Director of Middle Office Operations

Our Client, a publicly traded private equity firm is looking to hire a director of operations.

Location: New York City, NY

Compensation: $175,000-$225,000/year + bonus

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team that focuses on trade execution support, transaction lifecycle management, trade settlement, and cash management functions
• Partner with portfolio managers, investing professionals, traders, fund administrators, outside and internal counsel, tax, engineering, accounting and compliance professionals ensuring good cross-functional communication and coordination throughout transaction lifecycles
• Ensure appropriate liquidity is available for new investments
• Ensure trading and cash and settlement controls and protocols are adhered to
• Perform the timely and accurate setup of new investments to the order management, accounting, and reporting systems
• Develop and implement allocation rules and risk management reports.
• Oversee liquidity management, daily cash, and position reconciliation.
• Implement applications for operations teams, including automated reconciliation and reporting tools.
• Ensure timely downstream reporting to external vendors, resolving issues promptly.
• Collaborate with corporate trustees, outsourced vendors, and the front office to manage daily operations and reporting.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of private credit operations experience
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
• Strong verbal and written skills; ability to analyze and summarize complex information both verbally and in writing.
• High accuracy and detail orientation; confident decision-making skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage various deadlines.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• PowerBI, or other business intelligence tools experience a plus.