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Operations Manager

  • Mauritius
  • Negotiable
  • Permanent
  • Added 21/01/2026 
  • Closing 20/02/2026
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To lead and manage operational functions within the team, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and high-quality service delivery to clients while optimizing resources and mitigating risks.

 

Primary Purpose

To lead and manage operational functions within the team, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and high-quality service delivery to clients while optimizing resources and mitigating risks.
An Operations Manager oversees various critical functions to ensure smooth operations and compliance.

Primary Objectives

  • Deliver a proactive and responsive service to your clients ensuring ongoing high satisfaction and continual improvement
  • Lead and manage team leaders and supervisors to deliver proactive, high-quality service to all stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and timely updates, especially when issues arise.
  • Oversee administration and case processing for all customer groups, including effective queue management to meet service delivery standards.
  • Establish a clear vision and goals for the team, ensuring role clarity and alignment with organizational objectives.
  • Maintain an effective operating rhythm through regular communication, feedback, and corrective actions to ensure clarity of roles, goals, and behaviors.
  • Achieve and exceed SLAs for speed, quality, and ease while driving productivity, utilization, and efficiency to deliver superior results.
  • Foster a high-performance culture through robust performance management practices that enable individuals to reach their full potential.
  • Promote knowledge sharing and best practices across teams and invest in professional development through training, coaching, and career growth opportunities.
  • Drive continuous improvement by listening to the voice of the customer and implementing process enhancements to elevate service quality, risk management, and operational efficiency.
  • Ensure compliance with all regulatory standards and governance frameworks.
  • Reduce attrition and improve employee engagement and morale, evidenced by retention KPIs and ESAT results.
  • Lead change initiatives in processes, technologies, and organizational structures to adapt to evolving business needs.
  • Support talent acquisition and workforce planning to meet variable workloads and provide career growth opportunities.
  • Partner on financial aspects of operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
  • Leverage technology and digital tools to enhance operational efficiency and service delivery.
  • Maintain sustainability and legal compliance across all operational processes.

Key Accountabilities

Ensure your clients are completely managed, satisfied and advocating your service, making sure solid change control processes are in place and effectively enabling client required changes to global standardised processes

  • Team Leadership: Manage team leaders and supervisors, ensuring proactive stakeholder engagement and clear communication.
  • Operational Management: Oversee administration, case processing, and queue management for all customer groups.
  • Performance Management: Implement top-to-bottom performance culture, including coaching, feedback, and recognition of high performers.
  • Compliance & Risk Control: Govern frameworks to meet regulatory standards and ensure legal compliance.
  • Continuous Improvement: Regularly review processes, identify smart ways of working, and implement improvements based on customer feedback and data analysis.
  • Change Management: Lead operational changes in processes, technologies, and structures to improve service delivery.
  • Resource Allocation: Ensure effective distribution of workload and maintain shift coverage to meet demand.
  • Quality Assurance: Establish and maintain quality standards, conduct reviews, and implement corrective actions, drive accountability  
  • Financial Oversight: Monitor financial performance, identify cost-saving opportunities, and optimize resource allocation, support budgeting activities 
  • Technology Integration: Incorporate new technologies and digital tools to improve efficiency.
  • Reporting & Analysis: Prepare reports, monitor KPIs, and present operational insights to senior management.
  • Talent Development: Support recruitment, training, and career progression for team members.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work cross-departmentally and maintain strong vendor relationships to ensure operational alignment and cost efficiency.
  • Customer Service Excellence: Develop strategies to enhance customer satisfaction and service quality.

Key Competencies

  • Leadership & Motivation: Ability to inspire, coach, and manage teams effectively.
  • Strategic Thinking & Decision Making: Analytical and conceptual skills for problem-solving and planning.
  • Communication: Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
  • Change Management: Adaptability and influencing skills to manage transitions.
  • Technical Proficiency: MS Office Suite, advanced Excel, data analysis, and familiarity with trust and corporate administration processes.
  • Client centricity: ability to drive satisfaction through effective engagement and operational service delivery
  • Negotiation & Influencing: Ability to manage vendor relationships and secure favourable terms.

Experience

  • Education: Degree in Business Administration, Management, Law, Finance, Accounting or Compliance; certifications such as STEP or ICSA preferred.
  • Professional Background: 5-7 years in BPO or Shared Service operational service delivery management within financial services, with at least 3 years in a senior management role
  • Technical Skills: Advanced Excel, data analysis, and operational process knowledge.
  • Industry Knowledge: Understanding of trust, corporate services, and/or pension administration.

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