Operations delivery lead

Hybrid with two days a week in our Bath, Edinburgh or London office, travel between offices will be needed at times

Seccl is the Octopus‑owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to helping more people to invest – and invest well.

We’re B‑Corp certified with an amazing product‑market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We've been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years.

We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi billion group that's on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money.

Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments.

We’re looking for an Operations delivery lead to join our Trading team and lead the operational delivery of the full trade lifecycle.

You’ll lead the day‑to‑day running and continuous improvement of trading operations across funds and equities, from execution through matching, settlement, exception management and post‑trade oversight.

You’ll lead a team of six and play a key role in keeping our trading flows accurate, resilient, well‑controlled and ready to scale.

This is a hands‑on leadership role. You’ll need to be comfortable getting into the detail, unblocking issues, making good decisions under pressure and helping the team build better ways of working so the same problems do not keep coming back.

We know this is a broad role. We’re not looking for someone who has done every part of it perfectly before. We are looking for someone with strong trading operations foundations, sound judgement, high ownership and the appetite to learn quickly. You might bring deeper experience in dealing, settlement, transaction reporting or operational controls. What matters most is that you can lead well, learn fast, ask good questions and raise the standard around you.

You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Risk and Compliance to strengthen controls, reduce operational risk and improve how we serve our customer firms. You’ll also help make sure our trading operations are designed and run in line with FCA expectations, including CASS, MiFID II and COBS obligations across dealing, settlement, reconciliations, transaction reporting and accurate books and records.

• Lead the operational delivery of trading across funds and equities, making sure orders, trades, settlement activity and reporting are processed accurately and on time.
• Oversee execution and settlement activity across key partners and market infrastructure, including fund routing and equity settlement providers.
• Help the team manage breaks, rejects, unmatched positions and exceptions through to resolution.
• Act as an escalation point for trading incidents and operational issues, coordinating the right response and making sure fixes last.
• Own and improve operational controls across the trade lifecycle, making sure processes are well evidenced, risks are understood and books and records remain accurate.
• Support post‑trade oversight, including transaction reporting, best execution monitoring, financial crime monitoring and other trading operations controls.
• Help the team manage fund conversions, off‑platform transfers and other operational processes where accuracy, control and customer impact matter.
• Lead daily operational readiness across trading cycles, making sure monitoring, inboxes, dashboards and exception queues are reviewed, prioritised and acted on.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to simplify workflows, improve tooling, automate manual processes and reduce operational risk as we scale.
• Coach and develop a team of six, setting clear standards, building confidence and creating a culture of ownership, learning and customer‑first delivery.

• You’ve led or mentored people in a trading, investment operations, platform operations or closely related environment.
• You have a strong understanding of the trade lifecycle, with hands‑on experience in some of the following areas: dealing, settlement, exceptions, fund trading,…