Senior Manager Funds & Corporate

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Our private wealth and corporate & funds teams work with our clients and their advisers, delivering an efficient, informed and personal service. We operate a fast-paced and rewarding environment with opportunities to service a variety of international clients across all asset classes.

The Senior Manager – Fund and Corporate is responsible for supporting the implementation, growth and day-to-day operation of the firm's UK Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) Operator activities and broader regulated fund services business within the London office, including support for the firm's Small UK AIFM and host AIFM arrangements where applicable.

The role will play a key part in the delivery and continued development of the Operator/AIFM/Fund service offering, helping to maintain effective governance, operational processes and regulatory compliance frameworks across the business.

The role is responsible for supporting and enhancing the operational, governance and service delivery framework across a range of UK, Channel Islands and international fund and corporate structures. The primary focus is the provision of Operator services to unregulated and specialist collective investment structures, together with associated governance, oversight and regulatory support services. The role will also contribute to the growth and delivery of AIFM services where required by clients and fund structures.

This is a client-facing role and will act as a key relationship contact for fund sponsors, investment managers, professional advisers and other intermediaries. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing client engagements, supporting service delivery under client mandates, identifying business development opportunities and contributing to the commercial success of the regulated fund services proposition.

Working closely with senior management, compliance and operational teams across the Group, the role will support the ongoing development of the business while helping to ensure services are delivered in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements.

This is a newly created role and candidates should be entrepreneurial, commercially minded and comfortable working within a growing business. The successful candidate will be expected to help develop the Operator proposition, support the expansion of associated AIFM capabilities, build strong introducer and client relationships and contribute to the long-term growth of the business.

• Support oversight of delegated portfolio management and risk management arrangements, including review of delegation frameworks.
• Support valuation governance processes and challenge of third-party valuers where appropriate.
• Support oversight of liquidity management frameworks, where applicable.
• Support the production, review and timely submission of UK AIFMD Annex IV reporting.
• Support oversight of COLL/FUND rule compliance for operator-led structures.
• Support oversight of conflicts of interest identification, management and disclosure within operator-led structures.

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of regulated fund service propositions and operating models.
• Support development of proposition tiers (e.g. start-up, emerging manager and established manager).
• Contribute to pricing discussions and service enhancements for hosted and operator-led fund structures.
• Ownership of onboarding frameworks and implementation processes for first-time and emerging managers.
• Monitor market, regulatory and competitive developments impacting UK regulated fund structures and platform propositions.
• Keep abrstead of product and service developments that may enhance and add value to existing and potential client relationships.
• Support the development of scalable operational processes and service delivery models.

• Support business development initiatives through engagement with intermediaries, stakeholders, existing and prospective clients.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of new business opportunities and support conversion into new mandates.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with asset managers, sponsors, promoters and professional advisers.
• Develop expertise in UK regulated fund structures and support clients, intermediaries and colleagues.
• Support manager onboarding, due…