SVP, Investment Operations Lead

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Strategic Partnership & Oversight

Serve as a strategic partner to U.S. leadership to scale Blackstone’s Investment Operations platform through centralized oversight, process standardization, and talent development in India

Act as primary liaison to US and regional Investment Operations teams, driving continuous process improvement and ensuring alignment on priorities

Oversee Blackstone Bangalore resources, as well as work with third party teams, focused on transaction support, fund management and reporting and investor services

Transaction Support

Oversee delivery, quality control, and coordination of transaction-support activities (deal allocations, fund flow documentation, transaction onboarding)

Manage investment cash flow activity & transaction accounting treatment

Oversee legal-entity lifecycle activities (formation, amendments, dissolutions), ensuring accuracy and compliance

Maintain audit-ready documentation, coordinate audit and SOI support, and enforce compliance with fund policies

Drive automation and workflow enhancements using internally developed and third-party applications

Fund Management & Reporting

Lead fund operations and reporting functions, including weekly COO reporting packages, dashboards, cash-flow reconciliations, disclosure memos and transaction summaries

Act as control point for data aggregation, reconciliation and reporting administration

Standardize reporting workflows and validate recurring deliverables for onshore consumption

Oversee Broken Deal expense process

Investor Services

Manage end-to-end investor servicing (LP inquiries, onboarding, wire instructions, side-letter tracking)

Serve as key interface with internal teams and third-party providers to resolve escalations

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess

Experience & Technical Knowledge

o Overall 15+ years of experience

o Minimum of 12 years of progressive finance or investment-ops experience, including a minimum of five years leading global operations teams

o Deep expertise in operations, reporting, investor services and transaction support

o Proven track record standardizing processes and implementing automation in a global environment

o Exceptional stakeholder-management, analytical and problem-solving skills

o Hands-on experience with financial systems and data tools, a plus (e.g. Sigma, Anaplan, Appian)

Skills

o Excellent organizational and project management skills, with ability to coordinate deliverables across multiple stakeholders.

o Highly effective communicator with exceptional attention to detail and documentation standards.

Education & Certifications

o Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

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Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following

Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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