Investment Operations Technical Analyst, Asset Management

Phoenix Group; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization based in Telford seeks an experienced Investment Operations Technical Analyst to join their team. This role entails coordinating fund changes, maintaining static fund data, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates will have experience in investment fund operations and strong analytical skills. The organization offers a competitive salary and a flexible working model.

Benefits

Asset management bonus

Excellent pension scheme

Private medical insurance

38 days holiday

Life assurance

Income protection

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience within Financial Services industry preferably in investment fund operations.
• Experience with corporate actions.
• Proficient MS Excel user with macros experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate fund changes to maintain compliance with FCA rules.
• Maintain static fund data ensuring accuracy.
• Calculate fund asset allocation and periodic distributions.

Skills

Financial Services experience

Accounting qualifications

MS Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Good communication skills

Education

Accounting and Investment Operations-related qualifications

Tools

Morningstar direct

IWT

Job description

Job Description

Salary and Benefits: up to £36,000 depending on experience + asset management bonus, excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance, 38 days holiday incl. Bank Holidays (pro-rated), plus 12x salary life assurance, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more!

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role will be based in Telford office, you will be required to attend the office a minimum of twice a week but otherwise time spent between home and the office. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

We are pleased to announce an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as an Investment Operations Technical Analyst to join the Investment Operations team, part of the Asset Management function.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

Context

Our Investment Operations team are responsible for the administration of around 2,000 unit-linked and with-profits funds with over 9,000 pricing series linked to them. Our roles vary from oversight of fund accounting and unit pricing, placement of trades and the maintenance of customer facing data for our funds.

The Role

This is a great opportunity for someone with the relevant experience and qualifications to join our Fund Data Oversight team. You will support the team with processing fund changes that have an impact on ReAssure policyholder funds, ensuring that all associated activities are actioned in a timely manner and that the company are compliant with FCA COBs rules. You will work with both internal and external stakeholders to determine the required actions and coordinate change through to completion. In addition, you will support the team in maintaining Static Fund Data, processing/analysis of Asset Allocation info and calculation of Fund Distributions.

The team work to strict deadlines which are often set by external market activities, therefore you will be able to work flexibly with your colleagues to ensure our actions are delivered successfully. You will be an organised and dependable member of the team, able to play a key part in the monitoring of actions and management of risks and controls that we are responsible for.

Key Responsibilities

• Fund Changes– coordinating change to ReAssure policyholder funds in response to internal and market led events. Delivering change by the appropriate deadline and ensuring that the company remain compliant with the FCA COBs rules.
• Static Fund Data- maintenance of static fund data, ensuring accuracy as it is applied within fund pricing and externally shared. You will provide oversight of the charge taken from each policyholder series taking account any applicable product terms.
• Asset Allocation– calculation and reporting of fund asset allocation for use in industry sector benchmarks and customer fund factsheets.
• Risk and Control– support the on-going delivery of robust, effective and efficient operational, finance processes and controls.
• Fund Distribution– calculation and processing of periodic fund distributions for both Unit Linked and With-Profit funds.
• Customer Queries– responding to queries raised by the Customer Service team.

Minimum Requirements

Experience / Knowledge (Essential)

• Experience within Financial Services industry preferably in investment fund operations with understanding of Unit Linked and With-Profit funds.
• Experience with dealing with corporate actions.
• Accounting and Investment Operations-related qualifications
• Experience using Morningstar direct and /or IWT
• Proficient MS Excel user with experience with macros.

Personal Attributes & Skills

• Self-starter and independent worker with strong sense of ownership, capable of delivering to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Diligent working style with attention to detail and high standards for quality
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with holistic financial thinking
• Good communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across a wide range of stakeholders.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.