JPMorgan WM Solutions – Alternatives Fund Management Vice President 

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai 

810647208

As aVice President,Alternatives Fund Management, youwill serve as a primary point of contact for the AFM India team for our internal partners and stakeholders. The team is primarily based in Mumbai and interacts with global counterparts based in New York and London. In this position, you will be responsible for providing fund management coverage for our suite of Alternatives offerings for the Global Private Bank.

Job Responsibilities:

• Onboarding of new funds through the review of fund offering materials, fund bank account opening, setup with the fund administrators, and preparation of fund budgets.
• Review and sign off of fund NAV packages, associated financials and investor allocations, cash management, review of unaudited/audited financial statements and ensure accurate &timely filing of tax returns and compliance with tax regulations
• Oversee and direct the capital events process for private equity finds and subscriptions and redemptions for hedge funds and multi-asset funds.
• Directly engage with the global team and our third party fund administrators on a day-to-day basis to discuss deliverables, accounting issues, and work through reporting and valuation.
• Prepare and review regulatory filings or data used for regulatory reporting.
• Participation in the monitoring of our third-party service providers, and preparation of board meeting materials.
• The position will entail significant interaction and coordination with third party fund administrators, independent auditors, depositaries, and tax preparers to ensure that the funds’ day-to-day financial operations run smoothly.
• You will need to be hands-on, develop/ deepen in-depth subject matter expertise with the responsibilities for the team, as well as guide the junior resources on the team with functional nuances.
• Identification and hiring appropriate talent with varying experience levels, staffing the team appropriately and managing them both individually and as a collective team – setting goals, monitoring progress and offering ongoing career guidance.
• Responsible for Business Development – Apply business / product / process understanding to identify opportunities to build depth in the function, move up the value chain from a complexity standpoint and work towards end-to-end ownership of appropriate tasks
• Strategic Oversight of team coverage as it relates to structure, controls, resiliency and create various mechanisms/metrics to measure operational effectiveness of the team.
• Stakeholder management – effective communication and regular status reporting to key business stakeholders
• Ensure consistency and process efficiencies across the team and identify opportunities for process improvements; Analyze existing capabilities and identify priority gaps and opportunities.
• Lead and be the catalyst for change as requirements and priorities shift as we progress from planning to execution.
• Encourage and drive collaboration with related functions/groups supporting this business locally and globally to drive integration and efficiency.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• CPA/CA with 10+ years of fund management experience for Private Equity and/or Hedge Funds
• Partnership accounting (capital or unitized) experience is a must.
• Strong practical understanding of private equity and hedge fund mechanics
• Experienced people manager adept at working in matrix organization and managing dynamic high performing teams.
• Confident and skill to think strategically, develop solutions, and present recommendations to business leaders.
• Superior judgment and discretion working with both confidential and sensitive information.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead by example and ability to think outside-of-the-box to address complex issues.
• Strong problem-solving skills, detail oriented with the ability to understand multiple perspectives, identify and negotiate solutions across the organization.
• Exceptional consensus building and influence skills, possesses the ability to achieve a common understanding and agreement across groups with differing perspectives.