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In 2025 Blackstone established Brio Real Estate (Brio) as a portfolio company focused on real estate credit. Brio is a specialized global commercial real estate asset services platform that manages and supports Blackstones Real Estate Debt Strategies business (BREDS) across the globe. Today BREDS has more than $77 billion in investor capital across high yield / opportunistic real estate credit funds a publicly traded Mortgage REIT CMBS securities and insurance capital. Brio is a sophisticated real estate credit solutions provider that enhances value for investors and supports BREDS across key functions including asset management transactions capital markets surveillance portfolio management and legal & compliance. Brio provides critical infrastructure and capabilities for BREDS to allow for effective investments and management of its global portfolio.

Blackstone is the worlds largest alternative asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Blackstones scale with roughly 12700 real estate assets and over 240 portfolio companies enables them to invest in dynamic sectors positioned for long-term growth. The firm seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by building strong businesses that deliver lasting value. Blackstones global investment strategies focus on real estate private equity infrastructure life sciences growth equity credit secondaries and hedge funds.

JOB SUMMARY

Brio is seeking an senior professional based in India to lead execution across Strategic Finance FP&A and Corporate Accounting. This role serves as the primary India-based counterpart to U.S. finance and investment leadership and is responsible for translating U.S.-defined strategy priorities and operating standards into consistent high-quality execution at scale.

The ideal candidate is a strong people leader and operational finance executive who combines analytical rigor with execution discipline. This role owns day-to-day delivery enforces quality and controls develops high-performing teams and ensures finance operations are reliable scalable and decision-useful supporting the efficient deployment monitoring and return of investor capital.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Team Leadership & Execution Management

• Lead managers and individual contributors across Strategic Finance FP&A and Corporate Accounting
• Own day-to-day execution capacity planning workload prioritization and on-time delivery
• Establish clear performance standards KPIs and accountability mechanisms
• Coach and develop managers and high-performing individual contributors
• Partner with U.S. leadership on hiring plans onboarding and team growth

Strategic Finance & Analytics

• Lead a team responsible for:

• Recurring financial operational and investment reporting
• Ad hoc analysis to support leadership
• Support for budgeting forecasting and planning processes

• Act as a quality-control and review layer before outputs are shared with U.S. stakeholders
• Ensure analyses are accurate clearly communicated and decision-useful

Process Discipline & Continuous Improvement

• Execute U.S.-defined processes while identifying opportunities to:

• Improve efficiency and throughput
• Reduce errors and rework
• Strengthening documentation and controls

Cross-Border Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for India-based finance function
• Provide regular visibility into:

• Capacity throughput and delivery timelines
• Operational risks and issues
• Process stability and improvement opportunities

• Communicate proactively across time zones
• Escalate issues early with context and recommended actions

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• India-based Strategic Finance FP&A and Accounting teams deliver consistently accurate timely and decisionready outputs with minimal rework
• U.S. leadership has high confidence delegating critical finance and investment workflows without needing to closely manage execution
• Teams operate with clear ownership predictable capacity and wellunderstood priorities
• Core reporting analysis and planning processes are standardized welldocumented and scalable
• Financial analyses are trusted clearly communicated and routinely used in executive and investment decisions
• Finance execution enables faster more confident deployment and monitoring of investor capital

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 14 years of experience in corporate finance or related roles within financial services asset management private credit or similar environments
• Proven experience managing teams
• Strong background in strategic finance analytics or FP&Atype functions
• Demonstrated ability to execute U.S.-defined processes and priorities in a globally distributed organization
• Experience working with external counterparties
• Strong process orientation with experience improving controls documentation and scalability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly across time zones and seniority levels

Key Skills & Attributes

• High attention to detail with the ability to manage complexity across multiple workstreams
• Comfortable operating in a controldriven environment without slowing execution
• Ability to identify issues early escalate thoughtfully and propose practical solutions
• Collaborative working style with a clear understanding of ownership vs. partnership

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