Details
Our Client is the world's largest, and one of the most technically advanced hedge funds in the world. They are located in Connecticut about an hour north of New York City and can offer relocation assistance, free commutation in and out of New York City each day, and a hybrid work from home/office model. This is a 40 plus year old firm currently managing over $170B AUM and growing. Because of the exponential growth they have gone through they have been undertaking transformation initiatives as they move from a boutique to an institutional sized organization. Currently they are looking to fill the position of Senior Associate, Finance Transformation. Please note that they do not provide immigration sponsorship of any kind for this position.
About the Finance Department
Finance is the guardian of our client s financial resources. They seek to drive sustainable shareholder value by controlling, safeguarding, and optimizing use of the firm s financial resources. This responsibility is fulfilled by providing strategic partnership, insights and independent challenge along with the delivery of high-quality financial reporting, forecasting and analysis while maintaining effective and efficient operational control. To further Finance s impact, the department has launched an aggressive transformation platform to enrich insights, improve reporting, risk and control operations and ultimately develop more intimate, influential relationships with business leaders.
About Your Role
The Transformation Senior Associate will work with senior management and pillar leaders to visualize, manage, and continually iterate on broad transformation projects across the Finance department, spanning tech, organizational design, people, and governance. The ideal candidate will have a strong project management background to manage multiple stakeholders, drive a plan, and perceive problems as well as finance content knowledge to identify critical paths and interdependencies across Finance functions. The Transformation Senior Associate will act as a strong carrier of the team s vision, goals and community and given rapid growth in abilities and skills, develop within Finance.
You will drive the following responsibilities:
Execute current and establish new paths forward to achieve transformation goals, including directing and quality controlling analysis and activities across internal and external parties
Synthesize and communicate analyses and progress against goals to stakeholders, including identification of risks/issues
Manage Transformation s interface across the Finance organization, broader firm wise, and relevant external parties (vendors, consultants)
You will be a click for the role if you have:
People agility/leadership: the ability to achieve results through others, by evaluating people, developing them, and holding them accountable.
Results-driven mentality: the ability to surmount obstacles and operate at the goal level in an ambiguous environment, while maintaining a sense of ownership and care.
Structured thinking/strategic vision/mental agility: the ability to visualize and attack multi-dimensional problems to creatively accomplish goals.
Change agility/adaptability: the ability to learn quickly and on the fly
Minimum Qualifications:
8-10 years in Finance, of which at least 3-5 years working on Transformation and Continuous Improvement project in ideally both participant and project lead capacity
Demonstrated ability to work across different functions, between Finance and Tech and with senior management Deep knowledge and experience in using productivity tools such as SPO, MS Office
Agile method experience and knowledge of end-user tools and citizen developer culture is a strong plus
Physical Requirements For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote work flexibility, with most employees required to work on campus as their principal work location, a minimum of two days (and in some cases three days) per week with the option to work offsite on other days.
They seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. They develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. They strive to provide you opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.
In this role, you will grow with us by:
Learning how to build teams that span levels and organizations
Developing rich expertise across a broad set of finance operations problems and principles
Taking ownership of increasingly complex systems and processes.
Taking on oversight and mentorship responsibilities to grow talent as you gain experience.
Opportunities to grow your career across the firm depending on your strengths, weaknesses, and experience.
One of their core priorities is to enable their employees to build a great life and career, and believe their benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, they currently offer a competitive suite of benefits including:
Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services 401(k) plan with generous employer match Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package Workplace flexibility and access to back up childcare Financial assistance for family building support, including adoption and egg freezing Workplace wellness, including on-site gyms, free meals and healthy snacks, and meditation rooms An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups
Please note that they do not provide immigration sponsorship of any kind for this position.