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Providing management and BAU operations support by fulfilling contracts with companies in the financial services sector in particular in fund administration and investment operations. Areas of experience and knowledge include pooled funds unit pricing and NAV calculation, third party admin oversight, asset valuations (equities, fixed income, derivatives, property, corporate actions), fund migrations, process enhancement, procedure update, compliance and risk assessment, quality assurance… Show more Providing management and BAU operations support by fulfilling contracts with companies in the financial services sector in particular in fund administration and investment operations. Areas of experience and knowledge include pooled funds unit pricing and NAV calculation, third party admin oversight, asset valuations (equities, fixed income, derivatives, property, corporate actions), fund migrations, process enhancement, procedure update, compliance and risk assessment, quality assurance, completion and overview of project documentation. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Cover senior analyst vacancy providing oversight on the outsourced NAV pricing and control functions relating to Jupiter unit trusts, SICAVs and investment trustsReview of daily fund prices, share class divergences, and other NAV checks on pControlValidating and approving pControl exceptions prior to release of fund pricesLiaising with Milestone Group as needed to resolve issues occurring in pControlAdding share classes and funds to pControl as launchedMaintaining 'manual'… Show more Cover senior analyst vacancy providing oversight on the outsourced NAV pricing and control functions relating to Jupiter unit trusts, SICAVs and investment trustsReview of daily fund prices, share class divergences, and other NAV checks on pControlValidating and approving pControl exceptions prior to release of fund pricesLiaising with Milestone Group as needed to resolve issues occurring in pControlAdding share classes and funds to pControl as launchedMaintaining 'manual' checks on fund NAVs in support of the fund sign-offCompleting and reviewing periodic NAV performances across hedged share classesReviewing and advising fair value adjustments on daily FOF holdings and other assetsUpdating issue logs, breach and error logs and providing management information for KPIs and the identification of risk areasQuery resolution with the TPA providers, JPM and HSBCReview and update of current procedures and processes Show less

London, United Kingdom

Agreed the Fund Oversight requirements and processes with the outsourced provider, Northern Trust (NT), for the launch of LGIM’s tax transparent fundsLiaised with Investment Operations and NT to document prior to funds launch the day in the life operational processes and interactions between LGIM and NTAgreed the tolerances, checks and data requirements for daily NAV oversight sign-offReviewed and agreed Fund Accounting SLAs with NTCompleted testing to ensure NT… Show more Agreed the Fund Oversight requirements and processes with the outsourced provider, Northern Trust (NT), for the launch of LGIM’s tax transparent fundsLiaised with Investment Operations and NT to document prior to funds launch the day in the life operational processes and interactions between LGIM and NTAgreed the tolerances, checks and data requirements for daily NAV oversight sign-offReviewed and agreed Fund Accounting SLAs with NTCompleted testing to ensure NT pricing sources and policies contained no material differences to LGIM at launchOrganised workshops and client visits to review NT controls for NAV validation, asset pricing, income and corporate action processing and reconciliation completion Show less

Dorking

Worked with the Fund Pricing and Middle Office asset validations teams to prepare operational readiness requirements to onboard the AXA WLUK life and pension funds range to the new pControl pricing processCompleted testing of fund pricing, NAV analysis and asset valuation functions in pControlAnalysed fund price accuracy during and after parallel runs to prove valuations for go-liveReviewed new processes and delivered new procedures incorporating pControl and existing HiPortfolio… Show more Worked with the Fund Pricing and Middle Office asset validations teams to prepare operational readiness requirements to onboard the AXA WLUK life and pension funds range to the new pControl pricing processCompleted testing of fund pricing, NAV analysis and asset valuation functions in pControlAnalysed fund price accuracy during and after parallel runs to prove valuations for go-liveReviewed new processes and delivered new procedures incorporating pControl and existing HiPortfolio processes for the Fund Pricing and Middle Office teamsCreated and agreed detailed run books to record progress through UAT and parallel runs, Liaison with client risk review team to align and assess new processes and controls in accordance with the risk framework Show less

