Job description
Overview
Our leading Financial Services Sector Client is continuing a high growth trajectory, coupled with an ambitious transformation programme are now seeking a Senior Administrator to join the Unit Linked Pricing team.
The Unit Linked team is responsible for the daily pricing of Unit Linked funds across a range of business books. As Senior Administrator your responsibilities will include:
- Delivery of key strategic projects for Investment Operations
- Execute the determined project approach and act as a source of best practice for project delivery
- Prepare realistic plans and track activities against the project schedule
- Act as a point of contact for project delivery issues and progress to resolution with key project stakeholders
- Work closely with management to identify business priorities and to deliver change to meet those priorities
- Build and maintain close relationships with key customers in the business
- Investigate/analyse Investment Operations requirements and problems, seeking effective solutions
- Assist management in reviewing / challenging pipeline projects and provide estimates for business case consideration
- Provide key knowledge on project delivery as and when required
- Provide insight into capacity management and project allocations and actively manage same
- Ensure that your own and others' work and information are complete and accurate through peer review of documentation
- Follow up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled
- Evidence of careful and complete review of own and others' work
- Attend all Project meetings and deliver on Investment Operations action points
- Timely and accurate feedback to all relevant parties
- Roll out updated processes across Investment Operations
- Ability to start and persist with specific courses of action, exhibiting high motivation and a sense of urgency
- Manage workload around deadlines set to ensure delivery
- Alert Management to any SME resourcing shortfalls across Investment Operations that could potentially affect project delivery
The ideal candidate for the role of Senior Administrator will have:
- Problem solving, decision making and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to exert influence beyond the immediate team, successfully engaging with both internal customers and third parties
- Ability to establish relationships and maintain contacts with key individuals
- Have a proven track record of delivering and maintaining best practice in Investment Operations processes and service delivery
- Be a strong team player while also being able to work on own initiative
- Strong analytical skills
Desirable:
- 3 years' experience within the insurance sector
- Demonstrated experience in project delivery