Description

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and prioritization for Operations & Controls platforms.
• Lead product discovery by understanding business problems, operational workflows, and stakeholder requirements.
• Partner with Back Office Operations, Controllers, Finance, and Technology teams to improve operational processes.
• Drive modernization initiatives in fund control accounting workflow automation, and operational reporting.
• Build and manage the product backlog, define user stories, and prioritize features based on business value.
• Coordinate delivery across engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery progress.
• Promote transparency and effective stakeholder communication throughout the product lifecycle.
• Identify practical opportunities where AI and automation tools can improve productivity, decision-making, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure solutions meet governance, audit, and operational control requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Senior Business Analyst within Financial Services.
• Strong experience supporting Back Office Operations, Fund Controllers, and Finance Operations.
• Has fund accounting domain literacy, hands-on exposure to at least one fund accounting/admin platform, exception management
• Experience building or enhancing corporate back-office platforms and operational systems.
• Demonstrated experience translating fund control requirements — NAV integrity, cash/position break resolution, and controller sign-off workflows — into product specs and acceptance criteria that satisfy audit and governance standards.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to manage product roadmaps, planning, prioritization, and execution.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini) and understanding of where AI can improve operational workflows. Hands-on AI solution development is not required.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering teams and understand modern software delivery practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with platforms such as Geneva/SS&C, Eagle, Advent, Paxus, or similar fund accounting and operations systems.
• Experience working with fund administrators or investment operations teams.
• Experience with Agile product delivery.
• Exposure to workflow automation, cloud platforms, or modern enterprise applications

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree