KKR India | Operations – Treasury Operations (Controls & Governance) – AVP

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 and strengthen the treasury governance framework, embedding robust controls across processes, entities, and business lines.
• Provide senior oversight and sign-off across control-sensitive workflows, including banking access provisioning and insurance-related controls.
• Partner with internal and external audit on the design and operating effectiveness of controls, participating in walkthroughs and bridging audit teams with process owners.
• Own the review, maintenance, and timely update of policies, advising stakeholders on policy-related matters and interpretation.
• Provide governance and oversight across the transaction and distribution lifecycle, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and appropriate approvals through completion.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with banks, service providers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver value and meet deadlines.
• Own ad-hoc governance and control initiatives as required.
• 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.
• Document and maintain processes and SOPs, ensuring they are periodically reviewed and aligned with the control framework.

Qualifications & experience

• 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.
• Demonstrated success driving automation, process transformation, or system integration initiatives.
• 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)