Middle Office - Assistant Vice President
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Manage the team supporting a global premier investment management client by overseeing end-to-end trade lifecycle delivery, including trade capture, confirmation, settlement support, reconciliation, and corporate actions. Serve as the primary escalation point for internal and external clients, ensuring timely response to queries and resolution of trade exceptions with custodians and brokers. Lead strategic initiatives such as client onboarding, change requests, and transitions while driving high performance through mentoring and adherence to control standards and audit protocols. Proactively identify risk areas, conduct root cause analysis, and implement remediation plans alongside business continuity efforts. Collaborate with technology teams for system enhancements and deliver regular service reporting and governance decks.
Required Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of trade lifecycle management, reconciliations and settlements
- Broad and in-depth understanding of the asset management industry
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and proactive mindset
- Client centric attitude in managing, prioritizing and delivering operations and services
- Strong communication and presentation skills to audiences of different sizes and levels of seniority
- Good team working skills
- Commercial acumen
- Experience in leading and delivering operations in line with cost/budgets
- Ability to drive pay for performance and culture of performance differentiation within teams
- Strong understanding of the risk and controls environment within a G-SIFI firm
- Desire to embed a risk excellence culture across teams
- Executive presence, managing with influence and effective communication across stakeholder groups both regionally and globally
- Flexibility in working outside of your responsibilities and areas of expertise
- Taking accountability of end-to-end outcomes as an enterprise
- Collaborating across functions/business and locations
- Degree in finance, business, technology or equivalent or relevant industry experience
- In depth understanding of Middle Office operations or related financial services functions
- Proven experience in client communication and interaction at all levels
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, matrixed and global environments
- Experience in leveraging technology solutions including low-code tools
- Strong MS Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint skills
- Strong English written and spoken ability
Desired Qualifications
- Preferred hands on experience / working knowledge of Aladdin
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