Fund Operations Assistant - Edinburgh/Witham/Peterborough Edinburgh, Scotland
Aegon
Full Time
Edinburgh, Scotland
42500 - 47472 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Job Description Summary
Job Description
Fund Operations Assistant
People are living longer than ever before, and we’re excited by the opportunities this brings. As a purpose-led business, we’re focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it – however grand or humble their ambitions. Working at Aegon, you’ll play an important part in helping achieve this. We have three behaviors that are central to how we operate as a team and a business: we step up, we tune in and we’re a force for good.
The Team
We have an exciting opportunity for a Fund Operations Assistant to join our Fund Data and Projects team. Reporting to our Senior Fund Operations Analyst, the Fund Operations Assistant will play a vital role in supporting the performance reporting processes, including fund factsheets.
The Role
The Fund Operations Assistant will support investment operational processes and procedures for fund launches, changes and closures. They will also be responsible for supporting the investment relationship and completion of actions log for our key external consultant partner. The successful candidate will provide support to internal stakeholders by providing timely and accurate fund launch and change data and instructions.
Supporting and providing periodic collation of fund data for scheduled quarterly and annual review process will be a vital part of the role and the Fund Operations Assistant will assist with adherence to the investment control framework and operational capabilities.
Key responsibilities
Support the successful operational control & delivery of investment data across relevant distribution platforms, specifically;
- Support insured fund factsheet production, operational reporting and other ad hoc tasks
- Work with external 3rd party data providers to ensure insured fund data is accurate and up to date
- Multi location support for fund launches, changes and closures across both the insured and platform fund range, including client specific blended funds, ensuring client expectations are met and our Investment Data Repository is accurate and up to date
- Fund change data compilation and validation – used for ad hoc client fund and externally managed fund changes typically implemented each month
- Maintenance of internal fund databases used to produce fund literature and factsheets, and to provide fund reference and fee data for use by multiple cross business teams
- Completion of periodic and annual data review tasks – asset mix data, growth rates data for blended funds, additional expenses
- Support the production of scheduled reporting (such as QIRs and workplace presentations) and ad hoc reporting to agreed timescales and standards.
- Support for strategic partner funds including annual review of fund AMC buffers, ad hoc and quarterly changes programme for a range of blended funds
- Support the standard monthly/quarterly performance reporting process and ensure accessibility across our fund range, including ESG components.
- Ensure internal data is sent to 3rd party vendors in a timely and efficient manner
Skills & Experience
- Effective organisational skills
- Flexible and pro active
- Team player
- Effective communication skills
- Facilitation
- Influencing skills
Knowledge
- Excel Skills
- Experience of working in a fast-paced fund implementation/transition role within Investment, Platform or Life & Pensions
- Broad range of experience in the Platform or Life & Pensions Businesses
- Change management
- Knowledge of FE Analytics & FinXL desirable
- Experience of fund reporting, particularly within the ESG space
Qualifications
Understanding and qualification related to the investment industry
How we look after you
Outside of a competitive salary, working with us comes with a range of benefits that you can access from day one, including:
- Non-contributary pension between 8-12% dependant on age
- Life assurance cover
- Private medical cover and health assessments
- Access toPeppy– a digital health app for employees of all genders with a range of support covering areas such as general health, menopause, fertility, baby etc
- Critical Illness cover
- A suite of enhanced parental leave policies to support you in the moments that matter
- Holiday trading
- Private GP appointments with Doctor at Hand
- Cycle2Work scheme
- 2 paid days per year for charitable volunteering
- Employee wellbeing is key to our culture. We offer a range of online classes to support this, including yoga and meditation
We champion a collaborative, supportive working environment where you’ll have the opportunity to develop yourself and your career in a way that works for you. Our reward programmes encourage peer-to-peer recognition, and we offer a discretionary annual bonus dependent on company and individual performance.
How we look after the community and the environment
Aegon supports local causes that align with our purpose and ambitions. Our goal is to serve and strengthen the communities where we do business and create a better quality of life for everyone. Our employees are encouraged to support charities they feel passionate about and are offered volunteering days.
Responsible investment is a key element of Aegon’s company-wide approach to sustainability. Aegon is committed to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, we have over 30 years' experience managing responsible investments and offer over 200 responsible investment options across our platforms.
Flexible working
We’re transitioning to our new normal and we’re welcoming everyone back to working in new, collaborative, and exciting ways. We’ve adopted a hybrid environment of remote and office working, so it’s important that you live within a commutable distance to our offices.
We know that people have busy lives and commitments outside of work, so we offer flexible work arrangements where possible to support our employees.
We’re an equal opportunities employer
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
As an international and multicultural business, we celebrate a range of festive days to support the rich diversity of our employees. Our Chief Marketing Officer leads our own LGBTQ+ community group, and we proudly sponsor Pride events across the UK.
We also work with key partners like
Black Professionals Scotland
to support our commitment to equal opportunities in the workplace.
Find out more about
how our people matter.
Who we’re made up of
We’re a company of ambitious, collaborative, problem-solvers who get things done. We strive to make sure everyone that works for us feel seen, heard, and valued – so we’re looking for like-minded people to join us.
What you need to know
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you the job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.
