Associate Director - AUM Operations & Data Transformation

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Associate Director – AUM Business Finance Mumbai (Work from Office) This is an Asset Management Business Finance / FP&A role with AUM domain expertise and data-transformation ownership. It is not a Fund Operations, Middle Office, Fund Accounting, trade-processing, settlement, or reconciliation-only role. Position Overview We are seeking a senior Asset Management Business Finance / FP&A leader with 10+ years of experience who can answer the core management questions: What is our AUM, why did it change, how does it drive revenue, and how do we create one governed enterprise source for that information? The role owns the business-finance view of AUM across public and private markets, including AUM roll-forward, net flows, market/FX movement, Fee-Earning AUM, management-fee revenue, capital raise/capital lifecycle reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, profitability and executive management reporting. The successful candidate will also lead transformation of AUM and finance reporting from spreadsheet- and tool-based processes into governed, automated, auditable enterprise reporting supported by modern data platforms, master/reference-data governance and certified data products. Key Responsibilities AUM Business Finance & Revenue Own end-to-end AUM reporting and monthly/quarterly AUM roll-forward across public and private market investment vehicles. Explain AUM movement across opening AUM, gross subscriptions/inflows, redemptions/outflows, transfers, distributions, market movement, FX, capital activity and other adjustments through closing AUM. Own net-flow reporting and attribution by product, strategy, vehicle, client/channel and region; distinguish business flows from market/FX performance. Calculate, reconcile and explain Fee-Earning AUM and its relationship to reported AUM. Own Revenue-to-AUM linkage, management-fee revenue analysis, fee-rate/yield analysis, accruals, true-ups and revenue variance commentary. Support capital raise and alternatives capital-lifecycle reporting, including commitments, subscriptions, calls/drawdowns, distributions and investor activity where applicable. Produce trusted management, Finance, Distribution, Product and executive AUM/revenue reporting. FP&A & Management Reporting Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and long-range planning for AUM, net flows, revenue, expenses and profitability. Build driver-based forecasts linking AUM, flows, market assumptions, fee rates, product mix and revenue. Perform actual vs budget / forecast / prior-period variance analysis with clear business commentary and root-cause attribution. Develop financial models and scenario / sensitivity analysis for AUM, flows, pricing, fee compression, market movements, capital activity and business risks. Prepare executive management packs and KPI dashboards covering AUM, flows, Fee-Earning AUM, revenue, margins and business performance. Partner with senior Finance and business leaders on performance reviews, risks, opportunities and forward-looking outlook. Data Transformation & Enterprise AUM Model Lead migration from spreadsheet- and multi-tool AUM/FP&A reporting to a governed enterprise data platform / Lakehouse and certified reporting layer. Define the target-state AUM/business-finance data model, operating model, ownership, controls and certification process. Govern Fund Master, Security Master, Investment Vehicle hierarchy, Client hierarchy, Legal Entity structure, currency and benchmark mappings. Ensure consistent Investment Vehicle and fund/security codes across upstream and downstream systems. Integrate ABOR, IBOR, market data, ERP and enterprise data platforms to create a single governed AUM and business-finance source. Establish data-quality rules, lineage, reconciliation, certification, auditability and clear data ownership. Automate AUM roll-forward, flow attribution, revenue linkage, forecast and management-reporting workflows using Power BI/Tableau and modern data tooling. Stakeholder & Transformation Leadership Partner closely with Business Finance/FP&A, Distribution, Product, Investment Operations, Fund Accounting, Data and Technology. Translate finance requirements into business rules, data definitions, source-to-target mappings, reporting logic and acceptance criteria. Lead transformation governance, cross-functional workstreams, UAT, adoption and operating-model change. Present AUM, flow, revenue and transformation insights to senior leadership and executive stakeholders. Required Experience & Qualifications 10+ years of relevant experience in Asset Management / Investment Management Finance, Business Finance, FP&A or closely related financial-management roles. Recent, direct ownership of AUM/business-finance reporting — not only Fund Operations, Middle Office, Fund Administration or Fund Accounting. Demonstrated ownership of AUM roll-forward, net flows and movement attribution. Demonstrated experience linking AUM / Fee-Earning AUM to management-fee or advisory revenue. Strong FP&A experience across budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modelling, scenario analysis and management reporting. Strong understanding of public/private investment vehicles and capital lifecycle; alternatives exposure (Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate, Infrastructure) is highly valued. Experience leading finance-data/reporting transformation, automation or enterprise data initiatives. Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field; MBA, CA, CFA, CPA or equivalent preferred. Technical & Functional Skills ERP / Finance platforms: SAP, Oracle, Workday or equivalent. Enterprise data platforms / Lakehouse: Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure or AWS preferred. Data governance, MDM, metadata, lineage, data quality, reconciliation and certified reporting. Power BI / Tableau; SQL strongly preferred. Working knowledge of ABOR and IBOR and how accounting/investment data feeds AUM and business-finance reporting. Key Success Measures One certified enterprise AUM number with transparent roll-forward and flow attribution. Clear, explainable linkage between AUM / Fee-Earning AUM and revenue. Improved forecast accuracy and faster, higher-quality management reporting. Reduced manual spreadsheet dependency and accelerated month-/quarter-end reporting. Improved data quality, lineage, governance, certification and auditability. Successful adoption of the target-state AUM Business Finance operating model and reporting platform.