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Principal, CPS India Lead

NESCO

Our Company is actively recruiting a highly motivated individual to join our Client & Product Solutions (“CPS”) team as Chief Operating Officer and Regional Business Lead for India.

In this multi-faceted role, the individual hired will be a key leader as we continue to build and scale Mumbai as a strategic asset for the CPS business and broader firm. In partnership with both the Our Company and CPS COO teams, this individual will play a critical role in the management and operations of the CPS Mumbai (“CPSM”) team, while also acting as a thought partner and key player in driving the COO team’s strategic initiatives in the Region.

• Drive Communication/Connectivity Across Regions:
• Serve as a member of Our Company; Ensure communications and pertinent updates at India Enterprise level are disseminated effectively to the CPSM Team.
• Develop expert level understanding of the CPS business (e.g., strategic objectives, global growth plans/priorities, business overviews, etc) in order to represent interests/strategies effectively.
• Partner closely with various Enterprise Solutions teams (Compliance, Human Capital, COE Mumbai, etc) for region-specific messages and follow up.
• Develop deep, trusted relationships with CPSM employees and global managers.
• Team Strategy & Execution:
• Support business leaders in aspects of team strategy to help drive efficiencies, scalability, technology and best practices.
• Act as a thought partner and advisor to CPSM employees and global managers alike. Evaluate and champion the CPS team’s strategic priorities in India. This will include partnering with Global Leads on a variety of issues/challenges.
• Team Management: Lead and manage a team of junior COOs focused on CPS, based out of India (~4 FTEs). In addition, serve as primary or secondary manager for CPS Director level vertical leads. Provide oversight and leadership to CPSM team broadly, and maintain close connectivity with each global business lead across COO, DDE, DCR, Product Management, etc.
• Champion Culture:
• Partner with CPSM Leadership Team to lead efforts on culture, including but not limited to: Team building, cross-training, organizing/leading regular meetings, coordinating social events, citizenship/benevity efforts.
• Project Management: Manage and drive key strategic projects and initiatives for the COO team in Mumbai.
• Drive Operational Efficiency: Apply a disciplined, rigorous approach to all aspects of team operations.
• Proactively identify areas that would benefit from additional process/procedure/discipline and bring the right people together to determine and implement solutions.
• Establish a framework and protocols for communication and execute across the CPSM team.
• Execute on ad hoc requests from senior management; examples include preparing communications, strategy updates and reporting.
• Manage aspects of day-to-day operations (e.g., team communications, seating, org charts, team best practices, etc)
• Act as centralized resource for office visit coordination to/from Mumbai. Help stakeholders understand visa situations/processes, etc. where needed.
• Financial Management:
• Active contributor to the annual planning and budgeting processes (comp and non-comp) with a focus on the India Region.
• Partner with Human Capital and Global COOs on management of recruitment budget as well as headcount planning and prioritization.
• Responsible for functional forecasting to ensure ongoing cost efficiency.
• Meeting Coordination & Management: Oversee the organization, content creation and follow up for CPSM team meetings (local and global)
• CPS Ambassador: A key element of the role is to understand and represent CPS at the India Enterprise level.

• 17+ years of prior experience within an investment bank, alternative asset management firm or other high caliber institution
• Critical thinker with strong quantitative and analytical skills who expresses their thoughts and ideas clearly both in oral and written communications.
• Team player and relationship builder with proven ability to work across business lines.
• Outstanding project management skills and excellent operations and analytical acumen
• Superior people management and leadership skills
• Deep, proven ability to influence stakeholders.
• Strong relationship building skills. Must establish self as credible and trusted partner amongst a wide variety of global stakeholders.
• Proactive and organized self-starter with a positive attitude, demonstrated work ethic, strong attention to detail and advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to operate in complex environment with multiple stakeholders across the platform.
• Bachelor’s degree required/Advanced degrees optional.

Principal, Enterprise Data Lead

Enterprise Data Organization

Mumbai (NESCO)

Our Company, is searching for a Principal, Enterprise Data Lead, to join its Enterprise Data Organization. The successful candidate will demonstrate a passion and curiosity for data in a leadership role and will demonstrate extensive experience working with similar financial services firms. As Principal, you will support the overall efforts to transform AGM into a data driven organization. Specifically, you will help to continue our journey to influence our data culture and establish best practices in our data evolution. You will be engaged in executing the Enterprise Data Strategy and associated data initiatives, designed to improve data across the organization. You will lead and support the execution of enterprise data projects leading to measurable business value and positive ROI.

