enriching life experiences. Our headquarters are in Nashville, with offices in Chicago, London, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. For more information on AJCP, please visit www.ajcpt.com.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Master Data Manager will play a critical role in ensuring data integrity across our firm’s various databases and workstreams. Working closely with our accounting, finance, legal, tax, and transaction teams, this individual will lead the onboarding of new investments, loans, funds, and other entities as applicable into our legal, finance, accounting, and tax systems and databases, ensuring accurate and comprehensive data capture and management throughout the organization.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Data Management & Integrity

• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of master data across all legal, finance, accounting, and tax systems and databases.
• Including legal entity details, organizational document terms, loan and equity document terms, side letter terms, investor rosters, tax requirements, and other essential data points.

Onboarding New Investments & Cross Department Collaboration

• Collaborate with transaction, finance, accounting, and tax teams to gather and input data on new investments and funds, adhering to established data entry standards and protocols.
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure that master data supports business needs and complies with regulatory, accounting, and tax requirements.

Data Quality Assurance 

• Regularly audit data for accuracy and consistency.
• Identify and rectify discrepancies.
• Implement improvements to data validation processes.

Process Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain clear documentation of data standards, processes, and procedures to facilitate consistent and efficient data use and management.
• Stay updated on best practices in data management.
• Propose enhancements to improve data accuracy, efficiency, and reporting capabilities. 

WHO YOU ARE

AJCP is seeking a highly-motivated individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, but disciplined, entrepreneurial environment. The ideal candidate will be highly detail-oriented with a strong understanding of data management best practices within the investment or real estate industries. This role also requires the following capabilities: 

• Strong commitment to accuracy and consistency in data handling.
• Ability to analyze and resolve data discrepancies and identify trends or patterns within large data sets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 2+ years of experience in data management, preferably within real estate, private equity, or a related financial services field.
• Proficiency in data management software and systems (e.g., ERP systems, data governance tools, Excel, SQL) and experience with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and data validation processes.

Preferred 

• Knowledge of real estate or investment data structures, including legal entities, financing arrangements, and compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and data quality assurance techniques.
• Experience utilizing legal, finance, accounting, tax, customer relationship management, and data visualization systems, examples of which include but are not limited to hCue, Yardi, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday Adaptive Planning, and Power BI.

Equal Employment Opportunity: 

AJCP is an equal employment opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on an individual’s race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, reproductive health decision-making, sex, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. AJCP is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy in regard to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay, other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.