Salary and Benefits: up to £36,000 depending on experience + asset management bonus, excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance, 38 days holiday incl. Bank Holidays (pro-rated), plus 12x salary life assurance, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more!
Job Type: Permanent
Location: This role will be based in Telford office, you will be required to attend the office a minimum of twice a week but otherwise time spent between home and the office You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
We are pleased to announce an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as an Investment Operations Technical Analyst to join the Investment Operations team, part of the Asset Management function.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Experience / Knowledge (Essential)

• Experience within Financial Services industry preferably in investment fund operations with understanding of Unit Linked and With-Profit funds.
• Experience with dealing with corporate actions.
• Accounting and Investment Operations-related qualifications

• Experience using Morningstar direct and /or IWTProficient MS Excel user with experience with macros.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS

• Self-starter and independent worker with strong sense of ownership, capable of delivering to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Diligent working style with attention to detail and high standards for quality
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with holistic financial thinkingGood communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across a wide range of stakeholders.

THE ROLE

This is a great opportunity for someone with the relevant experience and qualifications to join our Fund Data Oversight team. You will support the team with processing fund changes that have an impact on ReAssure policyholder funds, ensuring that all associated activities are actioned in a timely manner and that the company are compliant with FCA COBs rules. You will work with both internal and external stakeholders to determine the required actions and coordinate change through to completion. In addition, you will support the team in maintaining Static Fund Data, processing/analysis of Asset Allocation info and calculation of Fund Distributions.
The team work to strict deadlines which are often set by external market activities, therefore you will be able to work flexibly with your colleagues to ensure our actions are delivered successfully. You will be an organised and dependable member of the team, able to play a key part in the monitoring of actions and management of risks and controls that we are responsible for.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Fund Changes – coordinating change to ReAssure policyholder funds in response to internal and market led events. Delivering change by the appropriate deadline and ensuring that the company remain complaint with the FCA COBs rules.
• Static Fund Data - maintenance of static fund data, ensuring accuracy as it is applied within fund pricing and externally shared. You will provide oversight of the charge taken from each policyholder series taking account any applicable product terms.
• Asset Allocation – calculation and reporting of fund asset allocation for use in industry sector benchmarks and customer fund factsheets.
• Risk and Control – support the on-going delivery of robust, effective and efficient operational, finance processes and controls.
• Fund Distribution – calculation and processing of periodic fund distributions for both Unit Linked and With-Profit funds.
• Customer Queries – responding to queries raised by the Customer Service team.