Senior Unit Linked Manager

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Job Title: Senior Unit Linked Manager

Contract Type: 12-Month Fixed Term

Location: Alderley Edge or Edinburgh

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 10th December 2024

We are seeking an experienced Senior Unit Linked Manager on a 12-month fixed term contract to join our dynamic Investment Reporting team to be based in our Alderley Edge or Edinburgh offices. Following changes to the team and increased responsibility, this role provides a unique opportunity to help integrate new work and drive the future standards for the ongoing success of the team.

The Unit Linked Box Management team are responsible for unit pricing and monitoring/managing the market risk exposure from the box (company holding) in unit-linked funds.

The role is responsible for managing the delivery of unit-linked processes and compliance with company policies to manage box exposure. You will collaborate closely with a diverse range of stakeholders, including investment managers, third party providers and senior leadership, to ensure timely trading within unit-linked funds minimising market risk.

The ideal candidate will exhibit a commitment to excellence, a robust understanding of unit-linked fund pricing and box management within the financial services sector. Your role will be important in supporting strategic Group projects, ultimately contributing to the overall success of our organisation. If you are a dedicated individual with a keen eye for detail and experience of unit-linked funds, we welcome you to apply and become an integral part of our team.

About the role

• Oversee the day-to-day operational running of box management processes, ensuring timely and high-quality output and driving continuous process improvements towards best practice.
• Analysis of unit pricing issues or errors, ensuring compliance with control and governance requirements.
• Provide insight and deliver clear and concise communications to key senior stakeholders, including via governance forums.
• Providing effective delegation, review and coaching to other team members, sharing subject-matter expertise of complex processes involving box management and unit-pricing.
• Lead regular interactions across senior leadership and key internal and external stakeholders, providing support, insight, and challenge over a wide variety of unit-linked activities.
• Support and provide subject-matter unit-linked expertise on key strategic Group projects.

About you

• Experience in unit-linked box management and unit pricing is essential.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and can be relied upon to represent Group Finance in both internal and external meetings, guiding and influencing decision making and compliance with best practice.
• Ability to work as part of a team, independently and help guide others through review and sharing knowledge. Act as a key point of contact for other teams.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, including ability to communicate complex matters in a clear and understandable way.
• Self -motivation and the ability to manage own and others' workloads to tight deadlines.
• Be proactive and decisive, showing initiative in driving improvement, efficiency, and accuracy.
• Innovative approach to problem solving.

About Royal London

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

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