Senior Investment Operations Analyst

Our client is a specialist investment manager with a strong, values-led approach to responsible and sustainable investing. As part of a larger, well-established financial services group, they combine commercial performance with a genuine commitment to positive impact.

Based in central London, this is a close‑kith organisation where individuals can make a genuine impact. They offer a collaborative environment with broad exposure across the business, giving employees the opportunity to build knowledge and experience across multiple areas of investment management.

The Role

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Investment Operations Analyst to support the monitoring and maintenance of investment restrictions and the firm's investable universe across its portfolios, helping ensure risk data is accurate, comprehensive and appropriately represented.

The role coordinates the timely and accurate delivery of reporting to internal and external stakeholders, provides cover for performance reporting, and works collaboratively within Investment Operations and across the wider business. There is also scope to contribute to projects and practical improvements across Reporting, Performance and Risk Operations, while supporting the development of junior colleagues.

A Day in This Role

• Reviewing restrictions that have evolved overnight, working through risk monitoring alerts generated from these changes and resolving them.
• Updating and maintaining restriction rules in Charles River, including changes driven by new fund launches.
• Working across the trade lifecycle, day-to-day, weekly and monthly, to ensure restrictions, risk data and reporting remain accurate and current.
• Getting hands‑on with the detail, this is a role for someone who wants to do the work directly, not oversee it from a distance.

Main Responsibilities

Investment Restrictions

• Take ownership of the day-to-day monitoring and maintenance of pre- and post-trade investment restrictions in Charles River.
• Ensure investment restrictions accurately reflect client mandates and regulatory requirements.
• Act as the principal point of expertise on investment restrictions, providing guidance and support to colleagues across the business.
• Work closely with the Sustainable Investment team to ensure the firm's investable universe is accurately maintained.
• Work with Compliance and senior colleagues to manage exceptions.

Process Improvement & Projects

• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve automation and enhance operational effectiveness.
• Review existing processes and recommend practical improvements.
• Contribute to the development of robust control frameworks that reduce operational risk and improve data confidence across the business.
• Contribute to and deliver agreed projects across Reporting, Performance and Risk Operations.
• Ensure processes within the role's remit are clearly documented and regularly reviewed.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues across teams and support junior colleagues in developing their knowledge and capability.

Reporting & Client Support

• Take ownership of coordinating the timely and accurate delivery of periodic reports to internal and external stakeholders, working with internal data providers and colleagues within Investment Operations.
• Support the production and delivery of performance reports, providing cover for the Performance Analyst when required.
• Provide accurate data and reporting to support client materials and presentations.
• Develop and implement processes and initiatives that strengthen the accuracy, efficiency and integrity of data reporting.
• Support the Head of Investment Risk in the continued development of the investment risk framework, including liquidity.
• Produce accurate and comprehensive risk data and reporting across the firm's portfolios.
• Support colleagues who use risk data and help ensure it is represented appropriately.
• Continue to develop risk reporting to meet evolving business requirements.
• Provide agreed management information and exception reporting to the Head of Operations in a timely manner, where appropriate.

Core Experience

You will be an experienced investment operations professional, ideally with 6+ years' relevant experience, who enjoys working with data, solving problems and improving how things are done, with a strong eye for detail and a sound understanding of operational controls. This is a hands‑on role, well suited to someone who wants to be doing the work rather than simply overseeing it.

• Strong, in-depth knowledge of investment restrictions and a solid understanding of how they work in practice, with the ability to bring this together from a reporting perspective.
• Proficiency in Charles River is essential.
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle across daily, weekly and monthly delivery cycles.
• Broad investment operations experience and an understanding of end-to-end operational workflows.
• Experience producing accurate investment risk, operational or client reporting within a controlled, deadline‑driven environment.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to work confidently with large data sets, identify issues and demonstrate strong attention to detail.
• Experience identifying and implementing practical improvements to operational processes, reporting or controls.
• A collaborative approach, with effective communication skills and the ability to work well across the business.
• Well organised, with the judgement to manage competing priorities, take ownership of tasks and work independently when required.
• An understanding of the regulatory and control requirements relevant to investment operations.

Experience That Adds Value

• The Investment Management Certificate (IMC), Investment Operations Certificate (IOC) or another relevant qualification, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Experience supporting projects or systems, technology or automation improvements within investment operations.
• Experience sharing knowledge, supporting colleagues or contributing to the development of junior team members.