Senior Trade and Position Oversight Analyst

St. James’s Place; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

St. James’s Place is seeking a Senior Trade and Position Oversight Analyst to join their investment operations team. This pivotal role involves monitoring trading activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and providing operational oversight to enhance efficiency. Candidates should possess a strong understanding of asset management operations, coupled with excellent analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively within a team.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus scheme

Competitive parental leave

Private medical insurance (optional)

10% non-contributory pension

Qualifications

• Detailed operational knowledge of trading and custody activities.
• Strong track record in delivering change in operations.
• Experience with monitoring service providers against service standards.

Responsibilities

• Proactively oversee middle office processes by monitoring trading activities.
• Analyse trading and custody metrics for timely issue resolution.
• Support operational due diligence for onboarding new managers.

Skills

Operational knowledge of regulatory standards

Investment operational activities knowledge

Change management delivery

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Senior Trade and Position Oversight Analyst

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At a glance:

Location: London - Lombard Street Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

The Investment Operations Division keeps clients' assets safe by mitigating risk and overseeing fund administrator, custodian and manager activity. They are committed to safely delivering SJP's Investment Approach, meeting regulatory obligations and upholding our clients trust in the Partnership. By enabling investment teams, they support SJP’s growth and excellent client outcomes.

The Senior Trade & Position Oversight Analyst will proactively oversee middle office processes by monitoring Investment Manager trading activity and Custodian operational service standards and any associated post trade activity. And to take responsibility for the resolution of exceptions, discrepancies, and operational controls. This will include regulatory and risk oversight projects as well as contributing to the broader oversight of the investment managers of SJP’s fund range.

What you’ll be doing:

• Serving as a central technical expert for trade and position oversight within the investment operations team across a wide range of financial instruments including securities, derivatives, FX, money markets and repo.
• Raising and resolving discrepancies and exceptions, taking ownership for appropriate escalation of ongoing issues or concerns.
• Regularly reviewing Investment manager trading activities to ensure funds are appropriately managed, meeting regulatory obligations and mitigating exposure risk to the funds and maintaining industry knowledge in all aspects of relevant trading and execution.
• Performing periodic checks to monitor Investment managers adherence to relevant rules for in scope instruments and funds.
• Analysing relevant trading and custody metrics to ensure the timely resolution of issues.
• Supporting the Head of Trade & Position Oversight to improve the scalability, efficiency, and effectiveness of SJP’s derivative and collateral monitoring processes (including the oversight of Uncleared Margin Rules).
• Monitoring thresholds and Investment Manager adherence to relevant operational requirements.
• Providing subject matter expertise to onboarding and fund lifecycle event teams, ensuring trading and custody activities are appropriately considered.
• Supporting operational due diligence as part of the onboarding of new managers and strategies, acting as a point of escalation for junior team members and providing subject matter expertise to support the resolution of issues.
• Supporting the Trade & Position management team as required with regulatory transaction reporting and/or custodian and trustee related queries and exception management.
• Be responsible for ensuring the completeness and accuracy of procedures, process documentation and controls related to derivative & lifecycle event management.
• As required, deputise for the Head of Trade & Position
  
  

Who we’re looking for:

A confident individual who will be responsible for supporting team members with the oversight of collateral and ensuring regulatory requirements are met.

Essential Criteria

• Detailed operational knowledge of regulatory and industry standards relating to trading and custody activities within asset managers.
• Working knowledge of key investment operational activities for in scope products, with particular emphasis on trading, settlement, custody, reporting, and risk oversight processes.
• Strong track record of delivery of change in an operations capacity
• Monitoring service providers against agreed service standards
  
  

Desirable Criteria

• Degree qualified, or equivalent experience. Relevant additional professional qualifications are preferable but not essential.
• Understanding of Investment Operations, Investment Risk, Investment Product and Compliance services.
  
  

Special Requirements:

• Required to travel to other offices and service provider offices
• Will require out of hours work when projects are nearing completion
  
  

What's in it for you?

We reward you for the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts.

We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (26 weeks full pay)
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)
  
  

Reasonable Adjustments We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]

Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.

As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

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