Role requirement
Vacancy type
Permanent
Sector
Asset Servicing (Middle Office)
Specialisim
Middle Office Operations
Location
Edinburgh
Language skills
English
Job reference No.
15944
Salary
Competitive
Data Published
21/01/2025
Closing date
18/02/2025
Job Description:
Do you have extensive experience of investment operations, preferably in the asset management industry, including supplier and stakeholder management? Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Investment Operations to join their team based in Edinburgh on a permanent basis.
Skills/Experience:
- Extensive investment operations experience, ideally within asset management
- Extensive supplier and stakeholder management
- Proven track record of managing projects effectively
- Experience of people management.
- Excellent problem-solving skills
Core Responsibilities:
- Ensuring investment operations processes are functioning effectively, with a focus on potential improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.
- End-to-end investment operations process to ensure the effective and efficient running of investment operations.
- Identification of opportunities for improvements in the investment operations function,
- Monitoring, analysing and presenting management information related to the investment management function.
- Supplier relationship management
- Facilitating onboarding of assets, providing client support where required.
- Managing team to develop their knowledge and skills.
Benefits:
- A highly competitive salary
- Wider Benefits package
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 15944
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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Originally from Ireland, Rachael has been an integral part of the Core-Asset Consulting team for eight years, bringing 20 years of recruitment experience from London and Edinburgh. With a background in Business Studies and an MA in PR & Communications, Rachael's unique blend of strategic insight and consultative communication adds valuable depth to our team and influences many of our client projects.
Specialising in executive search, financial services, and investment recruitment, Rachael supports clients across the UK and Ireland. She is a strong advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, mentoring young people through MCR Pathways and encouraging girls to pursue careers in finance and investment through her work with Future Asset. As Director and part of the senior management team, Rachael's passion for providing a truly consultative service, combined with her deep understanding of the financial services sector, has earned her a reputation as a trusted advisor in recruitment.
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