Middle Office Operations Manager

Our client is embarking on exciting times in sourcing Fund Management and investing in Equities, FX, and Fixed Income in-house offering huge scope for an accomplished Middle Office Operations Manager to work in a senior hands on middle office capacity supporting the Head of Investment Operations.

As the Middle Office Operations Manager, you will have oversight and will assist the Head of Middle Office overseeing the outsource Middle Office provider for Derivatives Operations, will be responsible for managing the new in-house middle office function supporting direct investments operationally, produce Management Information Reporting, manage and oversee external investment managers, oversee and manage custody relationships as well as delivering processes and procedures to support new direct investments operationally.

Candidates will come from a similar capacity responsible for overseeing an outsourced Derivatives Operations provider for the administration of ETD OTC Derivatives, will operationally support the full life cycle of Equities, FX, Fixed Income trades providing trade support through to and including ensuring settlement. Your product coverage will include multi asset classes such as (but not limited to) Equity, Fixed Income, FX and Derivatives.

This role will appeal to individuals who bring breadth across all middle office functions from a BAU perspective as well has having had prior experience delivering and implementing operational processes to support new direct investments across all assets.

Candidates will demonstrate current ability mapping process flows and writing procedures for example.

In this role you will:
• Provide operational support to the investment management and pooled fund portfolio management teams for Manager appointments and terminations
• Processing and monitoring of manager instructions and confirms, including benchmark changes, funding changes, capital calls, distributions
• Expertise and hands on experience of the full trade lifecycle from Trade support through to Settlement across multi asset classes
• Processing of investments in collectives including hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure vehicles.
• Processing of subscriptions redemptions
• Processing custody changes such as account structuring, opening and closing, transaction monitoring reconciliation's, powers of attorney, STIFs, standing FX arrangements - Stock Lending knowledge and experience is essential
• Producing Management Information reporting

Candidates will come from an investment management background with hands-on experience across Front to Back operational processes to support direct investments with vendor management capabilities. It is essential candidates will have a 2.1 degree within a mathematical or financial degree coupled with either IAQ or IMC qualifications.

Our client offers a collaborative working environment offering a work/life balance and exceptional benefits.

May 13, 2014 • Tags:  • Posted in: Financial

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