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Mandate: Person should know how to work on the budgeting and forecasting model for a global entity / business, also have experience in cost allocation methodologies across portfolios / funds, should have high excel skills, Power BI knowledge is a bonus, should know to produce business review packs.
TITLE: AVP Strategic Finance
DEPARTMENT: Finance and Operations
Job Summary
Client is seeking an AVP based in India to lead execution across Strategic Finance, FP&A, and Corporate Accounting. This role serves as the primary India-based counterpart to U.S. finance and investment leadership and is responsible for translating U.S.-defined strategy, priorities, and operating standards into consistent, high-quality execution at scale.
The ideal candidate is a strong people leader and operational finance executive who combines analytical rigor with execution discipline. This role owns day-to-day delivery, enforces quality and controls, develops high-performing teams, and ensures finance operations are reliable, scalable, and decision-useful, supporting the efficient deployment, monitoring, and return of investor capital.
Core Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Execution Management
Lead managers and individual contributors across Strategic Finance, FP&A and Corporate Accounting
Own day-to-day execution, capacity planning, workload prioritization and on-time delivery
Establish clear performance standards, KPIs, and accountability mechanisms
Coach and develop managers and high-performing individual contributors
Partner with U.S. leadership on hiring plans, onboarding, and team growth
Strategic Finance & Analytics
Lead a Team Responsible For
Recurring financial, operational and investment reporting
Ad hoc analysis to support leadership
Support for budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes
Act as a quality-control and review layer before outputs are shared with U.S. stakeholders
Ensure analyses are accurate, clearly communicated, and decision-useful
Process Discipline & Continuous Improvement
Execute U.S.-defined Processes While Identifying Opportunities To
Improve efficiency and throughput
Reduce errors and rework
Strengthening documentation and controls
Cross-Border Communication & Stakeholder Management
Serve as the primary point of contact for India-based finance function
Provide Regular Visibility Into
Capacity, throughput, and delivery timelines
Operational risks and issues
Process stability and improvement opportunities
Communicate proactively across time zones
Escalate issues early with context and recommended actions
What Success Looks Like
India-based Strategic Finance, FP&A, and Accounting teams deliver consistently accurate, timely, and decision ready outputs with minimal rework
U.S. leadership has high confidence delegating critical finance and investment workflows without needing to closely manage execution
Teams operate with clear ownership, predictable capacity, and well understood priorities
Core reporting, analysis, and planning processes are standardized, well documented, and scalable
Financial analyses are trusted, clearly communicated, and routinely used in executive and investment decisions
Finance execution enables faster, more confident deployment and monitoring of investor capital
Required Qualifications
8-10+ years of experience in corporate finance or related roles within financial services, asset management, private credit, or similar environments
Proven experience managing teams
Strong background in strategic finance, analytics, or FP&A type functions
Demonstrated ability to execute U.S.-defined processes and priorities in a globally distributed organization
Experience working with external counterparties
Strong process orientation, with experience improving controls, documentation, and scalability
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly across time zones and seniority levels
Key Skills & Attributes
High attention to detail with the ability to manage complexity across multiple workstreams
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