Fund Accounting Oversight - Technology and Operations - Vice President

About this role About this role Are you an experienced accounting expert seeking a fulfilling, dynamic, diverse chance with the leading global asset manager? Are you skilled at cultivating strong connections and realizing strategic goals? If so, your search ends here! BlackRock is seeking a vice-president to head our Funds and Oversight team in Mumbai. The Fund Accounting Oversight (FAO) team is in the Global Accounting and Product Services (GAAPS) division within Technology & Operations. The FAO team is a global function responsible for managing the 3rd party outsourced Fund Accountants, ensuring timely and accurate NAV delivery.  The team engages with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders to develop, execute and operate the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Fund Accounting Oversight team.  This includes utilizing technology to perform precise control validation, data analysis, and adhering to local Regulatory requirements. Job Purpose/Background: Seeking an experienced self-starter with a robust Fund Accounting background to lead our Mumbai team. Must excel in communication, collaboration, and project management. Key Responsibilities: To lead a world class team that delivers exceptional service levels to agreed standards and drive a continuous improvement mentality. To be responsible for overseeing our BlackRock Fund, Fund Administrators ensuring accurate net asset values. Partnering with peers to effectively apply local and global resources to deliver resilient client service while supporting strategic and tactical objectives. To promote a relentless focus on improving core service quality through measurable service standards that drive systematic remediation and resolution plans. To develop the Aladdin Accounting operating environment to streamline the process, improve controls and deliver targeted scale efficiency. To find opportunities to remove process excess and automate workflow through Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and partner with our technology partners to deliver. To drive a data led governance framework and global consistency. To be aware of applicable product, business and regulatory changes and actively seek involvement in the resultant initiatives and projects. Knowledge/Experience: Experience in an operational/accounting role, ideally in a fund management environment. Demonstrates technical and regulatory expertise across a range of investment instruments, fund types and products. Experience of leading and developing high-performing teams to successfully deliver against both individual and team objectives. Experience of identifying problems and incidents, working proactively with others to resolve them and raise issues appropriately. Highly numerate and demonstrates a high level of attention to detail. Prepared to take initiative, work flexibly to help the team achieve its goals, and respond positively to change. Takes responsibility for the completion of own work in line with agreed procedures and to resolve conflicting priorities. Competencies: An innovator who actively seeks to generate ideas that deliver scale, commercial benefits, client service and/or control improvements. Excellent communicator with strong influencing skills together with an ability to build relationships and be an excellent partner both internally and externally. Strong leader who develops a positive working environment to find ways to partner and build a coordinated approach to tasks. A strong project manager who can effectively prioritize workloads and deliver tactical and strategic change. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview ... (truncated, view full listing at source)