Investment Management Operations Manager

As Manager of the Investment Management Operations team your role involves overseeing and managing the dealing activities of the firm to ensure dealing activities are timely, accurate and compliant. You would likely have two direct reports and report to the Chief Operations Officer.

Saltus investment managers trade OEICs/Unit Trusts, ETFs, FX, investment trusts, listed equities, bonds and occasionally structured products.

Why Saltus?

Our mission is to improve everyone’s relationship with their wealth: to make it a positive force for their future and at the same time to prevent it being a source of anxiety. We want everyone who works at Saltus to be proud to work here, and to find fulfilment and meaning in the work that they do. We have a number of offices in the South of England including London, Whiteley and Farnham.

We are incredibly proud of our culture and work really hard to ensure that Saltus is a great place to work for our people, where they can have fun and grow in their career, with a passion for excellence and customer service.

Saltus is a privately owned financial planning and discretionary investment management house. We are dedicated to providing a high-quality service for private clients, trusts, and smaller institutions.

Saltus Partners was founded in 2004 and has grown organically and through a small number of carefully integrated acquisitions. Originally the business started out as an investment manager and has now developed the financial planning side of the offering, putting this at the forefront of the client relationship.

Today Saltus manages and advises on over £5 billion of client assets, acquired through a combination of organic business growth and corporate acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Managing investment operations: You oversee the day-to-day dealing operations, order execution, trade settlements, risk management, corporate actions, trade reconciliations and fund reporting to ACDs. Your team would ensure client accounts are invested according to the agreed model portfolio(s) (to within acceptable tolerance), on both the Saltus platform as well as external platforms.
• Compliance and regulatory oversight: Ensuring compliance with industry regulations and internal policies to maintain the integrity of trading operations.
• Team leadership and development: As a people leader, you provide performance guidance, training, and mentorship to help individuals achieve their goals, develop skills and knowledge and contribute to the success of the firm.
• Performance analysis and reporting: You analyse operational performance, evaluating the effectiveness of processes from a client, efficiency, and regulatory perspective, and provide reports that provide clear insight on performance, issues and actions being taken.
• Technology and systems management: You oversee the implementation and maintenance of dealing systems and technology to optimise trading efficiency and effectiveness.
• Operational risk and resilience: You ensure we have a current and risk-based view of dealing operations, and maintain an effective and tested business continuity plan to ensure we can quickly recover from an operational incident impacting trading.

Overall, you play a critical role in ensuring the smooth and efficient execution of trades, managing risks, and contributing to the overall success of the Asset Management business. Critically, you need to operate as ‘part’ of the Saltus Asset Management team focused on service delivery to support the SAM business strategy.

Behaviours:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to think and plan long-term strategies for the function that align with the goals and vision of Saltus.
• Vision: Ability to lead, inspire, and motivate teams by setting a clear vision for the team and to inspire others to work towards that vision.
• Decision-Making: Strong decision-making skills to make critical choices that drive business growth and success.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills to effectively convey ideas, influence stakeholders, and build relationships.
• Innovation: Embracing innovation and driving a culture of creativity and continuous improvement within the organisation. You would be expected to review and improve processes relevant to your team.
• Change Management: Proven experience in leading organisational change and navigating through complex transitions.
• Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively with teams across Saltus and our external partners to achieve common goals.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills to address challenges and find effective solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions, technologies, and business needs.
• Embracing Simplification: Demonstrate the ability to simplify complexity to enhance clarity, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Essential attributes the successful candidate should possess:

The successful candidate will be delivery orientated and a well organised individual, with experience within a investment management environment.

• Demonstrate a strong technical knowledge and understanding of all financial products.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in investment operations or a related role.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets and investment strategies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.

Where will I be working?

We are looking for someone for any of our Saltus offices, and offer hybrid working, which includes 3 days in the London office, with the remainder at home. We’re incredibly flexible about when and how you work: we don’t want anyone to be prevented from coming to work for Saltus as a result of the working pattern that they’re looking for. We are passionate about championing flexible working for our people, so if there’s a slightly different working pattern that you’re looking for, then please come and have a chat to us about it!

What benefits do I get when working for Saltus?

The salary is £80,000 – £100,000pa depending on experience, alongside 28 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), life assurance, income protection and a pension, alongside access to our flexible benefits platform. Just as importantly, you’ll get to experience our culture, which we really do live and breathe ensuring that Saltus is a fantastic place to work for every single one of our 250 people. We work hard, but we have an awful lot of fun along the way. If you think you’d like to come and join us, then please do get in touch… we’d love to hear from you!