Vice President - Investor Relations & Operations

Role:

Investor Relations combined with one or two more functions from either of fund accounting (clearing NAV), accounts/audit or compliances of Mauritius based fund investing in Indian listed equities as well as AIF 3. The role could be at AVP, VP level depending on experience and skill set. For senior people with competencies in multiple areas the role could be of Deputy COO level or offer path to be Deputy COO of the Fund over time.

Firm/Group Profile:

The role is for Bowhead Group - Bowhead India Fund - offshore (India dedicated) fund (FPI) domiciled in Mauritius, an SMA for leading Global Firm which Bowhead manages and an Indian AIF3. All involve investing in listed equities. Prime responsibilities would be pertaining to Offshore business (non-AIF 3) which accounts for 95% of the assets. AUM of Fund is more than USD 500 Million (started with USD 600 thousand AUM in December 2019). Investors include large number of endowments/foundations from US including some of the most reputed and largest allocators in United States. The Fund has top 1 - 2 percentile track record amongst all Indian Funds.

Location:

Gurgaon - One Horizon Building (Golf Course Road).

Experience:

Minimum 10 years of total experience.

Job description:

1. Investor Servicing:

- Periodic updating and sharing of performance updates, presentations, exposures, attribution and other data, answering investor queries in coordination with administrators/COO.

- Subscriptions/redemptions of investors/ handling ODD Queries, updating DDQ.

- Investor Engagement - Organizing VC's, meetings and engaging with investors who visit Mumbai/Gurgaon along with the CIO.

- Organising founder road show with the global investors once or twice the year. The firm already has large prospects who want to invest with the fund and no cold reach or marketing is required. The investors are institutional in nature and interaction is generally with 15 investors.

2. Non-IR Functions:

- Either of below functions depending on skill set of the person - Fund accounting (NAV clearances for fund), Compliances, Operations, Accounts/Audit of Indian entity or fund, HR, working on side letters. The firm does not expect somebody to know all these functions.

Skills:

Excellent written and verbal communication, self-driven, process oriented and organised with an eye for detail, able to process and remember numbers. Excellent coordinating skills as the job involves coordinating with the investors, founder, COO, administrator, lawyers and Director to answer queries of existing and prospective investors. Experience of having worked on Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Long Innings:

The firm shares carry with mid and senior people over horizon - 3 years. The job is therefore suitable for people with a long-term mindset.