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AT A GLANCE:

Location: London - Lombard Street Office
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Permanent
Seniority: Associate
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Investment Product team, supporting the implementation of investment product related change. Whilst principally focused on mutual fund products; Unit-Linked funds, DFM and other third party investment services are in scope. You will manage the project lifecycle, manage risks and issues arising, engage with and influence a broad range of stakeholders, and direct tasks in order to deliver projects to required standards of quality, within agreed budgets and timescales.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work with colleagues inside and outside the Investment Division to successfully deliver investment product change activity, aligned to the strategy and roadmap.
• Assist with the day to day management of implementation activity, including project plans, risks and issue logs, preparing and presenting progress / issues / budget to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Be aware of any relevant regulatory requirements.
• Assist with the analysis and documentation of business requirements.
• Support with ensuring governance and controls in place to manage execution risk.

Who we’re looking for:

Essential experience

• Familiarity with investment products in the asset management industry, relevant fund structures and regulations.
• Understanding of project lifecycle management, including planning, execution, monitoring and closing projects efficiently.
• Experience preparing project reporting (including project and programme-level packs), supporting project / workstream meetings (including preparing agendas, minute-taking and communicating outputs), maintaining action logs and RAID logs.
• Awareness and understanding of SJP’s strategy, business drivers and how the investment offering supports the needs of Partners and Clients.

Desirable experience

• Ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders, and assertively and diplomatically work with stakeholders to achieve the project objective
• Ability to work alone to solve problems and appropriately escalate to seek support of others
• Ability to positively work with others to achieve the right outcomes for the business
• Strong communication skills including communicating technical matters concisely and presenting to build common understanding

WHAT’S NEXT?

If you’re excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
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• Work with colleagues inside and outside the Investment Division to successfully deliver investment product change activity, aligned to the strategy and roadmap.
• Assist with the day to day management of implementation activity, including project plans, risks and issue logs, preparing and presenting progress / issues / budget to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Be aware of any relevant regulatory requirements.
• Assist with the analysis and documentation of business requirements.
• Support with ensuring governance and controls in place to manage execution risk