Job Description:

Core-Asset Consulting is pleased to be supporting a leading investment firm in the recruitment of an Investment Operations Team Lead. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a newly established and fast-growing business at a formative stage, offering the chance to help shape its culture and operational infrastructure from the outset.

Skills/Experience:

• 5+ years of Buy-side/Sell-side operations experience
• Experience leading teams or a desire to keen to progress into a team leadership role
• Ability to understand and solve business problems
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with internal and external stakeholders
• A minimum 2.1 degree from a Russell Group University

Core Responsibilities:

• Design and execute daily control processes through reconciliations (positions, trades, and cash) across Equities, Fixed Income, Rates, Futures, Credit, and Commodities asset classes.
• Lead a team of Operations Analysts, fostering high performance and career progression.
• Provide extensive operational expertise and strategic input to the ongoing enhancement of business infrastructure, partnering with technology teams and external vendors to develop efficient, scalable processes across both existing and new product lines.
• Investigate and resolve exceptions within electronic affirmation and matching platforms.
• Maintain oversight of all post-trade activities performed by third-party administrators, ensuring robust controls are in place and that issues are escalated appropriately and in a timely manner.

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: 16317

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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