Description
Job description:
Core-Asset Consulting's client, a global asset management firm, are looking for an Investment Platform Specialist to join their Derivatives Platform Solutions team in Edinburgh for an initial contract of 9 months.
Core responsibilities:
- Undertake business analysis to produce options and recommendations for a workable solution and drive action from key decision makers.
- Assist the business in the specification, planning, testing and operating model development required to support change throughout the strategic investment platform.
- Partner with the business and project teams to provide derivatives expertise on existing strategic projects, deliver change and embed into business as usual.
- Effectively manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure successful delivery of solutions.
- Provide derivatives related consultancy and subject matter expertise to stakeholders.
- Participate in project meetings with both internal stakeholders and key outsourced service providers.
Core requirements:
- Preferably educated to a degree level or relevant industry experience and investment industry relevant exams would be of a distinct advantage.
- Knowledge of the following key functions relating to derivative use within an investment management company; order management platforms and data flows, trade matching and settlement, collateral management and margining.
- Must have a proven track record in delivering significant change, working effectively and collaboratively with business and project teams.
- Broad understanding of outsourced Middle Office functions is essential.
- Experience of platform vendors eg Charles River, Markit, Bloomberg.
- Knowledge of financial regulation eg EMIR, MIFID II, IOSCO.
- Understanding of investment fund accounting, including the generation of data feeds for the accounting book of records and investment book of records.
Job reference: 9308
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.