AVP Strategic Finance - FP&A And Corporate Accounting

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