• Champion the adoption and execution of the Enterprise Data Strategy to continue our data journey.
• Embrace and support the execution of the Enterprise Data Roadmap.
• Become a key partner within the Enterprise Data Organization to support global data initiatives.
• Lead the Enterprise Data Team in Mumbai and evolve the data capabilities of the team to support the enterprise data journey.
• Exhibit a general curiosity and inquisitive nature towards data to help solve business challenges.
• Mandate to partner with functional business leaders in Mumbai, and globally, to improve data quality and accessibility generating tangible business value.
• Be the authoritative voice of data in Mumbai to drive cultural change to ensure data is viewed as a critical asset within the organization.
• Evangelize and support the development of firmwide Data Products.
• Create business value by establishing data self-service capabilities through data visualization tools e.g. data dashboards.
• Experience establishing data self-service capabilities, including consumer dashboards, to deliver business value.
• Exposure to data-modeling and data-prototyping to shape and deliver firmwide data products.
• Ensure execution of local data projects and initiatives have a measurable, positive ROI.
• Transform and liberate data to become a trusted accessible asset for the firm.
• Advocate to implement data governance and data quality capabilities to improve data across the organization.
• Drive the implementation of data best practices, with a metrics driven approach to improve the overall data health.
• Establish cross functional partnerships to identify opportunities to enhance our business processes front-to-back to improve our data supply chain.
• Evolve the data reporting, data automation and self-service capabilities for our business domains and critical business functions.
• Set the standard for data quality within AGM and supporting business functions.

• 18+ years of experience in financial or consulting industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, or related discipline, MBA and CFA preferred.
• Experience with establishing and supporting Enterprise Data Strategies and data transformation initiatives within a fast-paced, dynamically growing organization.
• Experience working within an Enterprise Data Function or Chief Data Office (CDO) team.
• Experience managing a data book of work to support the execution of an Enterprise Data Roadmap
• Experience in data governance and data-related process re-engineering and data transformation in the investment management industry.
• Strong knowledge of data-driven processes, data products, data technologies
• Experience managing and supporting data in a control’s environment with key investment management functions.
• Experience establishing data self-service capabilities through data visualization tools including consumer dashboards.
• Experience with data-modeling and data-prototyping to shape and deliver firmwide data products.
• Track record of leading data quality initiatives across business and technology functions.
• Strong ability to influence, shape and improve the data landscape.
• Experience building and evolving a new data team/function and establishing data capabilities.
• Exposure to complex investment management infrastructure and landscape.
• knowledge of financial instruments (e.g., fixed income, alternative investments, equities and derivatives).
• Risk management and risk reporting & governance experience (e.g. portfolio risk assessment, quantitative risk analysis, derivatives and hedging strategies) is a plus.
• Expert problem solver with the ability to identify and triage data issues and drive tactical and strategic solutions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with partners and peers at all levels of the organization.
• Extensive experience to navigate skillfully within a matrix organization.

Transformation Management India Lead

Nesco Mumbai

At Our Company, we’re a global team of alternative investment managers passionate about delivering uncommon value to our investors and shareholders. With over 30 years of proven expertise across Private Equity, Credit and Real Estate, regions and industries, we’re known for our integrated businesses, our strong investment performance, our value-oriented philosophy – and our people. The Global Transformation Management team works across Our Company focusing on strategic advisory, project management, and process improvement across the organization. We partner cross-functionally – and across regions – to enable the firm to successfully execute key strategic initiatives, to problem solve for complex objectives, and to provide expertise and resourcing for program/project management and process assessment/improvement.

Our Company is seeking a Transformation Management India Lead to join us as we seek to evolve our India organization from a shared services center into a source of transformation, scale and independent owner and driver of key processes and business initiatives for the Firm. This position will lead change management programs for large-scale projects impacting wider business processes, systems, technology, operational readiness and work collaboratively to deliver innovative and insightful solutions by designing change management strategies and approaches. A key area of focus is to ensure Our Company is building the core capabilities required from our India and APAC region to support our strategic (“5 yr”) business plans as articulated to our investors, regulators and external analysts. In this regard, the lead of this function will work closely with the Head of the India Office, senior executives across the region, as well as with global Enterprise Solutions and business leads to ensure close connectivity.

