Head of Execution Oversight FTC 1 year
2 days left
- Recruiter
- Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive plus Bonus/Benefits
- Posted
- 02 Mar 2023
- Closes
- 01 Apr 2023
- Ref
- 18922481
- Job Function
- Other
- Industry Sector
- Finance - General
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
Key Responsibilities
Oversight
Managing Resources and Relationships
Technical Competencies, Skills and Experience
Oversight
- Collaborate with the compliance and investment teams to define and develop execution processes that reflect the scheme investment objectives and regulatory requirements
- Own oversight of all aspects of Best Execution reporting and monitoring to include rigorous challenge as appropriate to the first line
- Drive continuous improvement and enhancement of policies and procedures, and robust governance processes
- Understanding of the regulatory landscape within which USSIM and the scheme operates
- Ability to tailor reporting of oversight activities to different audiences, boards, internal comitees and senior stakeholders as well as colleagues
Managing Resources and Relationships
- Build relationships with the investment teams to develop a broad and deep understanding of business objectives and deliver solutions with minimal direction
- Work in close partnership with the Operations, Compliance, Legal, Business Change and IMS teams to manage dependencies and conflicts between processes. Not afraid to foster debate where appropriate.
- Be a trusted advisor to senior management and key internal/external stakeholders to communicate strategies and analysis to facilitate decision making.
- Delivering Results
- Deliver reporting to the Best Execution and Research Review Group and other USSIM committees in a smooth, accurate and timely manner
- Periodically conduct strategic deep dives into market segments to understand gaps across USSIM's execution arrangements
- Actively manage the development and delivery of enhanced execution processes over time to become market leading, whilst remaining sensible for the organisation
Technical Competencies, Skills and Experience
- Strong technical investment knowledge, with excellent understanding of markets, competitive positioning and regulatory environments.
- Excellent analytical and communication skills, demonstrating competence in portraying complex content in a clear, concise, and compelling manner in both written papers and oral presentations
- Execution experience in a market facing environment, ideally as a head of execution or in a senior execution role with a large asset manager or investment bank.
- Fostering an open environment and productive ongoing dialogue across teams with constructive problem-solving and proactive issue and risk management
- Strong stakeholder focus and ability to understand the relationships between the business and stakeholders
- Aptitude to influence key stakeholders and decision makers to drive progress and commit resources to successfully implement and deliver change
- Highly competent at prioritisation, process organisation, and management of multiple workstreams across teams