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Job Title: Fund Accounting lead / Associate Vice President (COE)Location: Pune, WiproDepartment OperationsReporting to: Head of Governance & Control and India LeadAbout the customerThe customer is an FTSE-100 listed, FCA-regulated alternative asset manager with over 30 years' history, managing over $100bn of assets and investing across the capital structure. They provide flexible capital solutions to help companies develop and grow. We operate across four asset classes: Structured and Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Assets, and Credit. The business employs over 600 people in 15 countries around the world and is well positioned for growth and benefits from the long-term trend of increased demand for alternative investments.Position Summary:The role is based in Pune, India with Wipro which has set up a Centre of Excellence (COE) in partnership with customer and the role will be part of the Fund Accounting (operations) team at the COE.Reporting to the Head of Fund Governance & Control, you will lead a team of Fund Accounting Associates (COE) helping them to deliver their role. The role involves co-ordination and interaction with multiple stakeholders both internal and external to the customer, such as strategy leads, governance & control lead, Fund Administrators, Auditors, PLC Group Finance, etc.Primary Responsibilities:The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:Fund Accounting:- Lead and supervise a team of fund accountants, providing training, guidance, and performance feedback. - Ensure accurate and timely preparation of NAV calculations and financial statements for assigned funds. - Monitor compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements, including fund prospectuses and SLA agreements. - Serve as a point of escalation for complex queries and issues within the team. - Collaborate with the onshore counterpart to manage transitions and ensure seamless offshoring processes - Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency - Produce periodic reports on team performance metrics and client deliverables. - Oversight and high-level knowledge over several different strategies. - Assist in the annual financial statement production across designated Funds and support in managing the audit process and team’s delivery in line with KPI’s - Interaction with the Fund Administrators to ensure financial reporting is accurate and timely and reflects all relevant insight from the wider team. - Build strong working relationships with Fund governance and control team, strategy leads, operations and Group finance team - Support where needed in the capital activities (capital calls and distributions) with shadow calculations and first review of related information (calculations, notices, ILPA templates) produced by Fund Administrators - Back-up and cover will also need to be provided to other functional support areas within Operations or to other team members on an ad-hoc basis in any strategy - Monitoring India team KPI’s and monthly metrics /MI and take ownership in driving governance between Wipro and the customer on a regular basis - Drive the creation, review, and maintenance of SOPs for all key tasks in India team across strategies - Assist with Fund Administrator assessments and feedback including monitoring administrator delivery against SLAs and KPIs. - Lead the quarterly billing process for the fund accounting team members in COE as per the billing policy and provide resolution and timely escalations when needed - Keeping up to date with technical updates on accounting standards (primarily IFRS, US GAAP and Lux GAAP) and regulatory changes.Projects:- There will also be an opportunity to assist in projects involving new in-house systems and procedures.Key Requirements/ Qualifications:Essential:- CA/MBA or other equivalent qualification with at least 15 years of PQE - Extensive experience in either Fund Administration, Private Equity & Venture Capital, hedge funds and/ or accounting experience gained in an Asset Manager, Fund Administrator. - Very strong team leader who is happy to work in a collegiate and consultative manner. - Strong knowledge of private or hedge fund structures and reporting issues. - Conscientious with excellent attention to detail. - Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, and strong PowerPoint. - Prior experience of managing a high performing team comprising of CA/CFA/MBADesirable:- Good understanding of carry structures and waterfalls. - Technical knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP and Lux GAAP. - Understanding of financial instruments across the capital structure. - Experience of complex private equity fund performance measurement and reporting matters.Individual Profile:- Highly self-driven and motivated individual. - Excellent communication and presentation skills - Experience with people management and working with multiple stakeholders - Confident and strong communicator, with advanced interpersonal skills. - Technical mindset with a positive, flexible and ‘can do’ attitude and ability to deliver under pressure. - Responsible for timely reporting and escalation of issues that impact delivery onshore - Identifies potential risk areas – people, process delivery that can impact operations outcome - Participate and provide thought leadership in Wipro – and onshore relationship, Pune to the India lead including driving optimization of quality skills, productivity, performance - Promote a culture of continuous improvement and have innovation mindset to bring efficiencies