Job Description

The opportunity

As Middle Office Analyst, you'll support the Middle Office Manager in operationally overseeing the Omnis fund range and operational relationships with its investment management delegates. You'll act as the operational conduit to our Investment Managers for queries and issue resolution and ensure delegated operational activities are delivered to time, quality and with minimal risk to the Omnis business. Working as part of a small team, this role is key to the delivery of comprehensive processes and procedures, supporting the operational models for both Omnis.

This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week in our London office.

The benefits:

Salary - up to 40,000 Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 7.5% Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5% Critical illness cover Income protection - 1 x salary Death in service - 4 x salary 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.
Key Accountabilities:
Operational oversight of Omnis' investment management operations in line with service level agreement expectations. Create and develop responses to several investment management oversight and reporting requirements identifying trends and anticipating issues. Carry out weekly liquidity monitoring for the funds. Responsible for updating quarterly liquidity limits and presenting to internal committees. Conduct weekly counterparty exposure analysis on derivatives within the funds. Review data and reach out to Investment Manager's for additional information. SME for monthly fund performance monitoring for the Investment Team. Leading data generation for portfolio factsheets, liasing with data providers to supply the correct information for the portfolio factsheets. Conduct daily post trade (Investment & Borrowing Power) reviews. Review queries and trends, liaising with the Omnis Investment Team and Omnis Compliance on resolution, as required. Ensure there is a clear audit trail for anomalies and resolving actions. Accountable for maintaining and updating Investment Manager operational KPI's. Support the investment management on-going due diligence review programme. Support the Omnis wider Team with the reporting, providing data and streamlining the report process. Support Omnis Middle Office Manager with management programmes. Activities could include: Fund mergers and closures, systems and process changes, platform migrations, derivative reporting projects, discretionary product launches and supporting regulatory change. Manage the production of MI and reporting using third party systems such as Financial Express, Style Analytics and StatPro, to support the CEO, Omnis Investment and Marketing teams

What will you need to succeed?

Middle Office or operational experience. Able to lead and maintain effective working relationships Experience of managing critical service management agreements and contracts. CISI Investment Operations Certificate, or equivalent, preferred. Has started, or willing to work towards IMC. Some understanding of each stage of the investment operations process (e.g. tradeflow, settlements, custody, dealing etc.). Appreciation of different asset types. Third Party service provider/oversight management skills. A good understanding of investment platforms and UK distribution structures. Must be able to handle and prioritise multiple activities. Confident presentation skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Report writing is a key part of the role.

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.



We're also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague's individual differences and identities - just like our financial advice, for us, it's personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.