• Develop Strategic Transformation Book of Work – working with key Senior Stakeholders across the region, global business, and Global Head of Transformation to curate a high impact program of transformation activity geared to creating massive, durable scale from our India office. This will range from opportunistic strategic transactions through functional business process change opportunities.
• Measure Success: Develop and monitor scorecards and other tools to measure success of all transformation initiatives tied to, as needed, technology investments.
• Execution Excellence – timely completion of programs, clearly articulated benefits tied to financials and risk management, insightful analysis, pushback”/debate with stakeholders to ensure best outcomes.

• Accountable for leading and aligning large, strategic cross-departmental/ functional change initiatives across the region and enterprise.
• Identify and monitor risks and challenges and work with impacted stakeholders to mitigate risks, identify barriers, and develop strategies to remediate resistance.
• Act as an inspiring thought leader in the region to develop plans and strategies for execution which requires significant change to business processes, behavior, and culture.
• Employ proven methodologies and best practices to ensure consistent and repeatable change management approaches are embedded in programs and projects including ensuring the most robust, durable controls are implemented as part of any business process change, in alignment with global standards.
• Develop strong relationships across the regional organization with sponsors, business leaders, project managers and change champions at all levels.
• Build and lead the India Transformation Management center of excellence, managing the book of work and strategically deploying the team to their highest and best value for the organization.
• Work closely with technology leads, Global Head of Transformation, and global partners to ensure alignment across all significant change programs.

• 18+ years’ experience driving transformation in change management, organizational development, technology solutions, program management and consulting. (Financial Services exp required as well as rigorous academic profile)
• Exceptional leadership and management capabilities including conflict management and strong interpersonal skills and high gravitas
• Ability to work strategically as well as project/program delivery level, developing and implementing Transformation approaches across a complex organization
• Dedication to fostering an inclusive culture and value varied perspectives
• Strong quantitative/analytical skills and attention to detail – experience in developing data driven management metrics, KPI’s, OKR’s, etc
• Intellectual curiosity and comfort with ambiguity and complex challenges; adaptable and flexible in approach recognizing Our Company’s unique marketplace positioning
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead conversations and create stakeholder engagement across an organizational hierarchy
• Strong demonstrated ability to develop work plans, articulate complex issues, analyze data and structure information

Head (Legal and Compliance)

Full-time remote role requires occasional travel to Hyderabad

• Draft the vendor and customer contracts pertaining to GEI as per the requirements of the company.
• Review contracts or any other documentation where the GEI has committed itself and assess legal implications and recommend mitigation strategy.
• Prepare, review, modify, negotiate contractual instruments to assist and support various business activities.
• The scope of documents includes the MSA with stakeholders and Vendors, real estate, administration, recruitment, marketing, international customer, Information Technology, finance, non disclosure agreements etc.
• Record Keeping of all the legal documents in a systematic order.
• Interpretation of clauses of the Agreements and risk assessment as when necessary.
• Key contact between the UK Legal Team and the company for an efficient management of contracts and various other Legal Compliances.

• Work closely with HR on the Employment law and Labour Law Compliance and Reporting to the Management.
• Dealing with HR issues like POSH Cases.
• Dealing and assisting on the litigation and disputes pertaining to employees like legal matters, show cause notices, revieing letter etc.
• Advisory on the clauses of the Legal clauses whether in terms of law or contracts of the company.

• Keeping a complete track on the Secretarial compliances related to a company before and after completion of the compliance.
• Developing and updating policies relating to governance and regulatory affairs and ensuring compliance with applicable laws.
• Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance.
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations. Etc.
• Coordinate with the external consultant to manage the entire secretarial function.

• Inform, advise and issue recommendations to Company regarding all kinds of Regulations and Regulatory policies.
• Making sure of the compliances required by the Regulatory Authorities.
• Review commercial agreements and contracts, including Data Processing agreements with data processors.
• Dealing with the Disputes pertaining to Regulatory Compliances.

• Handling the Litigations of the Company and making all the necessary documents required for handling the same.
• Liaising with the Law firm, Lawyers for handling the Disputes and Legal matters and a key contact between the officers and the Law firm to handle the same effectively.
• Assist in all kinds of Legal Advisory required for various matters pertaining to the Company as and when required.

