KKR India | Operations - Treasury Operations - AVP (Payments & Security)

Roles & responsibilities

• The Global Treasury team manages liquidity, funding, and banking relationships across regions and business lines.
• The team partners closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure financial control, operational efficiency, and compliance while driving automation, integration, and continuous improvement across the firm’s global treasury infrastructure.
• The role is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities performed by the team, hiring, training, and establishing priorities.
• This role provides frequent exposure to various business leaders and the opportunity to drive impactful changes.
• This individual will manage a high-performing team, lead key automation and system integration projects, and serve as a critical liaison across global Treasury, Finance, Operations, Technology, and external banking partners.
• Lead treasury operations vertical(s), ensuring delivery excellence, control adherence, and high performance.
• Establish clear priorities, performance goals, and development plans aligned with global objectives.
• Drive global treasury transformation initiatives including automation, process optimization, and system integrations.
• Partner with Technology and Operations teams to implement digital solutions improving efficiency, control, and scalability.
• Support global standardization of treasury processes and policies, embedding best practices across geographies.
• Own capital call and management fee reconciliation for private markets, including research and resolution of unidentified funds.
• Own FX reconciliation between counterparties and internal system and partnering with Technology to advance automation of this process.
• Own preparation of transfers between internal accounts and the capital call accounts.
• Maintain and reconcile cashbooks for funds on a monthly basis.
• Own preparation of credit wires and partnering with Technology and Operations to transition this workflow to straight-through processing (STP).
• Oversee callback processes for funding beneficiaries and vendors across APAC, EMEA, and US regions.
• Review and certify funding beneficiaries on internal system.
• Overseeing and supporting third party admins operations as needed.
• Oversee maintenance of vendor banking details (including on behalf of Avega) in Coupa.
• Own audit requests related to PE funds reporting and FX reconciliation, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
• Partner with global Treasury leadership, leadership across functions, fund controllers, and technology teams to align on priorities and deliverables.
• Act as a key point of escalation for issues and ensure timely resolution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external banking partners and counterparties.
• Collaborate across regions (U.S., EMEA, APAC) to deliver consistent, high-quality treasury services.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members while fostering a collaborative, high-accountability culture.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; professional certification (e.g., CTP, CFA, CA, CPA) preferred.
• 10–12 years of experience in treasury, cash management, or financial operations within a global financial institution or asset manager.
• Proven experience leading teams and managing global processes or projects.
• Strong understanding of treasury workflows, accounting principles, and risk control frameworks.
• Experience with treasury systems and tools such as S4Hana, Coupa, Workiva, Hazeltree, Smartsheet, and Excel is preferred, not mandatory.
• Demonstrated success driving automation, process transformation, or system integration.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across senior leadership levels.
• Ability to work across time zones with a global mindset, balancing strategic priorities with operational rigor.

KKR & Co. Inc.

Henry Kravis and George Roberts started KKR in 1976 together with their mentor Jerome Kohlberg, and it has grown into a global investment firm whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. From its base in New York, KKR invests clients' money across private markets, including private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate, and through Global Atlantic it also provides annuities and reinsurance. Its first Indian office opened in Mumbai in 2009. A second office followed in Gurugram in 2023, run by KIOPL Management Solutions India Private Limited, and it works as a hub supporting the firm worldwide in technology, finance, operations and corporate functions.

Finance hiring in Gurugram centres on fund controllership for KKR's private markets and credit funds, including open-ended credit funds and special purpose vehicles, along with investment operations (asset servicing and reconciliations) and treasury operations covering payments, controls and governance. Roles run from senior analyst to assistant vice president. Most postings want a qualified Chartered Accountant, and several also accept a CPA, ACCA, CIMA or CFA. One senior role asks for six to nine years of post-qualification experience, and one lists CTP among its preferred certifications.

• Industry: Alternative asset management: private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate, plus annuities and reinsurance through Global Atlantic
• Headquarters: New York, United States (KKR & Co. Inc., listed on the NYSE as KKR)
• In India: KIOPL Management Solutions India Private Limited in Gurugram (DLF Downtown, opened 2023), and a KKR office in Mumbai (Worli, opened 2009)