Country Head - France

CO_AGSFS Apex Fund Administration (France); Paris; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group is seeking a Country Head, France to lead operations, set strategic direction, and ensure high-quality client service across all French activities. The role focuses on growth, governance, risk management, and financial performance, reporting to regional leadership, and coordinating with global teams.

Fluent French and English are required, with extensive financial services experience. This is a full-time, on-site leadership role based in France.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in financial services or fund administration.
• Proven track record leading a country platform with growth and client service focus.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to build relationships with clients, intermediaries and partners.
• Excellent knowledge of French financial services regulation and AML standards.
• Fluent in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for Apex Group in France and drive sustainable growth.
• Oversee governance, risk management, and operational excellence across the French platform.
• Develop and maintain senior client relationships and drive revenue growth.

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic growth

Client relationship mgmt

Governance & risk

AML & regulatory knowledge

French & English fluency

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Country Head, France Description

The Country Head, France is the senior executive leader for Apex Group's operations in France, responsible for setting the strategic direction of the business, driving growth, strengthening client relationships, and ensuring strong commercial and operational performance. The role provides senior leadership across the French platform, working closely with regional and global stakeholders to deliver sustainable growth, effective governance, and high-quality client service. Reporting to the Regional Head, South & East Europe, the Country Head will focus on strategic oversight, business development, financial performance, client growth, and the alignment of the French business with Apex Group's regional and global priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Governance Provide senior leadership for Apex Group's French business, ensuring clear strategic direction, effective execution and alignment with Group priorities. Develop and execute the France strategic plan, with a strong focus on growth, market positioning, client retention and commercial opportunities. Ensure effective governance, risk oversight and operational control frameworks across the French business, working with relevant functional specialists as required. Build a high-performance, commercially focused and client-centric culture aligned with Group strategy.
• Strategic & Operational Oversight Oversee the delivery of services across the French platform, ensuring operational resilience, high standards of client service and effective collaboration across business lines. Ensure appropriate oversight of client acceptance, risk management, AML, regulatory obligations and technical matters through the relevant qualified specialists and internal control functions. Act as the senior country sponsor for strategic initiatives, operational priorities, client escalations and cross-functional coordination in France.
• Commercial & Financial Performance Lead the France growth strategy, identifying market opportunities, developing the commercial pipeline and supporting new business initiatives. Build and maintain senior relationships with key clients, prospects, intermediaries, advisers and strategic partners to enhance Apex Group's market presence in France. Hold overall responsibility for budget delivery, revenue growth, profitability, margin management and financial performance of the French business.

Candidate Profile

• Senior leadership experience in financial services, corporate services, fund administration, professional services or a related commercial environment.
• Proven track record of leading a business or country platform, with accountability for strategy, growth, client service, people leadership and financial performance.
• Strong commercial acumen, with demonstrated ability to develop client relationships, originate opportunities, support sales activity and convert growth plans into measurable results.
• Good understanding of French financial services, corporate governance, fund administration, AML and regulatory frameworks, with the ability to work effectively with technical specialists.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance growth, profitability, governance, operational delivery and risk oversight.
• Fluent in French and English.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We're a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we're inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you'll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We're a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We're expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We'll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We're a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We're expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We'll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We'll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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