BU Consultants is hiring for a global investment and technology development firm with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are looking for an experienced Manager / Senior Manager – Middle Office (Project Management) to lead operational projects supporting complex trading strategies and financial operations.
The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of the trade lifecycle, hedge fund operations, middle office functions, and project management, with the ability to translate operational challenges into scalable solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver middle office projects from requirement gathering through implementation and final sign-off.
- Manage project scope, solution design, testing, stakeholder coordination and delivery timelines.
- Work closely with trading desks, technology teams, operations teams and external vendors.
- Identify operational challenges and develop sustainable solutions that reduce manual effort and operational risk.
- Support the full trade lifecycle across multiple hedge fund asset classes.
- Handle manual exceptions and complex cases that fall outside automated workflows.
- Identify operational risks and design exception-handling processes for post-automation workflows.
- Build and improve workflows, dashboards and reporting tools to provide visibility into trading activity and operational performance.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution.
- Drive process improvements and operational efficiency across middle office functions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Postgraduate degree with 8+ years of relevant experience across the trade lifecycle, including middle office exposure.
- Solid understanding of trade lifecycle operations, including:
- Trade Capture
- Profit and Loss (P&L;)
- Security Master
- Settlements
- Corporate Actions
- Understanding of hedge fund asset classes and their trade lifecycle requirements.
- Demonstrated experience managing projects end-to-end across internal and external teams.
- Experience in project scoping, solutioning, testing, stakeholder coordination and sign-off.
- Strong risk management mindset and ability to anticipate operational exceptions and edge cases.
- Ability to design or contribute to operational dashboards, workflows and analytics.
- Excellent communication, organizational and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to interact effectively with senior management, front office teams, operations teams and vendors.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Experience with process automation and workflow optimization.
- Familiarity with Generative AI, LLM tools and their practical application in middle office operations.
- MBA or relevant postgraduate qualification.
- PMP or other project/program management certifications.
- Experience with operational transformation and post-automation exception management.
📌 Investment Operations Manager (India)
🏢 BU Consultants
📍 India
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