As a Client Governance Analyst, you will be part of the Client Governance team in Edinburgh, focusing on providing excellent service to internal stakeholders and clients of FSI.
This role is integral to the safe and efficient delivery of all aspects of client governance, contained within the remit of the team. The role holder will be responsible for leading and executing the relevant tasks in accordance with established processes and procedures.
The role will provide, contribute to, or oversee - as applicable - the ‘project management’ for various activities within the team and broader FSI business. Therefore, a key purpose of the role is to be able to flex between analysis, delivery, and project management, as required.
About you
Your Experience
* Prior experience working within asset management or asset servicing firm, or business providing intermediated investment services
* First-hand experience of onboarding pooled and/or segregated clients
* Experience reviewing investment management agreements, platform agreements, rebate agreements and/or distribution agreements
* Experience of liaising with legal counsels and other internal/external stakeholders in drafting agreements
* Experience in initial and ongoing AML/KYC check on third-party distributors and segregated clients
* Experience of project work an advantage
Your Skills
* Ability to be the primary coordinator of an investor onboarding process involving multiple stakeholders.
* Ability to understand and track the fundamental obligations placed on an investment manager/fund management company as stipulated within wholesale client agreements
* Ability to communicate process changes and work across different functions to provide input and support to meet the objectives of Client Governance.
* Committed to quality, timely outcomes, managing objectives and delivery results against specific corporate and individual goals
* A committed team player with a willingness to challenge and be challenged.
* Have an analytical mindset with exceptional attention to detail
* Highly organized with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
* The ability to present confidently, chair meetings and drive agendas and outcomes
* Comfortable dealing with colleagues and business contacts at all levels of seniority
* An understanding of project management frameworks & principles an advantage
About the role
Your day-to-day
* Key point of contact for client on-boarding activity – mandate and pooled fund clients – across FSI investment teams/products
* Ensure operational client on-boarding is delivered safely and efficiently, in conjunction with all other internal stakeholders, following established industry processes (e.g., transition management) and internal procedures, ensuring regulatory compliance at all times
* Manage all transition types for mandate clients and pooled fund clients, as well as ensuring smooth exit process when clients terminate their mandate/investment with our firm
* Manage the distribution agreement, platform agreement, rebate agreement and terms of business process by making use of effective workflow tools to reduce key manual processing and control risk
* Manage the investment management agreement (IMA) review and amendment process for all mandate clients
* Conducting due diligence on clients to assess potential risk
* Reviewing and verifying client identification and documentation
* Ensure all client side/comfort letters are managed in accordance with established processes
* Ensure all procedures documentation is regularly reviewed and updated, including process checklists
* Takes initiative in identifying processes that may require changesto streamline/enhance team efficiency.
* Maintain awareness of regulatory developments in overseenmarkets and adjustpolicies and procedures in line with changes or improvements
* Co-ordination of regular client change forums for all investment groups/client & distribution teams within EMEA region
* As appropriate, and under the direction of the Senior Client Governance Manager - and/or the Head of Client Governance - represent client and distribution teams on regulatory change project forums
About us
First Sentier Investors is a global asset management group providing high quality, differentiated and relevant investment capabilities aiming to deliver exceptional investment performance for our clients and profitable growth for our shareholder.
We do this through our independent teams of active, specialist investors who share a common commitment to responsible investment principles. We are a global asset management business and the home of investment teams AlbaCoreCapital Group, FSSA Investment Managers, Igneo Infrastructure Partners, RQI Investors and Stewart Investors. All our investment teams – whether in-house or individually branded – operate with discrete investment autonomy, according to their investment philosophies.
Our success relies on our ability to deliver outstanding client outcomes, supported by our culture and an efficient, sustainable and scalable business. We are committed to investing in our people to ensure we attract, develop and retain the talent to deliver these outcomes, guided by our vision, purpose and values.
Care: we care about our clients, society and each other.
Collaboration: we collaborate to deliver the best solutions.
Openness: we are open with each other, and to different ways of thinking.
Dedication: we are dedicated to being experts in our respective fields.
Why work with us
Our industry-leading benefits
Working at First Sentier Investors gives you access to a growing, values-led organisation with competitive pay and industry-leading benefits including:
* Flexible working and a gender-neutral parental leave programme that provides 26 weeks’ paid leave in every region
* Global collaboration, international mobility and the opportunity to build your career in different markets
* Employee-driven charitable foundation allows our people to give back in their local communities through donation-matching and paid volunteering days
* Access to learning and development opportunities including in-house training and external programs
Corporate Sustainability & B Corp
We are committed to ensuring that as a firm, we are contributing to building a sustainable economy and society by improvingour environmental, social and governance standardsand holding our ownbusiness to the same standards that we expect of the companies that we invest our clients’ capital in; and by doing so, reinforcing our position as responsible investors. Corporate Sustainability
In 2022, First Sentier Investors became a globally certified B Corp. B Corp Certification provides a framework that we can use to effectively assess our operations against high standards from an environmental, social and governance point of view, aswell as to identify areas where we can enhanceand improve. Based on the B Impact Assessment, First Sentier Investors earned an overall score of 107.2, as of November, 2022. B Corp Certification
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)
At First Sentier Investors, we value the different experience, ideas and perspectives that our people bring to the work they do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture where diversity can thrive. We believe this leads to better outcomes for our people and our clients, and it’s the right thing to do.
We provide equal employment opportunities to applicants regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, family status, or any other category protected by law.
If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or as part of the role, please let us know so we can support you.
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer and a member of the Business Disability Forum.
Closing Date - Friday 23rd May