Senior Manager Group Functions Support & Risk Oversight

FRI FIL India Business and Research Services Private Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity in India is seeking a Senior Manager – Group Functions Support & Risk Oversight to lead risk oversight for CFO and related functions, including Legal, Tax, and Shared Services. This permanent role requires strong stakeholder management and practical risk judgement.

You will partner with Finance, Accounting and Risk teams to identify, assess and mitigate risks, ensure controls are effective, and provide clear risk reporting to senior leadership. This role is based in Gurgaon, India.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capability; interpret data and prepare clear presentations.
• Proven experience engaging with cross-functional global stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills; autonomous and collaborative.
• Pragmatic and commercially aware approach to risk.
• Able to provide constructive challenge with sound judgement.
• Strong control mindset; ensure controls embedded.
• Experience in non-financial risk management is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support risk oversight across Group Functions, focusing on CFO vertical.
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting and related teams to assess risks.
• Review key controls and assist in escalation and resolution of risk issues.
• Translate risk information into clear insights and actions.

Skills

Risk & controls

Governance

Risk events & issues

Accounting controls

MI & reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory awareness

Analytical ability

Cross-functional collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Commercial risk mindset

Constructive challenge

Control mindset

Non-financial risk (FS)

Job description

Senior Manager – Group Functions Support & Risk Oversight

Job Type: PermanentApplication Deadline: 24 July 2026

Location: India (Gurgaon)

Reports To: AD – Group Functions Support & Risk Oversight (Amit Handoo)

Level Grade: 6 (Senior Manager)

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. By working together – and supporting each other – all over the world. Join our team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

About your team

The Risk team in Fidelity focuses on helping the business make better risk and resilience decisions, ensuring outcomes are aligned with our risk appetite and regulatory expectations. You will work within the risk team providing support and oversight to the Group Functions (Chief People Office, Chief Financial Office and General Counsel). The team partners closely with the General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer and Chief People Officer functions to identify, assess and manage risk and resilience in a pragmatic way, leaning in to understand emerging risks while supporting the development of practical, well controlled solutions. It plays an important role in providing constructive challenge where needed, helping ensure that risks are properly understood, decisions are well considered and outcomes remain aligned with our risk appetite and with regulatory requirements. It contributes to the development of Fidelity’s business and the protection of its clients, end investors and business interests through high quality risk oversight, guidance, assurance, training and insightful risk reporting.

About your role

The primary function of the role is to support the delivery of risk oversight across Group Functions, with a particular focus on the CFO vertical and additional support to General Counsel which in turn includes Legal, Risk, Compliance, Tax, Audit & Shared Services and CPO HR functions. The successful candidate will work with Finance, Accounting and related teams to understand business processes, assess operational and control risks, review the effectiveness of key controls, and support the timely identification, escalation and resolution of risk issues. The role requires a pragmatic risk mindset, strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to translate detailed risk information into clear insights and actions.

Competencies we are looking for

• Risk and control assessment

  Ability to identify and challenge risks and controls across accounting activities, including process design, control effectiveness, segregation of duties, data quality and system dependencies.

• Governance and oversight

  Experience supporting risk forums through quality materials, action tracking, escalation and evidence-based review of accounting-related risks, issues and events.

• Risk event and issue management

  Ability to assess accounting errors, near misses, control failures and remediation plans, ensuring root causes, impacts and closure evidence are clear.

• Accounting and financial control understanding

  Working knowledge of core accounting processes, including close, reconciliations, journals, accruals, intercompany, expense allocation and financial reporting risk drivers.

• MI, analysis and reporting

  Ability to produce meaningful risk MI and commentary using trends, KRIs, overdue actions, repeat issues and control indicators.

• Stakeholder engagement and challenge

  Confidence to work with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Procurement, Technology, Operations and Risk teams, applying constructive challenge and practical judgement.

• Regulatory and audit awareness

  Awareness of books and records, financial reporting controls, audit findings, regulatory dependencies and policy requirements.

Experience and Qualifications

• Strong analytical capability

  Ability to interpret data, prepare clear presentations and use AI-enabled tools to support efficient risk analysis and reporting.

• Proven experience engaging with cross-functional global stakeholders

  Across varying levels of seniority, including Finance, Accounting, Operations, Technology and Risk teams.

• Strong interpersonal skills

  Comfortable working both autonomously and in collaboration with others, building effective relationships across the business.

• A pragmatic and commercially aware approach to risk

  Willingness to lean in, understand the detail and identify risks, while also supporting the development of practical solutions.

• Able and comfortable providing constructive challenge

  Using sound judgement to know when to challenge, how to do so effectively and how to ensure the right outcome is reached.

• A strong control mindset

  Focused on ensuring that appropriate controls are considered, designed and effectively embedded.

• Highly desirable

  Experience in non-financial risk management within financial services, preferably supporting corporate functions or finance/accounting activities.