Play a key role in the financial and operational control of Northern LGPS's investments, supporting robust fund administration and high-quality service to its partner funds. Northern LGPS is entering an important period of development, creating an FCA authorised investment management company and establishing the leadership, governance and operating capabilities required for the future. As Investment Finance Manager, you'll contribute across a broad range of investment finance and fund control activities, including net asset value reviews, valuations, pricing, cash monitoring, alternative investments, trade reconciliation and investment compliance. You'll help ensure accurate investment records, effective controls and timely delivery for Northern and its partner funds. This breadth makes the role an opportunity to develop your expertise across the Investment Operations environment while contributing to how services, processes and controls evolve. You'll work with colleagues across Northern LGPS as well as partner funds, third parties and audit teams, helping identify improvements and maintain effective working relationships as the organisation develops its future operating model.
- Deliver fund control activities across areas including valuations, pricing, cash monitoring, alternative investment management, trade reconciliation and investment compliance.
- Complete net asset value (NAV) review activity to agreed timescales and maintain accurate records supporting the integrity of fund information.
- Support partner funds in meeting their public sector pension fund regulatory requirements while helping Northern LGPS meet its own FCA regulatory requirements.
- Process private markets investment financial transactions and maintain the associated administrative records within Northern's internal data systems.
- Apply preventative, detective and corrective controls appropriately across your work and support the timely review and resolution of identified issues.
- Work with internal and external audit teams, providing effective support and helping ensure reported issues are addressed within appropriate timescales.
- Support colleagues across Northern to meet internal and external service level agreements, key performance indicators and key risk indicator reporting requirements.
- Build your knowledge across the breadth of Fund Control, developing an understanding of how the team supports day-to-day activity across Northern LGPS.
- Develop a strong understanding of the systems supporting Operations, including internal and third-party platforms, and identify opportunities to improve their effectiveness.
- Ensure daily and periodic activities are completed within defined service levels, including system updates, reporting and any subsequent actions or communications.
- Review processes and procedures, identifying opportunities to improve service standards, controls and performance and contributing ideas for agreed changes.
- Keep procedures and process documentation accurate and up to date when permanent changes are implemented, maintaining appropriate document and version control.
- Support monthly performance reviews, helping ensure KPI requirements are met and KRI information is accurately compiled for review and sign-off.
- Work collaboratively with other Operations teams to support periods of increased business volumes, change activity and developments such as client onboarding.
- Build effective professional relationships with partner funds and external third parties, helping address issues and support changes to service arrangements where required.
- Undertake relevant secondments to partner funds where required to support effective day-to-day management and understanding of Northern LGPS services.
- Maintain required learning and regulatory training, including training relating to anti-money laundering requirements., Bradford. This is a 12 month fixed term contract.
Flexible and hybrid working
Northern LGPS offers flexible and hybrid working arrangements, alongside a commitment to colleague wellbeing.
Sponsorship
We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
You’ll bring practical fund control experience together with a sound grounding in accounting and an interest in developing broader investment operations expertise.
Essential
- At least two years' experience working within a Fund Control department.
- Part qualification towards a relevant accounting qualification.
- FCA industry-recognised qualifications.
- Five GCSEs at grades A to C, including English and Maths, or equivalent qualifications.
- Willingness to develop the skills needed to operate within an FCA-regulated environment.
- This is a 12 month fixed term contract.
Desirable
- Exposure to public sector investment and/or pensions management requirements.
- Experience using general ledger systems, Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft Office software.
- Experience supervising a significant finance or accounting process or service, which could include banking or treasury operations.
- Experience of team leadership and supporting personal development.
- Experience developing third-party relationships and defining service level agreements.,
You’ll be at least part-qualified towards a relevant accounting qualification.
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