Valuation and Middle Office Specialist

The Openwork Partnership; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic financial services firm in London seeks a Valuation and Middle Office Specialist for a hybrid role to manage fund valuation activities and support liquidity processes. You will serve as a central point for valuation analysis and policy oversight, requiring strong communication and stakeholder management skills. This position involves a 6-month fixed-term contract, and you will be expected in the office 2-3 days a week. Competitive salary and benefits including a pension scheme and holiday allowance are offered.

Benefits

Salary up to £75,000

Pension Scheme

Critical illness cover

Income protection

Death in service benefit

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible benefits including private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience in reporting for senior management.
• Strong understanding of security tools and policies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee fund valuation and middle office activities.
• Act as the central point for valuation analysis and reporting.
• Define and monitor valuation treatment of assets.
• Assist with custody-related activities.

Job description

The opportunity

As Valuation and Middle Office Specialist, you’ll oversee Omnis’ fund valuation and middle office activities, ensuring each asset is accurately valued and fully understood. You’ll act as the central point for valuation analysis, reporting, and policy oversight, while supporting liquidity, derivatives, and fair valuation processes. This role suits someone who combines technical expertise with analytical precision and a collaborative mindset.

This is a 6 month fixed term contract, hybrid role, based in our London office, with the requirement to be in the office 2 / 3 days a week.

The benefits

• Salary – Up to £75,000
• Pension Scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Income protection - 1x salary
• Death in service - 4x salary
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days.
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Your responsibilities will include

• Valuation and asset technical SME.
• Acting as the central contact point for the analysis, reporting, valuation, and treatment of assets held by Omnis funds.
• Defining, obtaining approval and ongoing monitoring of the valuation treatment of assets held by Omnis funds.
• Ensuring valuation policies are maintained within the Omnis framework.
• Assisting with all custody-related activities including account authorisations and market opening approvals.
• Acting as the Corporate actions technical SME (e.g., for unquoted securities), including Schemes of Arrangement analysis and implementation support.
• Liquidity management oversight reporting and reviews.
• Compiling derivatives usage reviews including counter-party exposures, collateral accounting oversight and approving new instruments.
• Acting as the Key stakeholder for preparation of technical input focusing on Valuation Policy impact.
• Fair valuation events as well as unquoted, stale and static valuations.

What will you need to succeed?

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, and the ability to articulate security risk to both technical and non-technical audiences
• The ability to build strong relationships and influence decisions with internal and external stakeholders
• The ability to effectively manage stakeholder expectations
• Strong people management, mentoring and coaching skills
• The ability to manage and prioritise the team workloads
• Demonstrable experience of producing reporting for senior management
• A strong understanding of the business impact of security tools, technologies, and policies
• The ability to be pragmatic whilst balancing the commercial objectives of the Openwork Partnership

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast-paced and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.