VP, Head of Middle and Back Office

Role overview

The Vice President, Head of Middle and Back Office will serve as the operational hub for investment activity, overseeing post-trade workflows, fund accounting supervision, and client reporting. This role is responsible for keeping operational data accurate, maintaining strong control over investment product records, and ensuring that fund administration tasks are completed on time and in line with compliance requirements.

Core accountabilities

• Run the operational processes that support investment activity, including post-trade handling, oversight of fund accounting, and client-facing reporting.
• Preserve data quality and operational consistency across investment offerings such as funds and discretionary portfolio management products.
• Oversee timely and compliant completion of fund administration tasks, including trading restrictions, corporate actions, reconciliations, and reporting deliverables.
• Coordinate closely with external service providers such as custodians, fund accountants, registrars, and brokers, as well as internal teams including investment, compliance, and finance.
• Ensure system records are updated accurately and that middle office and post-trade information remains complete and reliable.
• Support regulatory and financial reporting by collecting, organizing, and formatting data for compliance and finance stakeholders.
• Work across internal and external stakeholders to keep operational processes running smoothly.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, increase automation, reduce manual workarounds, and strengthen governance controls.
• Maintain clear documentation for procedures, exception handling, and control points to support oversight and scalability.
• Demonstrate and uphold the values of FAB AM in day-to-day work.

Experience and background

The role calls for 10 to 15 years of relevant experience in investment operations or related middle/back office functions.

Functional expertise

• Fund and discretionary portfolio management accounting
• Post-trade processing
• Implementation of trading restrictions
• Trade execution support
• Coordination with third-party providers such as brokers and custodians
• Client reporting
• Tax and fee processing