Senior Manager/Associate Director - Middle Back Office Strategy and Support - Financial Operations

Senior Manager/Associate Director - Middle Back Office Strategy
and Support - Financial Operations
The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology
development firm with more than $65 billion in investment capital as of
March 1, 2025, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since
our founding in 1988, our firm has earned an international reputation
for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management,
and the quality and depth of our staff. We have a significant presence
in the world's capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies
and financial instruments in both developed and developing economies.

The D. E. Shaw group seeks an experienced and motivated professional
with an impressive combination of commercial intuition, operational
experience, excellent critical and strategic thinking skills, and
communication abilities to join its growing Middle Back Office Strategy
and Support (MBOSS) team in Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Gurugram. The
team is responsible for overseeing and implementing improvements to
the firm’s third-party financial operations service providers and reports
to the CFO. This individual will contribute to the firm’s operations
strategy.

WHAT YOU WILL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

In this role, you will work on projects to improve the firm’s controls and
oversight of third-party service providers, technology, and financial
operations support.
You will manage firm’s third-party service provider economics by
overseeing pricing negotiations, linking costs to value through rigorous

performance measurement, and ensuring an efficient, fit‐for‐purpose
operating model.
You will lead and coordinate DESCO’s partnership with third-party
service providers, driving cross‐functional alignment, operational
stability, and a culture of continuous improvement across business
units.
You will also enable scalable problem‐solving by partnering with function
heads to design data‐informed solutions, guide execution, and measure
sustainable business impact.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
The ideal candidate should hold -
Basic qualifications:
─ A postgraduate degree and 8 to 13 years of relevant experience
in strategy, operations, or business transformation consulting.

─ Hands-on experience with strategic technology and process re-
design projects, including but not limited to process automation

and systems implementation.
─ Experience in shaping and executing initiatives, driving continuous
improvement, managing through influence, and collaborating
across teams.
─ A proven track record of collaborating well with peers and other
stakeholders is essential.
─ Exceptional communication skills, organizational skills, and
attention to detail, with sound judgment, and a high level of
discretion who can context shift easily and anticipate potential
issues.
─ Experience in financial services, asset management, or
investment operations environments.

─ Familiarity with fund administration/operations technology
platforms.

We encourage candidates with relevant experience looking to restart
their careers after a break to apply for this position. Learn about
Recommence, our gender-neutral return-to-work initiative.

The firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working
environment, and an attractive compensation package. For further
information about our recruitment process, including how applicant data
will be processed, please visit https://www.deshawindia.com/careers.

Members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment
matters on the basis of sex, race, colour, caste, creed, religion,
pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran
status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other
protected class.