Overview
In this role you will own the full transaction lifecycle and support the firm’s growing investment activity across strategies. You will coordinate across Investment, Finance, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and external providers to keep processes accurate and on time. The role offers visibility to shape systems, controls, and processes as the business scales. You’ll work hands-on with treasury, MIS reporting, and a portfolio management system to enable efficient, compliant operations. This is an opportunity to drive practical improvements in a lean, dynamic environment and to contribute to the firm’s expansion.
Responsibilities
- Own the full operational lifecycle of transactions: trade capture, confirmations, margining, reconciliations, and settlements
- Act as the central point of coordination across Investment, Finance, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and external providers
- Oversee the fund administrator, reviewing outputs and resolving breaks
- Manage daily treasury: cash management, funding movements, cash flow projections
- Produce daily and periodic MIS, including P&L and liquidity reporting
- Own and develop the firm’s portfolio management system and market data
- Identify and lead process improvements and automation opportunities
- Support or lead operational projects, system enhancements, and onboarding of new strategies
Key requirements
- Operations experience within asset management, private credit, alternatives, or banking
- Broad technical knowledge across products and financial markets
- Strong understanding of transaction lifecycles and fund operational processes
- Comfortable in a lean, dynamic environment with real ownership and responsibility
- Systems-minded, with a genuine interest in process improvement
- strong coordination and cross-functional collaboration
- problem solving and critical thinking
- proactive and ownership-driven
- portfolio management systems
- market data systems
- MIS reporting
Senior Associate, Operations in London employer: Mason Blake
Join a prestigious boutique asset management firm that champions a long-term investment philosophy, where your role as a Credit Research Analyst will be pivotal in shaping investment decisions across global corporate bond markets. With a collaborative work culture and a commitment to employee development, you will have the opportunity to learn from seasoned Portfolio Managers while contributing to meaningful investment strategies. Located in a vibrant financial hub, this position offers unique advantages such as access to industry leaders and a focus on ESG considerations, making it an ideal environment for intellectually curious analysts seeking to make a significant impact.
