Alpha Alternatives - Principal Officer

About the Company :

Alpha Alternatives is a multi-asset class alternatives asset management platform based out of India, Singapore, and GIFT City, with over 21,000 crores of assets under management, and deep focus on alpha generation. We are passionate about finding alternative investment opportunities that can deliver superior risk-return characteristics. We operate across various alternative spaces like Equities, Commodities, Absolute Returns, Structured Credit, Fixed Income, Quant, and Infrastructure. Our products span across various investment structures such as AIF (Cat II & III), PMS, RIA, NBFC (ND-SI) and funds at Gift City. Our team consists of 225+ people who are vastly experienced across domestic and global hedge funds and financial institutions and have strong academic credentials at top universities. We are strongly performance driven and look for people who share a similar DNA.

We are seeking a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and / or MBA with 10-15 years of work experience as a finance, investment or operations or compliance professional with general management capabilities to operate as the Principal Officer of the branch.

An experience of at least five years in related activities in the securities market or financial products including in a portfolio manager, broker dealer, investment advisor, wealth manager, research analyst or fund management. An ideal candidate for this position would be someone who has held mid to senior position in a similar profile in the large / medium size asset manager / financial institution.

Qualification & Background :

We are seeking a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and / or MBA with 10-15 years of work experience as a finance, investment or operations or compliance professional with general management capabilities to operate as the Principal Officer of the branch.

An experience of at least five years in related activities in the securities market or financial products including in a portfolio manager, broker dealer, investment advisor, wealth manager, research analyst or fund management. An ideal candidate for this position would be someone who has held mid to senior position in a similar profile in the large / medium size asset manager / financial institution.

Roles & responsibilities :

1. In charge of the Gift city office of the Fund Management Entity with AUM of ~ $200 m and assigned as principal officer.

2. Part of Investment Committee of Fund management Entity and ensured adequate governance structures for the funds.

3. Build and implement processes and systems to ensure smooth functioning of the set up.

4. Lead and facilitate interactions with the Board, Audit Committee, and other committees.

5. Run projects related to AIF and other product launches.

6. Apprise all with the status of projects, products, and compliance with respect to the regulatory requirements and assist them to make an informed judgment on whether the business is managing its operations effectively.

7. Oversee and manage banking operations and treasury of the funds launched in Gift city. Institutionalised processes around banking activities to ensure no settlement failures.

8. Work with the Compliance Officer and review and ensure timely and accurate submissions of various regulatory filings.

9. Monitor regulatory changes, assess impact on business, provide comments on consultative papers and act as a Nodal point of contact between the Company and the IFSCA and to be a participant to the consultations or other regular discussions with IFSCA.

10. Facilitate establishing an audit program for the gift city funds.

11. Ensure that the currency risk of the fund is hedged appropriately of the funds.

12. Handle escalations related to investor queries on the fund performance, onboarding documentation etc.

13. Liaise with SEZ, IFSCA and other stakeholders on regular basis.

14. Assess changing regulations and proactively highlight potential risk areas and implement solutions accordingly.

DNA :

a. We expect you to have higher energy, higher intellectual capability, and a desire to handle bigger responsibilities than an average professional of your age / experience will generally do.

b. We expect you to take a lot of initiative to do on-the-job learning about different financial instruments & products.

c. We expect you to create a positive environment for your team and help your team members grow professionally as well.

In the long run, if you do well, you can expect to create disproportionately higher value for yourself. Office location will be in GIFT City, Gandhinagar Gujarat.

Candidates applying from cities other than Gujrat, shall have a clear conviction about moving to Gujarat before applying. WFH only in case of exigency and not in routine course.

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