Operation manager-Fund Accounting

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
• Strong experience in AIF regulatory reporting and GIFT City/IFSC compliance.
• Hands-on experience in NAV, fund accounting, investor onboarding and KYC/AML.
• End-to-end fund operations with experience managing Trustees, auditors and regulatory stakeholders.

ABOUT THE CLIENT
Our clients provides services fund administration, fund accounting, investor onboarding, and regulatory compliance services to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and their managers across India, GIFT City, the UAE, Singapore, and Mauritius.

JOB ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Own regulatory compliance and reporting for India-domiciled AIFs and GIFT City (IFSC)
• structures — SEBI Activity/Asset Reports, Quarterly Activity Reports, IFSCA FME reporting, and other periodic filings — ensuring accurate, on-time submission.
• Track changes in SEBI AIF Regulations, RBI/FEMA requirements, and IFSCA (GIFT City)
• circulars, translating them into updated checklists and filing calendars ahead of deadlines.
• Coordinate with external legal, tax, and compliance advisors and statutory auditors to close out TDS, GST, and other regulatory filings across the fund book, resolving gaps proactively.
• Act as the primary point of contact for fund Trustees, ensuring reporting obligations, consents, and KMP updates are tracked to closure without follow-up chasing.
• Maintain working command of each fund's PPM, trust deed, contribution agreement terms,
• keeping drawdowns, distributions, and fee calculations consistent with documentation.
• Lead statutory and regulatory audits end-to-end — SEBI, RBI, IFSCA, or any other regulator —
• from information requests through closure of findings.
• Own investor onboarding compliance: reviewing KYC/AML checks and contribution agreements,
• so onboarding packs meet regulatory requirements before capital is accepted.
• Manage investor communication — drawdown notices, capital calls, distribution notices, and
• periodic reporting — keeping content consistent with each fund's PPM commitments.
• Oversee fund accounting across the portfolio — NAV computation, capital account maintenance, distributions, and expense allocation — reviewing trial balances and reconciliations before they reach funds, trustees, or auditors.
• Drive adoption of the fund accounting tool (ETON) and supporting systems, including openingbalance migration and parallel runs against legacy records.
• Supervise and mentor the Bangalore fund administration team, allocating workload across India-Singapore-, and UAE-serviced funds.
• Maintain operations and compliance trackers, run structured reviews, and escalate risks or filing delays early with a clear plan to close them.

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE
• 8+ years in fund administration, fund compliance, or AIF operations, with hands-on exposure to SEBI AIF Regulations and, ideally, RBI/FEMA and IFSCA/GIFT City requirements.
• Proven experience preparing or reviewing SEBI AIF Activity Reports, Quarterly Activity Reports, or equivalent filings, gained at an AIF, fund administrator, custodian, or compliance advisory firm.
• Strong knowledge of investor onboarding compliance — KYC, AML checks, and contribution
• agreement review.
• Solid grounding in fund accounting, NAV computation, capital accounts, distribution waterfalls,and expense allocation.
• Comfortable applying PPMs, trust deeds, and contribution agreements to daily operations.
• Experience liaising directly with Trustees, RTAs, custodians, auditors, and external
• legal/compliance advisors.
• Exposure to multi-jurisdiction fund structures, India, GIFT City/IFSC, Singapore, and/or UAE
• highly valued.
• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Law, or Finance; CA/CS/CFA or a postgraduate degree is an
• advantage.
• Proficient in MS Excel; comfortable with fund accounting systems and tools such as Notion.
• Excellent written and verbal English, including experience drafting investor-facing
• communication.
• Strong ownership mindset, comfortable working across time zones with UAE- and Singaporebased stakeholders.

OTHER DETAILS
Reporting To: Delivery Head – India
Industry Target: Finance
Work Model Arrangement: Onsite