Director/Vice President - Hedge Fund Administration - Bank

We are currently assisting a Premier Bank in Identifying Director / Vice President within their Fund Services Organization for their Global in-house captive in Hyderabad.

Company Overview :

- The client is one of world's pre-eminent hedge fund administrators and have over 30 years of experience in the provision of administration and other services to their hedge fund clients, many of whom are leading names in the industry. They offer a full range of fund administration services from strategic centers globally.

- They have been operating successfully and established themselves as the market leader in hedge fund administration. We offer a complete range of accounting, middle office administration, shareholder and corporate services to hedge funds and collective investment schemes. This position falls within the Fund Accounting Services.

Position Overview :

- Your role will encompass all facets of the calculation of net asset values on a variety of complex hedge funds. Managing a group of clients with your assistant vice presidents, your responsibilities will include;

Main Job Functions/Tasks :

- Performing the administration of and any services pursuant to administration agreements in respect of a portfolio of hedge fund clients;

- Review & sign-off of Net Asset Value calculations, financial statements and associated reports

- Reviewing/Authorizing payments and other transactions;

- Address and/or escalate all material issues affecting the NAV production process or client relationship in general to Senior Vice President in a detailed & timely manner

- Primary point of contact and escalation for the Year end process with respect to audit timelines, Financial Statement Preparation, Regulatory filings, Tax services, etc

- Primary point of contact and escalation for KPIs & KRIs on the client deliverables of the team

- Coordination & oversight for all facets of Organizational pipeline - includes New Business, migrations, organic changes including liquidations & resignations; monitor and escalate ingestion and progress of new clients, fund launches and on boarding of existing clients

- Identify Staffing/Training needs to efficiently manage pipeline; monitor requirements against actual while proactively engaging stakeholders to facilitate hiring and training requirements

- Work closely with stakeholders to maximize client profitability; monitor and report on resource management at client, individual and location level for Senior Management action

- Review and action on Operational MIS Reporting - reporting on Fund Operational Metrics, adherence to risk and best practice guidelines, turnover, productivity/efficiencies to name a few

- Acting as the senior representative, co-ordinate strategic and operational initiatives between FA Management/Global project teams and the Local Project Coordinators within each locations to achieve successful execution

- Develop & maintain strong relationships across organization to effectively facilitate FA strategies and goals

Education & Experience :

- Degree qualified in Accounting or Finance related area and/or studying for a professional accounting qualification

- 12-15 years of experience in Financial Services with high volume operational environment and/ or hedge fund industry

- Managing and/or leading staff for 8-10 years

- Excellent analytical, problem solving skills with high degree of attention to detail

- Strong interpersonal & communication skills

- Proficient in Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Power-point etc)

Competencies :

- Business Acumen

- Risk Management

- Execution & Implementation

- Decision making

- Continuous Improvement

- Client/Business Relationship Management

- Communication

- Developing working relationships

- Leadership & Presence

- Coaching and Developing others

- Drive for Results

- Resource & Talent Management

Should you have the relevant qualifications mandated above and are interested and feel free to give Kishore a call on +91 85530 23272.