Head of Fund Integration Operations - GCC

Apex Group Ltd; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group Ltd invites a Head of FIT Operations – GCC to lead the Fund Integration Team across India, ensuring scalable delivery and robust controls. You will oversee hiring, capacity planning, and reporting while coordinating with global FIT leaders and local senior management.

The role requires building a high-performing team, implementing process improvements, and maintaining audit-ready documentation. Occasional travel within India is expected as part of the leadership remit.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience in financial services.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in accounting, finance and economics.
• Experience managing a large multi-jurisdictional team.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with a client focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the FIT team across India and ensure consistent delivery.
• Scale the team to the future operating model with aligned hires.
• Oversee FIT hiring in India and partner with Talent Acquisition.
• Travel periodically between Indian locations and coordinate globally.
• Drive consolidation of the team to three primary locations in India.
• Develop KPI reports and metrics; drive automation initiatives.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team building

Strong communication

Client servicing mindset

Problem solving

Fund accounting knowledge

Experience with multiple jurisdictions

Talent sourcing in India

Change management

Education

Accounting/Finance/Economics degree

Job description

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.
• Liaising with multiple stake holders in the organization and ensure the tight deadlines are met. 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.