Project Management Specialist
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team within a leading financial services provider. Our Investment Solutions business provides sophisticated implementation and investment services to clients, managing assets worth $500 billion globally.
The Operations Unit is responsible for the on-boarding of new clients into our funds, launching new funds, client and fund rebalancing, management of underlying investment manager changes, NAV and valuation oversight, regulatory & tax oversight, management of third party service providers, operational infrastructure changes, development and maintenance of relationships with both internal and external clients and adherence to strict risk controls.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with good experience in project management and a knowledge about Irish Funds including UCITS and AIFs, and an understanding of the regulatory regime. Reporting to the Fund Change Manager, the role will be dynamic and diverse, requiring an individual with exceptionally strong project management, organisational, collaboration and communication skills.
The successful candidate will manage projects including fund launches, manager changes, fund of funds additions and fund restructures, maintain project plans and timelines to ensure successful implementation of project initiatives, collaborate with key internal stakeholders throughout the whole project lifecycle, manage relationship with key external stakeholders including the depositary and administrator to the funds that we are appointed as investment manager, prepare and contribute to drafting fund documentation such as fund supplement and prospectus, client agreements, and investment management agreements, provide support to the team for technical queries, BAU deadlines and complex projects, develop and drive process improvement initiatives to improve quality and efficiency, participate in team discussions and assist in training other team members.
We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders, foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can collaborate with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities, and provide a range of career opportunities.
To succeed in this role, you will ideally have:
* Funds or Asset Management experience.
* Excellent organisational and project management skills.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills, the ability to communicate with project stakeholders effectively is important.
* Highly motivated, driven and focused.
* Ability to work under own initiative and work effectively in a team and build positive relationships.
* Confident in decision making, manages uncertainty effectively, anticipates and resolves barriers to implementing changes and instils our philosophy and culture into all practices.