Operations lead - Asset servicing

Seccl; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Seccl, a rapidly growing investment platform, is seeking an Asset Maintenance Lead. This hybrid role based in Edinburgh involves leading asset servicing, ensuring compliance, and optimizing processes in a dynamic environment. The position offers a competitive salary, generous holidays, and a focus on employee well-being.

Benefits

27 days holiday + bank holidays

6% employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Learning budget of £750

Option to work abroad for up to six weeks

Access to wellness initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant experience in asset maintenance and financial services.
• Strong understanding of financial instruments including equities, bonds, and derivatives.
• Knowledge of corporate actions processing and asset onboarding compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end asset maintenance process, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Lead dividend and corporate actions processing, ensuring timely execution.
• Identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements.

Skills

Asset maintenance

Dividend processing

Problem-solving

Operational excellence

Attention to detail

Communication

Tools

CREST GUI

Job description

Operations lead - Asset servicing

Hybrid role to be based in our Edinburgh office.

About us

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to help more people to invest – and invest well.

We’re B-Corp certified with an amazing product-market fit, impressive early traction, and the potential to transform an outdated industry for the better. We've been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years.

We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi billion group that's on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments, and Octopus Money.

Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments.

The role

We’re looking for an Asset Maintenance Lead to take ownership of dividend and corporate action processing, asset onboarding, and ongoing asset maintenance within our platform.

You will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, efficiency, and compliance of asset-related processes, working closely with internal teams to streamline workflows and enhance operational resilience.

Sitting between day-to-day operations and strategic process improvement, this role is perfect for someone who enjoys both hands-on problem-solving and optimizing processes to ensure our asset data remains reliable and up to date.

If you have a strong background in asset servicing, dividend & corporate action processing, a thorough understanding of financial instruments, and thrive in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment, this is a fantastic opportunity to lead and shape the function.

As a rapidly growing business, there is a substantial opportunity for you to own, redesign, and implement innovative processes to ensure we deliver an efficient and first-class service.

On a typical day you will…

• Own the end-to-end asset maintenance process, ensuring the accurate setup, management, and review of financial instruments across the platform.
• Ensure timely and accurate recording and payment of dividend events from aggregated payment to individual client-level records.
• Lead corporate actions processing, ensuring timely execution and clear communication with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Oversee asset onboarding, ensuring new assets are reviewed, approved, and set up in line with regulatory and operational requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert, supporting internal teams with complex queries related to corporate actions, asset data, and maintenance.
• Identify inefficiencies in asset-related workflows and implement process improvements to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and automation.
• Work closely with risk and compliance teams to ensure regulatory adherence and mitigate operational risks.
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, and Engineering teams to enhance systems and tooling for asset maintenance and corporate actions.
• Track key performance metrics (KPIs) to assess operational effectiveness and drive data-led decision-making.
• Provide training and guidance to internal teams, ensuring best practices in asset maintenance and corporate actions handling.

This role’s for you if…

• Significant experience in asset maintenance, dividend & corporate action processing, and securities operations within financial services.
• A strong understanding of financial instruments, including equities, bonds, funds, and derivatives.
• Knowledge of corporate actions processing, including dividends, mergers, stock splits, and other events.
• Experience working with asset onboarding, ensuring compliance and accuracy in financial product setup.
• A process-driven mindset, with a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to triage and resolve complex asset-related issues.
• A keen eye for detail and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Experience working with technology and data systems related to asset maintenance and corporate actions, including the CREST GUI.

This role isn’t for you if…

• You rely on a lot of top-down direction. Here, you’ll have a lot of freedom and ownership of your role, and you’ll be expected to shape your own progression.
• You’re not comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Our speed and scalability are what set us apart; you need to be able to act quickly and think on your feet.
• You struggle to follow through on ideas. We value people who do what they say they will. If you care about something, you have the freedom here to make it happen.
• You don’t like change. You’ll get on great here if you relish the ambiguity of rapid growth and are willing to embrace uncertainty.

What’s in it for you…

We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A salary between £50,000 and £70,000 – dependent on experience + reviewed annually
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays (some can be flexible) + day off on your birthday + three days (full time) per year for Dependant leave
• Two volunteering days per year
• Length of service award – one month paid sabbatical at eight years
• 6% employer pension contribution, and life assurance
• Private medical insurance with AXA Health
• Enhanced Parental leave
• MacBook and up to £500 home office setup budget
• £750 per person learning budget
• Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year
• Health and wellbeing initiatives including free therapy via Wellness Cloud, mental health support via Headspace
• Strong financial wellbeing focus including access to Octopus Money, Octopus Share Incentive Plan, and will writing offering via Octopus Legacy
• Perkbox – Flexi-points giving you discounts and perks including free weekly coffee, gym, and retail discounts
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Octopus Electric Vehicle Leasing

Our culture

We're proud to put people first, creating a culture where we truly listen to what matters most to them. Our transparent and inclusive environment encourages diversity of thought, challenge, and experimentation.

Check out our Glassdoor page for reviews or our LinkedIn for updates and insights from the team.

Interview process

Our interview process is conversational, designed to give you a clear understanding of us and vice versa. It typically involves:

• First stage – 45 mins competencies-based interview with two operations leads
• Second stage – one-hour technical interview or assessment with the hiring manager

Please submit your application promptly to be considered. We aim to respond within one to two weeks. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!