Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
This role is to lead the projects vertical within fund administration function, this vertical is responsible to drive strategic initiatives like system development & implementation, setting up operations for new business lines and operational process control & risk management.
Objectives of the role:
Primary responsibilities include:
- Leading a lean team responsible for system development & implementation on functional front involving system impact analysis, documentation & UAT.
- Act as a subject matter expert in investment operations and fund accounting domain. Leverage domain expertise to implement system solutions and setup business operations.
- Lead process automation initiatives in coordination with tech team using Business Intelligence and RPA tools. Independently identifying potential automation areas and leverage right tools to automate.
- Project management responsibility including project planning, execution and governance. Effective stakeholder management to ensure timely completion of project.
- Operational risk management adhering to the regulatory requirements. Identifying risk areas, review of process controls and periodic risk reporting.
- Business process re-engineering to make operations lean and automated yet maintaining adequate control checks
- Collaborate with technology team to design and implement solutions meeting business requirements.
- Effective project management and stakeholder communication.
- Adherence to risk management framework.
- Ensuring proper documentation of systems and processes. Thorough validation of systems before implementation.
Competencies needed:
- Strong domain knowledge of capital markets with focus on investment operations, regulatory compliances, and fund accounting. Understanding of financial market instruments - Equities, Derivatives, Debt, Mutual Funds etc.
- Leadership skills to drive success out of a lean team. Effective communication skills to lead conversations with senior stakeholders and vendors.
- Experience of writing functional specifications and testing systems in investment management domain.
- Prior experience of leading system integration projects.
- Solution oriented approach with ability to analyse and find systemic solutions for operational issues.
- Effective communication skills to deal with system vendors and other stakeholders.
- Proficiency in excel, with ability to deal with reconciliation of large data sets.
Years of Experience
- 10-12 Years of relevant industry experience
Educational Qualifications
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