Vice President, Strategy and Transformation

Title: Vice President, Operational Strategy

Department: Finance Operations

Firm: Alternative Asset Manager >$50 billion AUM

Location: Hybrid, 3X a week, Los Angeles

Range: 175-210K Base USD

+ A rare progressive, collaborative and family-friendly work culture with a focus on diversity and inclusion

+ Tight-knit, communicative team with a responsive team lead

+ Meal & transport benefits, 401 K match, team (and firm) building opportunities

+ Relocation provided for qualified candidates

The Role:

Your scope will cover a broad range of initiatives supporting the CFO Organization - inclusive of business, technology and organizational change efforts. You will ensure each initiative has clear outcomes, and is setup (e.g. resources, methodology, governance) optimally for success. You will successfully navigate a complex environment with leadership, business partners, project teams, vendors and other stakeholders to deliver on business priorities.

Description:

• Serve as the main point of contact and quarterback for initiatives involving operational efficiency for the CFO organization
• Utilize knowledge of Investment Operations processes and tools in order to identify best practices and usher in change adoption
• Gather requirements, documentation, and develop use cases, comprehensive process workflows / diagrams and presentations
• Execute all aspects of projects assigned with follow through including developing training plans and user acceptance
• Advise and present to senior executive and C-suite level stakeholders on a regular basis

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience managing transformation initiatives for the Investment Operations, Accounting, or Technology group within an Alternative Asset Manager, Big 4 or similar financial services consulting
• Previous senior management experience leading complex business and technology initiatives.
• Experience with strategic and/or operational project delivery experience (business strategy, process improvement, change management, etc.)Ability to understand upstream and downstream impact on technological and process changes
• Ability to work independently, apply and lead flexible delivery models to execute the work.
• Domain knowledge of Private/Public Credit, Real Estate, and/or Private Equity a plus
• Skilled communicator with an emphasis on being authentic, respectful and engaging