Principal - Trade Operations
On-siteMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Job Summary
Lead strategic oversight and transformation across Trade Support, Bank Debt Operations, Regulatory Reporting, and Treasury Shared Services in India. Partner with global functional heads to redesign workflows, implement AI and automation solutions, and optimize operating models for scale. Serve as a senior operational advisor to investment teams entering new markets, ensuring robust controls, risk management, and process improvements across complex asset classes. Build high-performing teams, define career pathways, and establish the India hub as a center of excellence for intelligent process design while collaborating closely with counterparts in New York and London.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate/master's degree/Chartered Accountant with focus in Operations/Finance/Accounting would be preferred
- 18+ years of relevant Operations experience
- at least 5 years in a senior leadership role overseeing multiple teams or functions within a global financial institution or alternative asset manager
- Demonstrated experience leading transformation initiatives: operating model redesign, automation implementation, or AI/data adoption within an Operations context
- comfort with ambiguity and driving change in complex, matrixed organizations
- Strong work ethic and shows initiative and deep desire to learn and strengthen individual skill set
- Solution oriented with ability to effectively prioritize workload
- Someone who encourages creativity, and continuous improvement
- Must be detail oriented, organized, and can work independently and as part of a team in a fast paced, deadline driven, high-risk environment
- Deep Knowledge of Credit, Fixed Income, Derivative, Equity, OTC securities
- Experience with AI tools like Claude, Open AI etc
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