Ideal candidates will have 10 to 13 years of private practice experience, including 4 years in a nationalized law firm, covering various legal areas. Expertise in corporate/commercial law and Indian company winding-up processes is highly desirable.

Preferred certifications: CEH, Technical Certifications in AppSec, VA PT, Product-specific certifications, and experience in tools/solutions such as VA PT, AppSec, AV, CASB, IAM, Email security solutions, DLP, WAF, Firewall, Cloud Security solutions. Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA.

• 10+ years of private practice experience
• Full-time remote role requires occasional travel to Hyderabad.
• Budget for this position is 45 lacs.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco

The CEO will report to the Board of Directors

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the CEO will play a critical role in the continued growth and development of the organization. The CEO will have overall strategic vision and operational responsibility for staff, programs, fundraising, financial resource development, fiscal and budgetary management, expansion, community relations and execution of its mission. The CEO will have a large impact and focus on continuing to scale the organization. This role requires an individual who has the experience, personal network, creativity and energy needed to put company on an increasingly upward trajectory in terms of revenues, visibility and participants globally.

The CEO will be responsible for the following areas:

• Drive the impact the organization needs to move the needle on social justice for their community.
• Ensure ongoing programming excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems. Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.
• Actively engage and energize company’s supporters, volunteers, Board of Directors and Board of Advisors, members, event committees, partnering organizations and funders.
• Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors. Serve as ex-officio of each committee, seek and build Board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local programming and operations as well as for the national and online expansion. Work with Board to recruit new members.
• Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the Board, funders and other constituents.
• Responsible for the recruitment, employment and management of all personnel, both paid staff and volunteers. Ensures that sound human resource practices are in place.
• Develop and maintain sound financial practices. Working with the finance & administration staff, Finance Committee and the Board, prepare the budget and see that the organization operates within budget guidelines.
• Monitor financial performance and provide regular feedback to Board.
• Together with the Board, lead strategic planning and implementation process of COMPANY’s five-year strategic plan.

• With the Vice President of Development, expand companies fundraising strategy and capabilities to meet revenue growth goals.
• Expand and enhance a diversified fundraising program which would include, but not be limited to, major individual giving, foundation, corporate, membership, in-kind and special events.
• Management of existing and cultivation of new donor relationships.
• Expand programming revenue generation, and corporate and foundation fundraising activities, to support existing program operations and global expansion.
• Expand individual supporters in all geographies. Act as the lead spokesperson for company.
• Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from online presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand.
• Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.

• Design further expansion and execute the five-year strategic planning process for program expansion into new markets.
• Assure the organization has a long-range strategy which achieves its mission, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress.
• Build partnerships in new geographies, establishing relationships with the entrepreneurs, funders, and political and community leaders at each expansion site.
• Create, implement and evaluate program initiatives that reflect the mission, vision and values of company.

All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching and relationship management experience. Expectations and other preferred qualifications include::

• Track record of effectively leading and regionally and/or nationally scaling a performance and outcomes-based organization and staff. Ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth. A minimum of 10 years of experience with five years of substantial management experience.
• Strong track record of delivering and exceeding operational and financial results, building a superior team and developing strong relationships with external constituencies. Must be able to drive and manage change, be creative and possess a strong desire to win and passion to excel.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable and innovative approach to business planning.
• Demonstrated skill and success in strategic planning, as well as execution of strategic plans.
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people and effectively manage diverse points of view.
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.
• Proven abilities in working with, and managing, a diverse Board of Directors – particularly in strategic planning, policymaking, fundraising, board development, board committees, etc.
• The ability to engage and excite an audience – large or small – as a public speaker is required, as the CEO is often the public “face” of the organization across existing and emerging channels of communication.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
• Proven ability to fundraise – particularly with corporations, foundations, high profile & high-net-worth individuals.
• A passion for entrepreneurship – entrepreneurial experience preferable but not required. An understanding of the international landscape of entrepreneurship organizations is a major plus.
• Strong marketing, public relations, and relationship building experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and experience in budget management.
• Proven track record of managing staff, including staff development, coaching and mentoring to grow staff into expanding roles and responsibilities. Ability to grow the team from 20 to 100 over the next five years.
• Ability to persuade and motivate others, and to gain the respect and attention of the Board leadership and influential volunteers.
• Solid financial management experience to ensure the financial wellbeing of a non-profit organization.
• Experience in working with a large number of active volunteers is a plus.
• Must have proven, strong communications skills, to become the spokesperson and advocate nationally for the company. Internal communications skills are equally as important.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience is preferred.

