BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS MANAGER

<p><strong>Back Office Operations Manager</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>A Career with Point72’s Back Office Operations Team</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>At Point72, the Back Office Operations team is responsible for the daily reconciliation of all cash balances in Point72’s accounting system to prime brokers on a T+1 basis. The team is responsible for ensuring that all bookings, trade and non-trade related activities are recorded accurately and appropriately. In addition, this team is responsible for reference data maintenance and management. </p> <p><strong>What you’ll do</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as the founding hire and leader of a newly established reconciliations and operational control function, with full ownership to recruit, develop, and manage a team</li> <li>Design and implement a scalable operating model to support a global, fast‑paced investment organization, including coverage, controls, escalation paths, and service-level standards.</li> <li>Own and oversee daily reconciliations; supervise issue investigation and resolution and ensure timely resolution of breaks.</li> <li>Establish performance management frameworks, including KPIs, quality metrics, and continuous improvement processes to measure team effectiveness and operational excellence.</li> <li>Partner closely with Technology to define requirements, design, test, and deploy system enhancements; improve existing workflows; and build new processes to streamline and automate reconciliations.</li> <li>Work closely with prime brokers, custodians, administrators, and other third parties to timely resolve breaks.</li> <li>Act as a senior escalation point for complex breaks, working directly with counterparties and internal stakeholders to drive resolution.</li> <li>Identify, prioritize, and deliver automation and straight‑through‑processing initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability, and control.</li> <li>Build strong partnerships across Trading, Compliance, Stock Loan, Legal, Risk, Financial Reporting, Tax, Regulatory Reporting, and Technology to resolve issues and enhance end‑to‑end operational outcomes.</li> <li>Embed a strong control mindset, ensuring processes meet regulatory, audit, and internal risk management standards.</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What’s required?</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Mathematics, or a related field (preferred)</li> <li>15+ years of Operations experience within a hedge fund, asset manager, bank, or fund administrator, including demonstrated leadership and ownership of complex operational functions.</li> <li>Strong product knowledge across equities, futures, equity swaps, FX, derivatives, and fixed income instruments.</li> <li>Proven experience building, scaling, and managing teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.</li> <li>Advanced technical aptitude, with the ability to partner effectively with Technology and drive system and process improvements.</li> <li>Exceptional problem‑solving, analytical, and critical‑thinking skills, with the ability to operate with urgency and sound judgment.</li> <li>Strong time management and prioritization skills in a high‑volume, deadline‑driven environment.</li> <li>Highly detail‑oriented, proactive, and self‑directed, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.</li> <li>Hands-on leader capable of operating at different organizational levels</li> <li>Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.</li> <li>Advanced proficiency in Excel and the MS Office Suite.</li> <li>Commitment to the highest ethical standards</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>We take care of our people</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:</p> <ul> <li>Health care ... (truncated, view full listing at source)