Dividends Manager in Leeds

Hours per Week: 37.5

Work Pattern: 8.30am – 5.00pm (Monday – Friday)

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum

Hybrid Working: Available after 1 month (up to 2 days WFH per week)

It is an exciting time to join us at Redmayne Bentley. After recently celebrating our 150th year in business, we are embarking on the next stage of our firm-wide strategy to build, improve and develop upon our strong, historic foundations.

The Role: As our Dividends Manager, you will undertake a key management role within the Asset Services department, with responsibility for leading and developing the talented colleagues within your team. You will be an advocate for maintaining excellent service standards, as well as taking an active role in training, coaching, and developing your team, ensuring they have the skills and confidence to excel. By role‑modelling our values and behaviours, you will lead by example in consistently delivering excellent client outcomes. As part of our ‘Stand Together and Stand Out’ culture, you will collaborate openly with others, offer support where it’s needed, and demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellent outcomes for our clients.

The Team: Our Dividends team has been regularly recognised for delivering excellent client outcomes and providing comprehensive training and development opportunities for colleagues. Within the wider Asset Services team there are a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. With specialists in Corporate Actions, ISAs & Pensions as well as Regulatory Reporting, you will find yourself surrounded by colleagues open to collaboration and sharing their knowledge with you. You would also join a friendly and supportive community of Operations Managers, both within the Leeds team and the wider branch network, frequently working together to ensure delivery of excellent client outcomes.

What We Are Looking For: To be successful in the role, we would expect you to have:

• CISI Level 3 Investment Operations Certificate qualification.
• Strong supervisory/line management experience within Operations, ideally within financial services.
• Broad market knowledge and awareness of dividend events and income tax.
• Good base of knowledge of relevant FCA regulations.

In addition, we would expect you to be able to demonstrate the following skills and behaviours:

• Analytical - able to confidently identify root causes, assess weaknesses, and drive process improvements.
• Client & Outcome Focused – ensures that the team remains focused on delivering excellent client outcomes.
• Collaborative – builds strong relationships with other teams and stakeholders.
• Effective Communicator – demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive Problem Solver – Proactively looks for opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Professional Integrity & Credibility – willing and able to influence, and challenge effectively, colleagues across all levels of the firm.
• Proven Leader – able to lead by example and build a positive, high performing team culture.
• Resilient & Adaptable – demonstrates sound judgement, effective prioritisation and high-quality outputs when faced with critical deadlines.
• Strong Risk & Control Mindset – maintains robust controls as well as high standards of delivery.

Who we are: At Redmayne Bentley, our goal is to provide excellent personal investment services that enhance clients’ wealth. It is an exciting time to be part of our firm, having recently launched our new five-year business plan to improve, grow and accelerate. We will achieve this through seeking operational and productivity improvements, growing the investment management and financial planning services, leveraging and protecting existing income lines and considering new acquisition opportunities. As one of the UK’s largest independent investment management and stockbroking firms, we are committed to building a modern and diverse workplace where our people are offered unique opportunities to learn, grow and develop across the financial sector. Our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment rewards hard work with generous perks and benefits, and we are genuinely committed to your wellbeing through our industry commended &You wellbeing framework. Our future looks more exciting than ever, come and share it with us.

Our Values: Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:

• Excellence
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Teamwork
• Integrity

Our Benefits: We are always continuing to improve our employee benefits to support our employees’ lifestyles, provide more flexibility and to reward and recognise excellence.

• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Travel Loans and Cycle to Work
• Reward and Recognition Schemes
• Hybrid Working
• Group Life Assurance
• Generous Family Leave Entitlements

Are you interested in this role? Yes? That’s great! Find out more about our application process below and what to expect after applying.

Applying is easy! All you need to do is enter your email address and click the ‘Apply Now’ button or alternatively sign-in using your social media profile. You will then be asked to enter your details and submit your CV. We review applications regularly; we do not wait for the closing date when we see a great candidate! We will be in touch via email or telephone confirming the next steps. In the meantime, find out more about us and our teams using the headers at the top or following us on social media. If you are successful in being shortlisted, we will ask you to come in and meet us for an interview. This is your opportunity to show us how you share our values and would be a great fit for the role.