Senior Vice President - Global Entity Services.

Position: Senior Vice President
Location: Cayman

About Us
The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations.
Our side-by-side financial and legal teams consistently deliver award-winning services to a global client base, offering unrivalled learning and career opportunities to our 2,500 colleagues worldwide.

What’s it like to work here?
We are driven to excel, and collaboration is key to our continued success. We can go further for our clients because we go further for each other too. Our inclusive culture creates an environment where people can be themselves at work while doing their best work. No matter where you work in the Maples Group, you will be part of a global team.

The Opportunity
We are looking for a highly experienced, solutions-oriented Senior Vice President to drive global transformation initiatives and act as a strategic partner to key clients within the Global Entity Services team, which is part of our financial services business in Grand Cayman.

The Cayman Islands is home to our global headquarters and where the Maples Group first established operations in the 1960s. Since then we have grown to become one of the largest employers in Cayman, where colleagues from all over the world collaborate to deliver best-in-class solutions to clients worldwide.

As part of our Cayman team you will:

• Lead business process analysis and design initiatives, analyze legacy processes and define future-state workflows that align with business and regulatory requirements;
• Serve as a trusted advisor to high-value clients, understanding their specific needs and translating them into actionable system/process improvements;
• Perform detailed data analysis to identify irregularities and improve transparency, accuracy, and reporting efficiency;
• Act as a bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, translating requirements into system enhancements, templates, reports, and workflows;
• Collaborate with client teams and internal stakeholders to deliver billing improvements, data accuracy; and
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, process documentation, and training materials, and deliver tailored training sessions, process walkthroughs, and system demos to client stakeholders.

What You Bring

In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following:
• This role is ideal for an organized, detail-oriented, strategic thinker who enjoys being close to the work and thrives in a hands-on analytical role focused on process optimization and client solutions.
• The ideal candidate must be a strong communicator with the ability to build trust quickly with clients and internal stakeholders and deliver practical, compliant, and future-focused solutions.
• The individual must also be a self- starter who works well within a team, is energized by a continuous learning environment, is responsive and adaptable to the changing needs of both the clients and the business and possesses an ability to work well under the pressure of deadlines.
• The individual must have experience in overseeing the continuous system enhancements and/or implementation of global entity management, billing or workflow system, including evaluation, data mapping, roll-out and support.
• The individual must have proven ability to engage directly with clients, understand their challenges, and deliver high-impact solutions.
• The individual must be willing to adjust hours to accommodate our global teams and client time-zones.
• The individual must have strong business process mapping and documentation skills, with experience in tools such as Visio, Balsamiq, Power BI, Jira, Azure DevOps.
• Strong Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat DC proficiency
• Strong written and verbal skills are required;

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems or a related discipline
• Minimum 10 years' experience leading business transformation, operational excellence, technology enablement or process improvement initiatives within a global professional services organisation.
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent) and/or significant experience in financial or professional services environment
• Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders and clients to define strategic roadmaps, drive business process transformation and deliver measurable operational improvements.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams spanning business, technology and project delivery functions.
• Agile, Scrum Product Owner, Business Analysis, Project Management (Prince2) or equivalent transformation qualifications are advantageous but not essential

Benefits & Rewards

The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships. The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental and optical)
• Competitive vacation packages
• Educational assistance and professional development programmes
• Savings or pension plan
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• Global mental wellness programme
• Sports clubs and social events

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website.  Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

Disclaimer: All personal information collected during the application process will be used for recruitment-related purposes only. Please refer to our Job Applicant Privacy Notice at maples.com/privacy for details on how we handle personal information relating to job applicants.

“Please note that it is the Maples Group standard policy to undertake various background screening checks on all applicants to whom a conditional job offer is made. Except for roles based in the Republic of Ireland, the background checks will include criminal records checks when a conditional job offer is made. If you have a criminal record, it does not mean that your job offer will be automatically withdrawn. The Maples Group will make all job offer decisions on a case-by-case basis and will take a number of factors into account, such as the role that you are applying for and the nature and circumstances of the past offence. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before a decision is made. Further details will be provided at the time any conditional job offer is made.”