Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of Fund Finance projects, defining objectives, timelines, and success metrics.
- Develop detailed project plans and timelines, ensure clear ownership and prioritization of deliverables, monitor progress and report status to senior stakeholders
- Identify and mitigate project risks; proactively resolve issues to keep projects on track
- Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Technology, Legal/Compliance, and external providers to ensure alignment and execution.
- Document and improve processes, design operating models for new products and launches, and identify opportunities for efficiency and risk reduction.
- Communicate effectively with senior leadership, providing concise updates, recommendations, and managing change to ensure adoption of new processes.
- Mentor junior team members or analysts involved in project workstreams, fostering professional growth
- Assist with operational finance work from time to time, providing additional support to the broader Fund Finance team
Requirements
- 8+ years of finance experience, ideally in a hedge fund, prime broker, or fund administrator
- Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional projects such as fund launches and broker onboardings in fast-paced environments
- Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including with legal, compliance, and executive leadership
- Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset and a high level of business judgment
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or other advanced degree a plus
- Authorization to work in the United States
Top Skills
What We Do
Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning.
The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines.
Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility.
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
