Senior Manager - Risk Oversight and Group Functions Support

Fidelity International; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Fidelity International seeks a Senior Manager to provide risk oversight for Group Functions, with emphasis on the CFO vertical and support to General Counsel, HR and Shared Services. You will collaborate with Finance and Accounting teams to assess risks, review controls, and ensure timely escalation of issues.

The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and deliver practical risk insights in a dynamic financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capability to interpret data and prepare clear presentations.
• Cross-functional engagement with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Procurement, Technology, Operations and Risk teams.
• Awareness of books and records, financial reporting controls and policy requirements.
• Experience in non-financial risk management within financial services is highly desirable.
• Ability to provide constructive challenge with sound judgment.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of risk oversight across Group Functions, focusing on CFO vertical.
• Review control effectiveness and assist in identifying and escalating risk issues.
• Translate risk information into insights and actions for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory awareness

Risk management

Control mindset

Constructive challenge

Education

Accounting/Finance background

Job description

Senior Manager Group Functions Support & Risk Oversight

About the Opportunity

Job Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: 24 July 2026

Job Description Title Senior Manager - Group Functions Support & Risk Oversight

Department: Risk

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. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, 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 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 Required skills

• Strong analytical capability, with the 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 and be comfortable working both autonomously and in collaboration with others, building effective relationships across the business.
• A pragmatic and commercially aware approach to risk, with a 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 and are 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.
• Accounting, finance or financial controls background, with an understanding of accounting processes, reporting risks and control expectations.

You will be

• Delivery focused, with the ability to manage priorities and follow through on commitments.
• Calm and professional when working under pressure or managing competing demands.
• Clear, confident and credible when engaging with senior stakeholders and challenging constructively.
• Organised, structured and able to prioritise activity effectively across multiple workstreams.

Feel rewarded For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

Experience Level Senior Level