Manager – Family Office
Brigade Group
Job Description
About the Role
Brigade Group is one of India’s leading real estate developers, with a diversified portfolio across residential, commercial, retail, and hospitality. Manager – Family Office supports the promoter family on personal finance, investments, and tax alongside the listed business.
The Manager will play a setup role for the function - building the MIS, bookkeeping review, investment tracking, and processes the family will rely on. Hands-on, close to the promoters, and best suited to someone who has done this before.
Key Responsibilities
1. MIS, Cashflow & Reporting
- Three-tier MIS — individual members, entity, consolidated group
- Cashflow projections and cash planning for the investment entity
- Periodic review packs, dashboards, and net-worth statements for the family
2. Bookkeeping Review & Audit
- Review layer over bookkeeping across LLPs, private companies, trusts, and personal accounts
- Monthly and quarterly closing, reconciliations, and consolidated reporting
- Interface with statutory, tax, and internal auditors; clean and timely closure
- Migration from Tally to mProfit; automation of Tally workflows
- AI tools to simplify routine workflows — bank statements, reconciliations, and similar
3. Tax & Compliance
- Tax notices tracked to timely closure across members and entities
- Review of opinions from internal and external tax consultants before action
- Coordination of IT, GST, TDS, ROC, FEMA, and SEBI promoter / insider-trading filings
- Support on capital gains, dividend, and trust-level tax planning
4. Investment Oversight & Portfolio Management
- Single source of truth across listed equities, MFs, fixed income, AIFs, PMS, PE, real estate, and alternatives
- Performance, IRRs, and asset allocation tracked through clear dashboards
- Independent perspective on the existing portfolio and on new opportunities
- Market movements monitored; timely calls flagged on entry, exit, and rebalancing
- Corporate actions, capital calls, distributions, redemptions, maturities, and rollovers monitored
5. Networking, Sourcing & Wealth Manager Interface
- Relationships with wealth managers at banks and similar institutions, fund houses, and brokers — engaged with diplomacy, credibility, and discretion
- Active presence in the family-office and investment ecosystem to read the pulse of the market
- New investment opportunities sourced and evaluated across asset classes
- Support to the family in drafting and refreshing an investment policy
6. Documentation & Controls
- Documentation for all family assets — financial and physical — including agreements, title papers, loan papers, and KYC
- Documentation for FEMA and SEBI promoter / insider-trading disclosures, in coordination with the listed-company team
- Estate planning and succession-related documentation as required
- Processes, internal controls, and reporting mechanisms strengthened over time
7. Strategic Support
- Financial models and scenario analyses for MD-level decisions
- Independent point of view in reviews with the family and external advisors
- Special projects and new ventures from the Family Office
What We’re Looking For
- CA preferred with 6–8 years post-qualification; CFA or MBA a positive
- Prior family office, founder’s office, or similar setup experience — built the function before, not only run it once established
- Strong fundamentals in bookkeeping, consolidation, and reporting
- Working knowledge of investment products across asset classes; AIFs, PMS, PE, and real estate a strong plus
- Exposure to direct and indirect tax, FEMA, and SEBI promoter / insider-trading disclosures
- Rigorous and detail-oriented; very comfortable in Excel and Tally; open to mProfit and AI-led workflows
- Sees the big picture and the details
- Holds their own and engages with conviction in discussions with family members and senior advisors
- High integrity and discretion in handling sensitive financial information
What We Offer
- Close working relationship with the MD and the promoter family
- Setup role with long horizon, ownership, and room to shape the function
- Discreet, professional environment within one of India’s leading real estate groups