Deputy Manager / Manager - Alternative Investment Fund Operations

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Job Summary:

Seeking a candidate with 4 to 8 years of experience for an operations role in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) – Category II. The ideal candidate should have an understanding of the SEBI AIF regulations and an ability to support investment management and sales teams, oversight of fund accounting and other support activities

Key Responsibilities:

Investment Management support

• Reconciliation of deal cashflows (primary/secondary deals and periodic cashflows)
• Coordination with Issuer/ Debenture trustee for deal execution and documentation
• Provide support for periodic performance reporting to Investors

Fund Operations:

• Supervise fund accounting for Category II AIFs, including NAV calculations, reconciliations, and financial reports
• Prepare and file regulatory reports and disclosures, and ensure accurate financial statements
• Manage AIF taxation, including compliance, reporting, and timely tax return filing
• Liaise with custodians, fund accountants, auditors, and manage audit completion
• Oversee operations relating to trade processing, settlements, and reconciliations

Sales support

• Maintaining MIS for sales management
• Ensure brokerage calculations are correct and the payouts are timely
• Coordination with internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA), or MBA(fin) with 3-5 years of experience in Category II AIFs
• Strong understanding of SEBI regulations and compliance requirements for AIFs

Our culture is shaped by our diverse global workforce and strongly held core values. Regardless of your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.

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By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have them covered.  

Highlights of our benefits include:

• Professional development growth opportunities through in-house classes and over 150 Web-based training courses

  
  

• An educational assistance program to financially help employees seeking continuing education

  
  

• Medical, Life and Personal Accident Insurance benefit for employees. Medical insurance also cover employee’s dependents (spouses, children and dependent parents)

  
  

• Life insurance for protection of employees’ families

  
  

• Personal accident insurance for protection of employees and their families

  
  

• Personal loan assistance

  
  

• Employee Stock Investment Plan (ESIP)

  
  

• Annual recognition programme

  
  

• Volunteer services and paid time off for volunteering

  
  

• 12 weeks Paternity leave

  
  

• Located in the heart of Mumbai in the One International Centre, with spectacular views of the buzzing city

  
  

• Walking distance of 100 meters from Western/Central railway station, accessible by road and local rail from all parts of the city

  
  

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Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. 
 
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