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The company supports a policy of continued professional development and relevant qualifications and the candidate would be expected to have a desire to increase their knowledge and skills through mastering and understanding all team tasks and completing external courses.

Following successful completion of a probationary period, package includes discretionary bonuses, company employee-matched pension contributions, death in service benefit and private healthcare.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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Dealing Administrator

Birmingham

+ Competitive salary + Bonus + Benefits

Diligent and conscientious Dealing Administrator sought to work in a professional office environment at an investment management company, delivering high quality work against tight timescales. Data entry required and competent use of a variety of systems to process client instructions into a range of investment funds. Initiative required in checking for mistakes / issues and communicating effectively with other team members and management, to avoid costly errors.

Key aspects are as follows:

• The ability to work in a fast-paced office environment, delivering high quality work against tight timescales.
• Processing and authorising deal instructions to buy, sell and transfer units/shares in the Margetts funds received by email, post or telephone.
• Placing and confirming portfolio investment trades and liaising with other departments where appropriate.
• Identifying potential issues through analysis of client/agent instructions and liaising with other departments where appropriate.
• Help with project development.
• Identify and develop process efficiencies.
• Management of electronic dealing systems.
• Maintenance of the client and adviser register, including scheduling monthly investment activity (Regular Investment/Withdrawal runs, Adviser Charges).
• Understanding regulatory requirements affecting the role specifically and financial services in general.
• Allocation of work through categorisation of scanned mail items into Workflow systems.
• Flexibility in the role to cover other general office duties as required.

An ideal candidate will be logical, numerate, take great pride in the accuracy and quality of their work and be prepared to learn and develop within a team-based role. Relevant experience within the financial services sector is preferred.

To apply for this role, please contact experience@margetts.com

Fund Management Team Administrator

Birmingham

+ Competitive salary + Bonus + Benefits

We are looking for an administrator to join our Fund Management team to take on a wide range of daily tasks. You will be responsible for efficient and effective execution of day-to-day tasks, organise the diary and tasks for other team members, monitor incoming tasks, monitor deadlines, communicate with suppliers and clients and other key operational responsibilities.

We are looking for a motivated person with strong time management skills who is looking to gain new knowledge or extend existing knowledge in the industry. The successful candidate will work within a small team with various skills. An appetite for personal development would be desirable with opportunities to take financial services exams available to staff.

Requirements:

• Prior experience working with Microsoft Office package
• Previous administration experience (preferably in the financial sector) or real-life examples of applying skills needed in education and/or volunteering, etc.
• Ability to communicate effectively at various levels.
• Knowledge of main investment asset classes and prior financial qualifications would be beneficial, but not essential.
• Strong knowledge of excel would be beneficial, but not essential.

To apply for this role, please contact experience@margetts.com

NAV Construction Team Leader

Birmingham

+ Competitive salary + Bonus + Benefits

The NAV Construction Department is responsible for the timely and accurate calculation and publication of daily Net Asset Values and Prices for a range of UK regulated Collective Investment Schemes. The Team Leader has day to day responsibility for monitoring and organising team workloads and assisting with the training and development needs of the team.

NAV Construction briefly consists of:

• Processing and monitoring security and FX trades to maintain a register of all underlying investments.
• Collecting and scrubbing market/fair prices for all underlying investments and exchange rates
• Processing cash transactions including client subscriptions/ redemptions, dividends, expenses, interest.
• Dilution and fair value adjustments.
• Sign off and delivery to third parties.

The Team Leader role involves:

• The ability to work in a fast-paced office environment, delivering high quality work against tight timescales.
• Maintenance and oversight of records in various databases and systems.
• Monitoring and organising team workloads.
• First escalation point for team members.
• Line management of team members.
• Working with the manager to identify and implement ongoing improvements to processes, as well as team training plans.

The successful candidate is likely to possess:

• Experience delivering high quality work in a financial function.
• Familiarity with investment securities and their characteristics.
• Effective verbal and written communication and an ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.
• An ability to manage tasks with competing priorities and a range of time horizons.
• Working knowledge of excel.

The following are also desirable:

• IOC, AAT, IMC, or other relevant qualifications.
• Line management experience
• SQL Database querying

To apply for this role, please contact experience@margetts.com