Team Manager - Finance COE

Role Overview:

Opportunity to join a growing Finance Centre of Excellence supporting an international alternative investments group and Luxembourg investment structures. The Team Manager will lead a growing team of approximately 10 professionals and act as a key Finance COE counterpart for the Luxembourg team.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership & Delivery:

- Lead and coordinate a team of approximately 10 professionals and ensure consistent, timely and high-quality delivery.

- Drive workload allocation, prioritisation and capacity planning across the team, anticipating delivery risks and taking action where required.

- Act as the primary escalation point within the India Finance COE and provide clear visibility on priorities, issues and dependencies.

2. Accounting & Review:

- Maintain strong involvement in accounting reviews, annual accounts, complex reconciliations and other higher-risk finance matters.

- Review key accounting outputs for accuracy and completeness and support resolution of complex accounting queries and breaks.

- Provide technical guidance on intercompany and financing activities and ensure outputs are ready for onshore review.

3. Team Development & Quality:

- Set clear quality expectations and review standards across the team.

- Coach and develop team members, identify knowledge gaps and coordinate relevant training and knowledge sharing.

- Build team capability and accountability with the objective of increasing the Finance COE's independence over time.

4. Stakeholder Management:

- Act as a key counterpart for the Luxembourg team on delivery, priorities, capacity, quality and organisational matters.

- Proactively raise issues, risks and resource constraints and propose practical solutions.

- Coordinate effectively with onshore stakeholders and ensure clear ownership and follow-up of actions.

5. Organisation & Continuous Improvement:

- Help structure and strengthen ways of working as the Finance COE continues to grow, including roles, workflows, controls and process documentation.

- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and improve processes and team efficiency.

- Promote smarter ways of working and automation, including advanced Excel, Copilot, macros or other relevant tools, to support increasing volumes efficiently.

Candidate Profile & Skills:

- Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline. CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent professional accounting qualification is a strong plus.

- 8 - 10 years of relevant finance/accounting experience, ideally within fund administration, alternative investments, financial services, audit or a similar environment.

- Proven experience leading a team, coordinating workload and deliverables, reviewing work and developing junior colleagues.

- Strong accounting knowledge with practical experience in financial statement preparation/review and complex reconciliations.

- Previous exposure to Luxembourg entities (LuxCos) is highly desirable.

- Experience within private debt / credit / alternative investments is a strong advantage; exposure to intercompany financing instruments is highly desirable.

- Strong leadership, planning, organisation, prioritisation and review skills.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify issues, make decisions and drive resolution.

- Advanced Excel skills and a strong interest in process improvement and automation.

- Strong ownership mindset with a collaborative, hands-on and supportive leadership style.

- Proactive, well-organised and comfortable managing multiple priorities and stakeholders.

- Quality-focused and solution-oriented, with the ability to challenge constructively and drive accountability across the team.