European Fund Administrator - Potters Bar, United Kingdom - Canada Life

Canada Life
Canada Life
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Potters Bar, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies.

We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.


Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.


Job Purpose:

The role is based in the Unit Pricing team.

The team is part of the Investment Operations area of Investment Financial Services, which provides professional Investment Services to multiple clients in respect to Assets under Administration.


This role formally reports to the Unit Pricing Supervisor but at the same time should provide day to day support to, and work closely with, the Senior Fund Administrator(s) of team as required.

The role is responsible for performing the business-critical day to day Unit Pricing tasks, which serve Unit Linked, Non Linked and Solvency II stakeholders.

The assets held include Collective Investments, Equities, Fixed Interest, Derivatives and Cash Instruments such as Money Market Funds, Certificates of Deposit etc.


Key Accountabilities:

Tasks include but are not limited to

  • Daily calculation and validation of Unit Prices for c. 380 UK Life and Pension funds.
  • Daily collation of policyholder cash flows for all funds and production of a summary cash flow movement report for the front office to make appropriate market trading with those inflows/outflows.
  • Daily bank reconciliations between custodian and the investment system.
  • Monthly tasks such as asset reconciliations, MI and data summaries to other teams and departments.
  • Working on small change projects and larger Company driven initiatives
  • Success in the job will be evidenced by contributions to day to day operational performance and KPI's (e.g. publication of unit prices, mínimal business errors / Losses etc.) as well as contributions to Continuous Process Improvement.

Desired Knowledge / Experience / Skills:

  • Relevant Financial Services experience and knowledge pertaining to Unit Pricing and its processes in a Fund or Platform administration environment is desired but not essential.
  • Experience of working with the Multifonds & Accurate reconciliations or similar and/or retail platform perspective would be beneficial.
  • An excellent communicator with an excellent customer service ethic that is proactive and hardworking and that is an effective team player as well as being able to work on their own to complete processes as required.
  • This is a role in a high profile team therefore a keen eye for detail, ability to work accurately and sometimes under pressure and to fluctuating workloads is essential.
  • Intermediate numerical aptitude is important as the role will require performing basic mathematical calculations and understanding financial concepts. Relevant training will be provided.
  • A driven and logical approach to managing issues and solving problems is required.

Qualifications Requirements (Essential)

  • 5 GCSE's A-C including Maths and English (or equivalent).
  • Holder of the CISI Investment Operations Certificate (or equivalent) or a desire to study for this qualification and/or a foundation accounting exam.

Qualifications Requirements (Ideal)

  • Additional CISI Investment/Operations related qualifications/exam passes or equivalent e.g. IMC.

Benefits of working at Canada Life

We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed.

As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance.

We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.


How we work at Canada Life
Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us.

We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures.

Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others.

Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.


We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces.

That's why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities
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