Fund Disclosure / Prospectus Specialist in Manchester

Project Contractor Job Description

Prospectus Drafting

• Work with a team to rewrite and harmonise UK and Irish domiciled fund prospectuses/supplements, ensuring consistency of style, structure and positioning across the range.
• Carry out peer benchmarking to ensure disclosures aligned to peers where appropriate.
• Translate technical and regulatory requirements into concise, accurate and audience appropriate disclosures (investment objectives/policies, risk factors etc.).

Regulatory & Policy Alignment

• Ensure alignment with/traceability against applicable regimes, including (as relevant to each fund): In the UK: UK UCITS, FCA COLL/FUND, SDR, UK MMFs. In Ireland: UCITS, SFDR, MMFs.
• Identify regulatory gaps, propose remediation language and provide the rationale (with references to rules/guidance) for sign off.
• Monitor relevant developments during the contract period and recommend updates.

Stakeholder Management & Governance

• Work closely with the Product Legal team on drafting updated sections.
• Engage with numerous teams across the business (including Compliance, Product, Risk, IMG) to ensure accuracy of disclosures and reach agreement on final position.
• Work with Product Legal to ensure Depositary/External Counsel review is carried out; Manage approvals via formal governance (Disclosures Forum, Boards), preparing clear briefing papers.

Project Management

• Project manage the updates and work with key stakeholders to develop and maintain a delivery plan and document tracker, manage critical paths, dependencies and publication dates.
• Own version control, redlines, issues logs and decision logs to ensure auditability.
• Work with Disclosure Specialist to understand down-stream impact of Prospectus changes.

Quality Control

• Perform rigorous quality checks to ensure consistency within a Prospectus and across the range of documents where appropriate and ensure appropriate drafting style (such as plain English clarity where appropriate).

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Some experience in asset management legal/compliance or top tier law firm environment working on UCITS documentation for UK and Irish domiciled funds.
• Paralegals in addition to qualified lawyers will be considered.
• Strong understanding of UCITS products (passive and active) essential; understanding of NURS desirable.
• Demonstrable experience drafting prospectuses and engaging with regulators for Prospectus approvals.
• Strong working knowledge of: UK: FCA Handbook (esp. COLL and FUND); Ireland: relevant Statutory Instruments, Central Bank UCITS Regulations and CBI Guidance.
• Proven ability to provide regulatory rationale for disclosures and to cite rules/guidance succinctly.
• Excellent drafting skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience engaging with Depositaries/Trustees and coordinating with external counsel.
• Strong team player – ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams will be key.
• Prior involvement in large scale re-papering or regulatory change programmes desirable.

We do not accept sponsorship for this role.

Hybrid working

3 office days per week.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.