Summary
This role offers an exciting opportunity to join an entrepreneurial and fast-growing financial services company based in the City of London.
Annual wage
£25,000 a year
Hybrid (3-4 days)/In-office
Training course
Investment operations specialist (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 31 March
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
5
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Various tasks across the breadth of the Operations Department, including but not limited to:
Account maintenance
* Assist in the administration of accounts, including initial setup and ongoing maintenance of account information.
Trade processing
* End to end trade processing covering listed derivatives traded on exchanges such as the London Metal Exchange (“LME”) and ICE Europe, as well as Over The Counter (“OTC”) transactions in various asset classes including but not limited to Commodities, Metals and Foreign Exchange (“FX”).
Reconciliations
* Ensure our back-office system is in alignment with trades taking place throughout the day.
Client Services
* Responding to various client requests including but not limited to, request for payment, statement queries and general ad-hoc queries, as well as management of margin calls.
Securities
* Learn and understand the full lifecycle of a securities trade (equity, stocks and shares and fixed income, government bonds)
* Inputting and validating cash payments
* Monitoring the cash accounts at our custodian, raising any issues in a timely manner, identifying the need for any additional funding
* Participation and assistance with UAT and regression testing
Regulatory Reporting
* Develop knowledge in regulatory requirements, processes and systems for several transactions and position based regulatory reports.
* Provide oversight and impact assessments on regulatory reports resulting from new markets, new products, business reorganisation, system changes and new/changed regulations.
* Assist and investigate, remediate and provide guidance on issues with these reports and assist in developing controlled improvements.
* Shadow team members on improving current processes, procedures and reports, including automation of manual processes.
* Review daily submissions to ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness.
* Work with team members on projects to log, track and update projects using JIRA.
Where you’ll work
MOOR HOUSE
120 LONDON WALL
LONDON
EC2Y 5ET
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Your training course
Investment operations specialist (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
* Maintains a consistently high standard of service internally, towards clients and with intermediaries. Adheres to well defined timeframes, systems and processes. Consistently attentive to accuracy, detail and timeliness; meets required risk, regulatory and governance requirements. Performs tasks which may be complex, specialised, or non-routine, such as bespoke (OTC) derivative settlement and margin calculations, monitoring and processing these complex transactions through to completion; Preparing management, investment performance or review reports for internal and external clients.
* Adopts high quality written and verbal communication skills as appropriate for communicating with internal and external clients.. Builds positive relationships with clients and colleagues using sound interpersonal and influencing skills. Able to coach/train less experienced colleagues. Able to communicate and negotiate complex situations and issues that may arise.
* Consistently supports colleagues and the wider business, collaborating to achieve results. Aware of their role within team, how their team fits within the business and how the team’s decisions impacts on others. Takes a leadership role in the team when appropriate. Operates well under time pressure.
* Takes ownership for delivery in their area of responsibility, both for the core role and for developing and implementing changes. Able to exercise autonomy and judgement within fairly broad parameters. Finds effective ways to resolve issues. Escalates decisions and issues when necessary. Capable of resolving complex issues that may involve other business areas.
* Proactively plans and records their own development; seeks constructive feedback and incorporates within development plan; keeps up to date with changes in all areas of the role; shows commitment to the job and the industry.
Your training plan
This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
More training information
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* 5 GCSE's including English and Maths (grade (A*-C/9-4 or equivalent))
A Level in:
* Any 3 A levels (grade (A*-C/9-4 or equivalent))
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Excel knowledge
* Interpersonal skills
* Ability to collaborate
* Proactive
* Analytical thinking
* Ability to learn quickly
* Time management skills
* Effective planning