Valuation and Middle Office Specialist - Omnis Investments (6 Month FTC)

The opportunity

As Valuation and Middle Office Specialist, you’ll oversee Omnis’ fund valuation and middle office activities, ensuring each asset is accurately valued and fully understood. You’ll act as the central point for valuation analysis, reporting, and policy oversight, while supporting liquidity, derivatives, and fair valuation processes. This role suits someone who combines technical expertise with analytical precision and a collaborative mindset.

This is a 6 month fixed term contract, hybrid role, basedin our London office, with the requirement to be in the office 2/3 days a week.

The benefits:

• Salary – Up to £75,000
• Bonus Scheme – On target bonus of 15%
• Pension Scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Income protection - 1x salary
• Death in service - 4x salary
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days.
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and leading the team (including contract, outsource, FTE operational and
• Valuation and asset technical SME.
• Acting as the central contact point for the analysis, reporting, valuation, and treatment of assets held by Omnis funds.
• Defining, obtaining approval and ongoing monitoring of the valuation treatment of assets held by Omnis funds.
• Ensuring valuation policies are maintained within the Omnis framework.
• Assisting with all custody-related activities including account authorisations and market opening approvals.
• Acting as the Corporate actions technical SME (e.g., for unquoted securities), including Schemes of Arrangement analysis and implementation support.
• Liquidity management oversight reporting and reviews.
• Compiling derivatives usage reviews including counter-party exposures, collateral accounting oversight and approving new instruments.
• Acting as the Key stakeholder for preparation of technical input focusing on Valuation Policy impact.
• Fair valuation events as well as unquoted, stale and static valuations.

What will you need to succeed?

• Minimum 5+ years Collective Investment Scheme valuations and/or Middle Office experience.
• Part of oversight activities in an ACD environment working with CIS.
  
• Significant experience in Funds data – internally and external.
  
• In-depth Financial Conduct Authority regulation and best practice experience.
  
• New fund launches, corporate actions, fund closure, mergers, Scheme of Arrangements, sleeves.
  
• Preparation of technical inputs for Board and Committee meetings to represent areas of responsibility.
  
• Asset valuations performed in accordance with the agreed policies, services standards, Prospectus and prevailing regulations.
• Detailed knowledge of investment assets, portfolio management techniques, risk models and fair valuation approaches.
• Relevant FCA Handbook chapters; COLL, SYSC.
• Regulatory knowledge and awareness of Consumer Duty, SDR regs, climate risk reporting (TCFD) and Assessment of Value reporting
• Highly numerate.
• Reasoned decision maker.
• Financial modelling and reporting skills.
• Evaluate and articulate data and analysis to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Highly proficient Excel spreadsheets skills including Macros/V BA (preferable).
• Good team working skills.
• Self-sufficient and adaptable.
• Enjoys the challenge of a rapidly developing and changing environment and is delivery focused.

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast-paced and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.