Head of Investment Oversight

Marks Sattin - London; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dynamic leader for their Investment Oversight team. This role involves managing investment risks, optimizing processes, and leveraging technology to enhance performance across portfolios. The ideal candidate will have over a decade of experience in financial services, particularly in asset management, and will excel in team leadership and stakeholder collaboration. With a focus on sustainability and regulatory compliance, you will drive initiatives that foster financial awareness and operational efficiency. Join a forward-thinking organization where your expertise will shape the future of investment oversight.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in financial services, ideally in asset management.
• Experience leading and developing a high-performing team.
• Understanding of UCITS and AIFMD regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Investment Oversight team and manage investment risks.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive investment oversight framework.
• Ensure accurate and timely production of investment reports.

Skills

Relationship and stakeholder management

Effective team management

Programming and data management skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Interest in Sustainability/ESG

Education

Degree in Finance

Degree in Mathematics

Degree in Physics

Tools

Oracle

Snowflake

AWS

PowerBi

Tableau

Grafana

Bloomberg MAC

Axioma

Dimension

CRD

AIM

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Main purpose of the role
The primary responsibility is to lead the Investment Oversight team. The candidate will establish and maintain a robust framework for the independent management of investment risks and performance across portfolios, while supporting stakeholders with timely, accurate portfolio data and reporting.

Success in this role requires proactive process optimisation, leveraging technology, data management, and visualisation to enhance agility and scalability within the function.
Key duties and responsibilities

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate all investment risks. Develop and maintain a comprehensive investment oversight framework aligned with market best practices and regulatory requirements. Ensure adherence to risk limits and investment guidelines.
• Foster collaboration with portfolio managers, analysts, and traders to understand risk appetite, challenge portfolio construction, and deliver insightful risk and performance analysis. Clearly communicate key findings to support informed decision-making.
• Incorporate climate and broader ESG risks management into the investment oversight framework.
• Continuously and proactively utilise technology to reduce the use of spreadsheets, automate workflows and reporting, enabling the department to scale.
• Ensure models used by the team are validated, with key assumptions and limitations clearly communicated to relevant committees.
• Ensure accurate and timely responses to RFPs, due diligences, and information requests. Collaborate with the business development team to support existing and new business. Implement automated and self-service solutions to support agile sales motions.
• Maintain robust investment valuation processes, including oversight of fund administrators, shadow NAV control, independent pricing of instruments, valuation assessments, and swing pricing implementation.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of positions and portfolio data across all systems and databases.
• Ensure accurate and timely production of investment reports, including factsheets, institutional reports, committee packs, and portfolio data for external platforms.
• Ensure awareness and compliance with GIPS standards, reporting, and presentation requirements and best practices.
• Contribute to product development initiatives, ensuring that all investment risks, performance, and reporting requirements are identified and met.
• Foster a culture of financial awareness, optimise resource allocation, and drive cost-saving initiatives where possible without compromising quality or strategy goals.
• Manage the team activities and performance to ensure delivery of service levels in line with SLAs, client, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the team is appropriately skilled and high performing, promote continual development and the values and behaviours.
• Implement a target culture, including D&I, in the department.
• Proactively drive actions to help achieve our sustainability objectives.
• Maintain understanding of regulatory requirements and best market practices.
• Own relevant policies and procedures as per Governance Framework.
• Represent the department on committees and working groups, in an open and proactive way.

Experience, skills, and knowledge

• Professional qualifications required (if applicable). Degree in a numerical discipline (e.g., Finance, Mathematics, Physics) preferred.
• 10+ years experience within financial services, ideally in an asset management context.
• Experience leading and developing a team.
• Significant experience developing relational databases and working with data management platforms (e.g., Oracle, Snowflake, AWS).
• Experience scripting (e.g., SQL, Python) and using visualization software (e.g., PowerBi, Tableau, Grafana).
• Strong technical understanding of multi-factor models (e.g., Bloomberg MAC, Axioma).
• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve scalability.
• Previous experience in investment risk, performance, or portfolio control.
• Understanding of UCITS and AIFMD regulations.
• Liquidity risk management and portfolio stress testing experience.
• Hands-on experience with equity, fixed income, and derivatives instruments.
• Experience using investment management platforms (e.g., Dimension, CRD, AIM).
• Knowledge of investment accounting principles in asset management.
• Experience delivering presentations to senior management and clients.

Skills

• Relationship and stakeholder management.
• Effective team management and leadership skills.
• Ability to address issues effectively and handle difficult conversations.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Constructive challenge ability.
• Strong organizational, time management, and multi-tasking skills.
• Highly numerate with a good understanding of mathematical/statistical concepts.
• Programming and data management skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Interest in Sustainability/ESG.

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