IND Manager Investment Consulting

Job Title-IND Manager Investment Consulting

ARL-6

Solution Line-WCRG

Position type-Full Time

Work Location-Bangalore, Whitefield

Working style-In Office

Cab Facility-Yes

Shift Time -12.30 PM to 9.30 PM

Reporting To- Group Manager

Aon is a premier global professional services firm specializing in risk, retirement, and health solutions. We are dedicated to shaping better decisions that protect and enrich lives worldwide. Our commitment to excellence drives us to help clients navigate complex challenges and seize opportunities. As a unified, inclusive, and diverse organization, we foster an environment of trust and collaboration, empowering both colleagues and clients to achieve success. Through innovative solutions and expert guidance, Aon is devoted to making a meaningful impact on businesses and communities across the world.

Aon's investment consulting business offers tailored investment consulting and fiduciary management services to pension schemes and institutional clients. The team focuses on optimizing third-party spend and supporting informed investment decisions. Aon aims to protect and enrich lives globally by providing expert advice and solutions aligned with clients financial goals and risk profiles.

The candidate will be an essential part of supporting the Investment Consulting and Global Investment Management research teams across global locations. This role is crucial to the firm's investment consulting operations, assisting in the execution and delivery of services to external clients. The primary focus will be on coordinating and completing research tasks, data collection, and analytical work, including preparing client presentations for various regional offices worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Operational and Customer Service Leadership: Manage all aspects of operations and customer service, including SLAs, service delivery, people management, and technology engagement.
• Change Implementation: Drive and implement changes in people, processes, and operations to foster growth, stabilization, and an effective operating model aligned with organizational goals.
• Domain Expertise: Utilize strong domain knowledge to resolve issues, implement changes, and effectively communicate with customers across geographies.
• Team Leadership and Management: Plan, lead, and manage teams with multiple layers of reporting, ensuring effective coordination and communication.
• People Development and Retention: Focus on retaining and developing talent, fostering high levels of colleague engagement to build high-performing teams.
• Efficiency and Performance Culture: Cultivate an environment focused on quantifiable results by implementing operational metrics to enhance efficiency and performance.
• Deliverable Ownership: Take charge and ownership of deliverables to meet stakeholder expectations effectively.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with support functions such as Quality, IT, HR, and Admin to stabilize operations and achieve delivery results.
• Stakeholder Relationship Development: Cultivate and strengthen working relationships with stakeholders to enhance collaboration and communication
• Project Leadership and Coordination: Demonstrate the ability to lead and coordinate ad-hoc projects effectively.

Education:

• PGDM/MBA from Tier II Colleges and/or PG in finance, economics, business or related topics
• Candidates pursuing CFA/ CAIA/ CIPM or equivalent professional certifications will be preferred, though not a primary criterion for shortlist.
• Candidates pursuing CA will also be considered.

Experience:

• Candidates with 8-10 years of strong work experience in financial services either in investment consulting, portfolio management, capital markets, investment banking, corporate banking, equity or fixed income research, financial services consulting (big 4 firms) or risk management.
• Minimum 3+ years of team management experience preferably in the financial services industry
• Strong leader who has managed highly productive teams and collaborated across various client accounts in professional organizations. Manages deliverables with accurate quality under fast-changing expectations in a metrics environment.
• Ability to lead a reasonable size of team with multiple clients & high complexity and conflicting expectations.
• Experienced in identifying and implementing the process improvements, standardization and automations impacting larger team deliverables.

Domain/skills/competencies required:

• Excellent knowledge and background experience in financial services space, specifically in investment management industry and/or portfolio management
• Knowledge of Pension Funds is a big plus.
• Very good understanding of various financial asset classes and their risk return profiles.
• Practical knowledge of MS Office product suites and
• Solid understanding of VBA/Excel Macro
• Solid understanding of financial databases, such as eVestment, Bloomberg, Style Analytics, Factset

Behavioral Requirements

• Ability to partner with Customers/stakeholders across Geographies
• Good Communication, presentation & convincing skills
• Leading and Motivating others
• Collaborative outlook
• Influencing and Negotiating
• Customer First attitude
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Customer Interaction

• Regular engagement with customer for delivery and managing escalations, seeking customer feedback, driving and implementing change, business development, projects etc.
• Exploring the growth opportunities.

How We Support Our Colleagues:

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workforce. At Aon, we believe a diverse workforce is an innovative workforce. Our agile, inclusive environment allows colleagues to manage their wellbeing and work/life balance while empowering you to be your authentic self. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two Global Wellbeing Days each year, encouraging them to take time to focus on themselves. We offer a variety of workstyle options through our Smart Working model, but we also recognize that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it! Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips colleagues to learn, share and grow, helping them achieve their fullest potential. As a result, Aon colleagues are more connected, more relevant and more valued.

Commitment to sustainability

Aon is dedicated to integrating sustainability into our core business practices. We strive to minimize our environmental impact by applying creative approaches and responsible stewardship, ensuring an environmentally balanced future for our clients and communities.

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