Cash and Collateral Operations Analyst (Senior)

Cash and Collateral Operations Analyst (Senior)

Cash and Collateral Operations Analyst (Senior)

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

• Providing Trade Support services for FX and Money Market instruments (Deposits/CDs/CPs/Liquidity Sweep/Repo), working closely with the FX and Money Market Investment teams.
• Being the first point of contact within Operations for Fund Managers and Client Relationship Managers who have queries on Cash related items, and representing the team on service review meetings with these colleagues. This extends to understanding the challenges of these stakeholders and identifying where our team can assist.
• Overseeing Margin processes and Collateral Management.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements, utilising the available technology tools.
• Management of supplier service in relation to Cash and Collateral activities with an outsourced Middle Office and Custodian.
• Management of broker relationships through service review meetings.
• Oversight of the investigation and resolution of complex issues across multiple systems, data flows and user groups.
• Working with Custodians to ensure FX Standing Instruction setups are in place and accurately recorded on Aberdeen systems.
• Investigation of overdrafts including root cause, devising ways to prevent reoccurrence.
• Assisting with presenting on team activities, successes and issues to senior management.

• This position will be suitable for an experienced Senior/Technical analyst, with a wealth of experience in Investment Operations
• Cash, Trade Support and/or Collateral knowledge.
• Experience of creating and nurturing long-term relationships, particularly with Fund Managers, Traders and Client Relationship teams. This includes orchestrating complex query resolution where input is required from multiple teams.
• Track record of both delivery of small scale local change, as well as participating as a department SME in strategic firmwide projects.
• The ability to work in a diverse and demanding environment managing conflicting priorities with calm and ease - delivering a seamless stakeholder service.
• The ability and tenacity to drive change through to completion and a naturally curious and inquisitive mind-set.

• Strong knowledge of the asset management industry and of overseeing an outsourced operating model.
• IOC or IMC qualifications desired.

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