Operations Analyst

I’m partnering with a leading global hedge fund on an urgent hire into their London Operations team.

Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced buy-side Operations professional who has developed strong expertise across asset servicing, corporate actions and the full trade lifecycle and is looking to join a sophisticated, multi-asset investment environment.

The opportunity

You’ll support a complex portfolio across equities, credit, structured products, repo financing and OTC derivatives/swaps, taking ownership of operational workflows from trade capture through settlement and subsequent lifecycle events.

This is a hands-on role with significant responsibility and interaction across Trading, Treasury, Finance and Technology, as well as external prime brokers, custodians, counterparties, transfer agents and administrators.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing complex corporate actions and asset servicing events

• Processing dividends, coupons, restructurings and PIK elections

• Managing physical settlements, re-registrations and DWAC activity

• Overseeing trade capture, settlement and lifecycle events

• Managing daily cash, position and transaction reconciliations

• Investigating and resolving breaks and operational exceptions

• Supporting financing activity, including repo

• Working across equities, credit, structured products and OTC derivatives/swaps

• Partnering with internal and external stakeholders to resolve complex operational issues

• Supporting month-end processes, controls and audit requirements

• Contributing to automation, workflow optimisation and AI-driven efficiency initiatives

Who I’m looking for

You’ll ideally have 4–5 years of Operations experience gained directly within a hedge fund or investment fund environment.

For this particular search, direct fund experience is essential.

You should have strong hands-on knowledge of:

Asset servicing

Corporate actions

Equities and credit products

Trade settlements and lifecycle management

Cash, position and transaction reconciliations

Restructurings / PIKs / complex lifecycle events

Physical settlements

Repo and/or OTC derivatives exposure

Geneva experience would be a significant advantage.

Additional exposure to Excel, SQL, Python, Power BI or automation tools would also be highly regarded.

Why consider it?

This isn't a narrow settlements or reconciliations position. It's an opportunity to join a highly regarded global investment firm and take on a broad, technically challenging Operations role supporting complex investment strategies and products.

The team is looking for someone intelligent, highly detail-oriented and commercially aware, someone who enjoys solving difficult operational problems and continuously improving how things are done.

This is an urgent hire and the process is moving quickly. xwzovoh

If you're currently working in Hedge Fund Operations / Investment Operations and the experience above sounds like you, send me your CV directly via LinkedIn and let me see if this could be your next move.