Investor Service
Position Summary
A leading global financial services organization is looking to hire a Investor Services to lead a strategically important global investor operations and servicing function.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership and play a key role in supporting the organization's growth agenda, strengthening global operating capabilities, and building a high-performing leadership organization.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute the strategy for a large-scale global investor operations function.
- Lead operations across multiple locations, teams, and service lines.
- Build scalable operating models and infrastructure to support continued business and client growth.
- Drive operating model transformation, process improvement, automation, and efficiency initiatives.
- Partner with executive leadership on strategic priorities and organizational growth.
- Establish strong governance, performance management, and service delivery frameworks.
Client & Stakeholder Leadership
- Act as a senior relationship owner for strategic clients and key stakeholders.
- Build trusted partnerships with sophisticated investment firms, institutional clients, and senior internal stakeholders.
- Ensure high-quality service delivery and consistent achievement of service standards and operational commitments.
- Lead complex client onboarding, transitions, migrations, and operational change initiatives.
- Manage senior-level escalations and strengthen long-term client relationships and retention.
Global Operations & Service Delivery
- Oversee investor onboarding, due diligence, account and record maintenance, transaction processing, and investor-related operational activities.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality delivery across global teams.
- Drive consistency and standardization across processes, locations, and service lines.
- Establish and strengthen quality assurance, operational governance, and control frameworks.
- Ensure operational infrastructure can scale effectively with client and business growth.
Risk, Governance & Compliance
- Strengthen operational controls, governance, and risk management frameworks.
- Partner closely with Compliance, Legal, Risk, and Audit teams.
- Ensure appropriate oversight of due diligence, documentation, controls, and operational processes.
- Proactively identify operational and business risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Support internal and external audits, client reviews, and regulatory initiatives.
Talent & People Leadership
- Build, lead, mentor, and develop high-performing leadership teams.
- Create a culture of accountability, ownership, client centricity, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Drive succession planning, leadership development, and capability building.
- Establish clear performance expectations and accountability frameworks.
- Develop future leaders and build organizational capability to support long-term growth.
Technology & Transformation
- Champion digital transformation and modernization of global operations.
- Drive automation and technology-enabled process improvements.
- Partner with Technology and Product teams to improve operational platforms and client experience.
- Leverage data, analytics, and management information to improve decision-making and service quality.
- Identify opportunities to improve scalability, reduce manual dependency, and enhance operational efficiency.
Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for a senior financial services leader with:
- Significant experience leading large-scale global operations within financial services.
- Strong exposure to investor operations, fund services, alternative investments, or complex financial operations.
- Experience leading multi-location and geographically distributed teams.
- Demonstrated success in managing senior clients and executive stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of operational risk, governance, controls, and regulated environments.
- Experience building scalable operating models and leading business transformation.
- Strong people leadership and a proven ability to build and develop senior leadership teams.
- Experience driving automation, technology adoption, and operational transformation.
Recruitment Notice
โDue to high interest, our team connects only with candidates whose profiles closely match the role mandate.โ
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