Junior Operations Analyst

Junior Investment Operations Analyst (Fund Accounting) 

Dual office locations in Croydon or London (Cannon Street) - minimum 3 days in the office per week - Croydon is our Head Office where the Investment Operations team are based 

£40,000 - £42,000 per annum - dependent on skills plus excellent benefits including Civil Service pension 

Tenure: Permanent 

Position type: Full Time 

We’re the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). We protect millions of people in the UK who belong to defined benefit pension schemes. When these schemes fail, we’re ready to help. 

We do this by paying our members, by charging a levy and by investing sustainably. Our work has a real impact on people’s lives, so we strive to do it well, with integrity and their future in mind. 

We’re looking for a Junior Operations Analyst to join the Investment Operations team to contribute to all Fund Accounting aspects of the Investment process of the PPF. 

Responsibilities will include the maintenance of trading records, instructing cash and asset accounting, updating of asset valuations, and undertaking key cash and stock reconciliations on a daily basis. 

Additionally, applicants will support the investment manager onboarding processes for all new investments, liaise with the Custodian to ensure account are set up correctly and that new assets are funded on time. 

Interested applicants will ideally have experience within an investment environment dealing with various investment types, e.g. fixed incomes, equities, derivatives. Applicants should have experience within customer service delivery to include aiding the resolution of issues and change requests, displaying consistency and high levels of detail at all times. We would like to hear from individuals with data management and numeracy skills, with the ability to communicate with stakeholders (including 3rd parties) at various levels. Finally, any applicants that have exposure to BlackRock Aladdin is a major plus. 

Sound like you? Apply now. 

We embrace diverse talent welcoming people with different beliefs, backgrounds and ways of working. Whatever your background, and however you identify, you’ll be welcome here. 

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, the highest accreditation under the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this role you will be guaranteed an interview. 

No agencies please