Job Summary
The Assistant Vice President role is a senior leadership position with accountability for organizational effectiveness, people leadership at scale, and operational risk across Alternatives NAV delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Own BAU delivery across multiple funds, teams, and processes
- Manage operational risk, service quality, and control effectiveness
- Act as First Line of Defense owner, ensuring risks arising from processes, people, and systems are identified and mitigated
- Embed Risk Excellence principles into daily operations, decisions, and escalation practices
- Lead and develop large teams, including multiple Officers and senior staff
- Drive workforce planning, capacity management, and succession planning
- Establish operating rhythms, escalation models, and governance forums
- Ensure consistent application of policies, procedures, and controls
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams to remediate issues and findings
- Support transformation and operating‑model improvements with appropriate risk assessment
Qualifications
- 7–10 years of alternatives or complex fund operations experience
- Demonstrated ownership of end‑to‑end processes and operational risk management
- Proven experience managing large teams, including multiple Officers
- Strong organizational management capability
- Preferred experience and strong working knowledge of Geneva and Investran
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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Skills Required
- 7-10 years of alternatives or complex fund operations experience
- Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end processes and operational risk management
- Proven experience managing large teams, including multiple Officers
- Strong organizational management capability
- Experience and working knowledge of Geneva and Investran
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
State Street Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about State Street and has not been reviewed or approved by State Street.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is framed as a standout component, highlighted by a 401(k) match described as 100% on the first 6% of base salary. This is positioned as a meaningful offset to less competitive cash compensation for some roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off are portrayed as relatively robust, with references to multi-week vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and additional days tied to wellness or volunteering. This breadth is repeatedly treated as a tangible part of total rewards beyond base pay.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are presented as extensive, including the BeWell program, fitness discounts, onsite or supported health resources, and financial counseling. These offerings are depicted as strengthening the overall benefits proposition even when pay satisfaction is tepid.
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What We Do
At State Street, we partner with institutional investors all over the world to provide comprehensive financial services, including investment management, investment research and trading, and investment servicing. Whether you are an asset manager, asset owner, alternative asset manager, insurance company, pension fund or official institution, you can rely on us to be focused on your challenges. We are committed to doing what it takes to help you perform better — now and in the future
