Head of FIT Operations - GCC

CO_AFATI Apex Fund Services LLP; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Training and development

Exposure to global delivery

Job summary

Apex Group is seeking a Head of FIT Operations – GCC to lead and scale the Fund Integration Team across India locations, ensuring consistent delivery, strong controls, and alignment with the future operating model. The role reports locally to the GCC Head of Client Onboarding and KYC with a dotted line to Global FIT heads.

You will oversee hiring in India, manage capacity planning with global counterparts, and drive process improvements in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in financial services fund industry with fund setups and implementation.
• Bachelor or Master in accounting, finance, economics.
• Experience managing large, multi-jurisdictional teams.
• Proven ability to source and build Indian market talent.
• Strong organizational, communication and client service skills.
• Experience with Open Ended, Closed Ended and Hybrid funds.
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic environment and solve problems.
• Experience with fund accounting and TA technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead FIT team across India locations with consistent delivery and strong controls.
• Scale team through growth and hiring to reach target operating model.
• Oversee recruitment in India and partner with Talent Acquisition.
• Coordinate with global FIT heads to plan capacity and pipeline.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and KPI reporting for automation initiatives.
• Drive process improvements and collaborate with AI/Automation teams.

Skills

Leadership

Team building

Fund accounting

Talent acquisition

Communication

Open/Closed/Hybrid funds

Problem solving

Process design

Self-improvement

Education

Bachelor / Master in accounting, finance & economics

Tools

TA technology platforms

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 We are currently looking for a Head of FIT Operations – GCC to lead and scale the Fund Integration Team (“FIT”) across the locations in India that support the global business of Apex Group Ltd. This is a leadership role reporting locally to the GCC Head of Client Onboarding and KYC but with a dotted reporting line to the Global Heads of FIT.

Job Specification:

• Lead the FIT team across the Indian locations, ensuring consistent delivery, strong processes and controls that drive the Group operating model.
• Scale the team through growth and alignment hires to fully transition FIT to the future state target operating model.
• Provide local oversight of all FIT team members in India.
• Flexible to travel between the locations in India on a periodic basis.
• Drive the consolidation of the team to three primary locations in India.
• Work the global heads of FIT to plan resourcing and capacity for pipeline.
• Oversee all FIT hiring in India, ensure a smooth partnership with the Talent Acquisition team.
• Maintain a close collegial relationship with the wider GCC heads and local senior management.
• Take responsibility for India FIT operational reporting to wider team heads.
• Produce timely KPI reports and metrics to monitor and show progress from automation initiatives.
• Identify and implement process improvement techniques to improve the process efficiency and team productivity.
• Partner with the automation / AI team to drive through and rollout new initiatives.
• Utilise market-leading technology and continually develop system requirements to meet regulatory needs, strengthen controls, drive efficiencies and improve the client experience.
• Ensure processes are clearly documented, including 4-eyes review, that enforce a clear audit trail tracking sign-off and handover to operations.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders in the organization and ensure tight deadlines are met for delivery and quality of work.
• Manage work allocation among the team and ensure back up and BCP plans are in place.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for the centralised model, including key operating procedures, inter-group service agreements, process flows, governance artefacts and control evidence.
• Build, coach and develop a high-performing team.

Skills Required:

• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, preferably gained in the financial services fund industry with a focus on fund setups and implementation.
• Bachelor / master's degree in accounting, finance and economics.
• Management experience, overseeing a large multi-jurisdictional team.
• Experience in sourcing the best talent in the Indian market and building a team.
• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills and a truly client servicing mindset.
• Having experience in understanding the Open Ended, Closed Ended and Hybrid Funds.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and strong problem solving skills.
• Experience with fund accounting and TA technology solutions and platforms.
• Good sense of teamwork as well as the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced work environment.
• Process design, improvement and change management experience.
• Committed to self‑improvement.

What you will get in return:

• Be part of a dynamic and fast‑paced team that makes a genuine impact on the success of the entire organisation.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse, agile and global delivery team.
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, cross‑jurisdiction.
• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business.
• Competitive remuneration in line with skills and experience.
• Training and development opportunities.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio‑economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences. We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet. For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit our CSR policy.

Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

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. Find out more about us.