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities included:Leading the LBG life and pensions pricing, cash allocation and box management team through the TUPE transfer from LBG to State StreetPresenting process documentation, agreeing service standards, providing overviews and liaising with stakeholders to contribute to the timely transfer of business to State StreetCompleting the migration of all funds from the legacy LBG platform onto the MCH platform at State Street Canary Wharf whilst maintaining… Show more Responsibilities included:Leading the LBG life and pensions pricing, cash allocation and box management team through the TUPE transfer from LBG to State StreetPresenting process documentation, agreeing service standards, providing overviews and liaising with stakeholders to contribute to the timely transfer of business to State StreetCompleting the migration of all funds from the legacy LBG platform onto the MCH platform at State Street Canary Wharf whilst maintaining BAU service standardsCompleting the migration of the box management function to Scottish Widows Edinburgh prior to transferring all other pricing operations to State StreetImproving pricing operations and implementing formal SLAs within the pricing team in preparation for the agreed third party administration contract between LBG / State StreetManaging the LBG / State Street pricing and box functions on a daily basis, delivering accurate NAVs and unit dealing on over 800 Life and Pension funds for the Halifax, Clerical Medical and Scottish Widows fund rangesManaging the Change and Support team, interacting with the BAU teams to support ongoing operations and deliver project change including the migration of funds to Canary WharfRepresenting IA management internally and externally to bodies including Project Managers, Pricing Committee, Box Committee, Risk, and client oversightSubject Matter Expert and business analyst support for BAU process developments, fund launches and restructures and ongoing IA change implementation. Supervising the Quality Assurance function in the administration of new error reporting, MI provision and Risk forum reporting.All aspects of staff management including resource allocation, training, recruitment, appraisals, bonus allocations and one to one objective setting and performance monitoring Show less

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities included:Completion of requirements, operating model and functional specification documentation for the on board of pControl, a cash allocation and NAV pricing tool providing efficient, consistent, scalable and risk aware service solutions to JPM’s fund administration clientsSubject Matter Expert and business analyst support for IOS project implementation of the pControl automated fund price validation control process for MFM, NU, Hibernian and Life and Pensions… Show more Responsibilities included:Completion of requirements, operating model and functional specification documentation for the on board of pControl, a cash allocation and NAV pricing tool providing efficient, consistent, scalable and risk aware service solutions to JPM’s fund administration clientsSubject Matter Expert and business analyst support for IOS project implementation of the pControl automated fund price validation control process for MFM, NU, Hibernian and Life and Pensions and Ark Life fund rangesManaging the Aviva Pricing function, providing accurate cash allocation and daily valuations for over 400 mutual, fund of fund and hedge funds at midnight, noon and 5pm valuation points, achieving 100% SLA hit rate and minimal error costsManagement of the Data Control and asset pricing team responsible for vetting all vendor asset prices and market data used in validating fund NAVs in UK and LuxembourgSuccessful take on of the existing priced funds business of a major new client, Hibernian Life and Pensions (Dublin), adding over 300 funds and Euro 12 billion to the priced funds rangeSuccessfully project managed the outsource of the transfer agency team from MFM to Aviva Fund Services LuxembourgRepresenting the Pricing department in the implementation of the ‘lift out’ of Pricing from MFM to JPMorgan Providing senior management input and assistance to the subsequent migration of the Data Control and asset pricing functions to the Central Pricing Unit in Edinburgh.Management of the pricing project change team, overseeing fund launches, closures and restructures and implementation of fund specific changes including introduction of share classes and revised fee ratesRepresentative on three client Pricing Committees liaising with clients to co-ordinate project timetables, review SLA deliverables and MI and resolve any other issues arisingRegular contact with trustees, compliance, Fund Accounting, audit and risk regarding pricing risk & control issues Show less

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Upper Second

A Levels

4 A Levels (Maths, Economics, Geography, General Studies) 11 O Levels