A competitive compensation package will be offered based upon background and experience.

COO

Mumbai, India

The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the strategic, business objectives and values of the organization are put into practice. In conjunction with other team members, you will ensure business growth through planning, directing, and managing business operations activities to ensure they are delivered and performed in accordance with strategic objectives. The Head of Operations is responsible for ensuring organizational effectiveness by providing leadership for the organization's operation team, including the Front-of-House, Bar, and Back-of-House.

• Create the strategic framework for well-planned growth and maximised EBITDA from the existing business while remaining mindful of enhancing the medium-term value of the company
• Make recommendations for operations excellence in accordance with brand business strategy
• Establish challenging, realistic, and obtainable goals to guide the operations team and achieve performance
• Work with the Managing Director on the annual budgeting and planning process for the organization
• Manage the budget by monitoring the actual financial performance and projected sales to ensure revenue goals are met or exceeded and opportunities are identified and addressed
• Work with the operations leadership team to determine areas of concern and develop strategies to improve the financial performance
• Focus on maintaining profit margins without compromising guest or employee satisfaction
• Be a hands-on leader who builds and can galvanize the team and/or organization to support the business objectives
• Manage in a consultative and precise manner (e.g. good communications, setting objectives, performance coaching) that emphasizes service, food quality, cost optimization, innovation, and enthusiasm
• Identify opportunities to increase profits and create value by challenging existing processes, encouraging innovation, and driving necessary change
• Ensure that regular, ongoing communication occurs in all areas of the operations (e.g. pre-shift briefings, employee meetings, etc.)
• Establish and maintains open, collaborative relationships with direct reports and the entire operations team
• Identify the developmental needs of others and coaches, mentors, or otherwise helps others to improve their knowledge or skills
• Provide service that is above and beyond for guest satisfaction and retention
• Improve service experience, food and beverage quality by communicating and assisting individuals in understanding guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed
• Review findings from comment cards, guest satisfaction for results, and other data to identify areas of improvement and develop plans to take corrective action
• Consistent employee engagement to solicit feedback and to make proposals/recommendations to improve productivity and efficiency
• Coach and support the operations leadership team to effectively manage wages and controllable expenses
• Set goals and expectations for direct reports using the performance review process and holds the team accountable for successful performance
• Ensure that expectations and objectives are communicated to subordinates in a precise manner; subordinates are also open to raising questions and/or comments
• Ensure employees are treated fairly and consistently and bring to the attention of HR should there be any issues pertaining to people management

All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching and relationship management experience. Expectations and other preferred qualifications include::

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field
• At least 10 years' senior leadership role in the appropriate field
• Superior knowledge of multiple operational functions and principles, including finance, customer service, production, and employee management
• Ability to streamline and implement new structures and roles that create speed, efficiency, and support rapidly shifting and growing business demands
• Experience with budget and business plan development
• Proven ability to develop innovative solutions for increased productivity
• Masterful organisational, communication, and leadership skills, demonstrated by previous professional success
• Strong working knowledge of data analysis and performance metrics using business management software (e.g. ERP, CRM)

VP/CTO/IT Director

B’luru, India

Your responsibility involves:

• Providing thought leadership for the internal IT team (IT Infrastructure, ERP/ Microsoft Dynamics, Data Analytics).
• Managing IT demands from senior business stakeholders - setting and managing their expectations, identifying needs and providing solutions. This includes participating in the executive board meeting, collaborating closely with the Chief Executive Officer and other executive board members.
• Providing IT strategic planning and direction for the IT roadmap. This includes driving IT digitalization initiatives, identifying suitable technology and translate them into viable IT Digital implementation.
• Establish clear IT and Technology-related policies/guidelines and processes to safeguard data integrity and governance.

At least 15 years of Managerial experience with at least 8 years of experience as an overall Head of IT/Technology for a sizable (At least 20 permanent headcounts) IT team.

Strong stakeholder management at C-level with exceptional influencing skills to gather buy-in from various business stakeholders.

Candidates should have proven track record of translating IT digitalization (Cloud Azure, Data Analytics, DevOps, and etc) trends into technology investment for organization that is suitable for adoption.

Candidates with proven track record in designing global roadmaps/IT strategy will be is required.