Finance & Operations Manager

Full-time | Reporting to the Founders

Our client is a Mauritius-based proprietary trading firm active in the Indian derivatives market and currently transitioning to a licensed fund management structure. As a first dedicated operations hire, you will play a key role in managing the firm's operational, financial and regulatory functions while working closely with the founders. This role offers significant responsibility from day one and has the potential to evolve into a future CFO position.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the transition of the business from a proprietary trading structure to a regulated fund management platform, including entity establishment, licensing processes, banking arrangements and service provider coordination.
• Act as the primary operational contact for fund administrators, management companies, banks, auditors, legal advisers, insurers and other external service providers.
• Maintain and monitor a regulatory and corporate obligations calendar, ensuring all statutory, regulatory, tax and contractual requirements are met on time.
• Oversee day-to-day banking operations, including payments, account administration, signatory management and periodic bank reviews.
• Maintain internal financial records, cost tracking schedules, cash flow forecasts and management reporting across the group.
• Coordinate with external accounting and administration providers to ensure accurate bookkeeping, reporting and audit readiness.
• Review and reconcile fund administration outputs, including expense allocations, NAV-related expenses and investor reporting.
• Support investor onboarding, KYC/AML reviews, subscriptions, redemptions and ongoing investor servicing activities.
• Assist with the preparation and submission of regulatory filings and maintain corporate governance records across the group structure.
• Ensure KYC, AML and corporate records remain complete, accurate and up to date.
• Coordinate board, corporate secretarial and administrative activities, including resolutions, statutory records and document execution.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of operational processes, controls and reporting frameworks as the business grows.

About You

• Minimum 7 years' experience within fund administration, financial services, banking, management companies or professional services.
• Accounting qualification or part-qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) preferred.
• Strong Excel and organisational skills.
• Familiarity with the Mauritian regulatory environment, including GBL, VCC and FSC requirements, is advantageous.
• Proactive, highly organised and capable of managing multiple priorities independently.
• Strong communication skills and professional stakeholder management abilities.
• Based in Mauritius with the right to work.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary package.
• Generous performance-based bonus opportunity.
• Direct exposure to founders and strategic decision-making.
• A rare opportunity to help build and scale a growing investment management business.
• Clear potential for long-term career progression into a senior leadership role.
• Work from home flexibility.