We are looking for Sr candidate who would be leading entire Backoffice operations from Alternative Investment Fund industry.

- Serve as the founding hire and leader of a newly established reconciliations and operational control function, with full ownership to recruit, develop, and manage a team

- Design and implement a scalable operating model to support a global, fast-paced investment organization, including coverage, controls, escalation paths, and service-level standards.

- Own and oversee daily reconciliations; supervise issue investigation and resolution and ensure timely resolution of breaks.

- Establish performance management frameworks, including KPIs, quality metrics, and continuous improvement processes to measure team effectiveness and operational excellence.

- Partner closely with Technology to define requirements, design, test, and deploy system enhancements; improve existing workflows; and build new processes to streamline and automate reconciliations.

- Work closely with prime brokers, custodians, administrators, and other third parties to timely resolve breaks.

- Act as a senior escalation point for complex breaks, working directly with counterparties and internal stakeholders to drive resolution.

- Identify, prioritize, and deliver automation and straight-through-processing initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability, and control.

- Build strong partnerships across Trading, Compliance, Stock Loan, Legal, Risk, Financial Reporting, Tax, Regulatory Reporting, and Technology to resolve issues and enhance end-to-end operational outcomes.

- Embed a strong control mindset, ensuring processes meet regulatory, audit, and internal risk management standards.

WHATS REQUIRED?:

- Bachelors degree in finance, Business, Mathematics, or a related field (preferred)

- 15+ years of Operations experience within a hedge fund, asset manager, bank, or fund administrator, including demonstrated leadership and ownership of complex operational functions.

- Strong product knowledge across equities, futures, equity swaps, FX, derivatives, and fixed income instruments.

- Proven experience building, scaling, and managing teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.

- Advanced technical aptitude, with the ability to partner effectively with Technology and drive system and process improvements.

- Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to operate with urgency and sound judgment.

- Strong time management and prioritization skills in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.

- Highly detail-oriented, proactive, and self-directed, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

- Hands-on leader capable of operating at different organizational levels

- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.

- Advanced proficiency in Excel and the MS Office Suite.

- Commitment to the highest ethical standards.