Assistant Manager - Box and Pricing Oversight (12-month FTC)

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager - Box and Pricing Oversight (12-month FTC)

SALARY: £51,777- £57,530

HOURS: Full time

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

An excellent opportunity has arisen as an Assistant Manager on a 12-month fixed term contract joining the Investment Accounting & Operations team within Insurance, Pensions & Investments Finance

You’ll join the Pricing Oversight Team who are focused on the accuracy and timeliness of key deliverables by undertaking oversight of all daily operational processes and controls performed by our third party outsource service providers. This includes all NAV fund accounting, trading activity, fund unit pricing and daily management of the Box exposures across the Scottish Widows fund ranges. The team is responsible for signing off the daily fund prices to internal and external systems in accordance with agreed timeframes guidelines and regulatory standards. 

Day to day you’ll

• Interpret sophisticated processes and handle the efficient and effective production of high-quality output and analysis, anticipating internal partners needs.

• Perform the daily, weekly & monthly processes ensuring timely and accurate production of all financial data with special emphasis on processes with a pricing impact.

• Develop & build relationships with third party fund accounting and management service providers providing a level of oversight of their delivery.

• Ensure compliance of agreed accounting policies and practices, continuously improving and implementing operational and control procedures.

• Provide technical support and assistance to the business using own judgement as to when more complex queries require further investigation and discussion.

• Review and sign off of tasks within the deadlines ensuring full control and accuracy of data. This includes authorising daily pricing and the daily Box position.

• Establish and build relationships with partners to support the provision of quality and timely information and analysis to inform business decisions

• Participate in small-scale projects or well-defined tasks on larger projects to improve support and implement solutions.

About us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you’ll need

• Ideally you'll be a part or fully qualified Accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc. (or equivalent)

• You'll show you have a good level of experience in fund pricing and administration working within a similarly large organisation.

• Assured self-organisation; being accomplished at time management, delivering to tight pressured timelines, and proactive in identifying, understanding and acting in accordance with processes and standards.

• Excellent data analysis skills: being an expert at analysing and interpreting data, drawing out insights that inform effective decision making

• Strong interpersonal and collaborative abilities; being adept at building positive relationships and establishing a personal network across the organisation to deliver results

• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 toolset, including Excel, PowerPoint, Power B.I, SharePoint, Teams, Word and Yammer

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch! We’d love to hear from you!