Investment Management Oversight Officer

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Investment Management Oversight Manager (f/m/d)

Role Location: Valencia
Department: Investment Management Oversight
Employment Type: Permanent

Fund Rock Management Company S.A. (“FRMC”) is part of Apex Group and a leading independent third-party Fund Management Company providing management company services to Luxembourg, Ireland and UK domiciled collective investment schemes in accordance with the respective regulations. FRMC provides substance through solid risk management, oversight, and compliance, as well as through the comprehensive knowledge of its strong teams. The company ́s multinational teams are well placed to support asset managers across borders with local market insight and global connectivity.

We are currently looking for an Investment Management Oversight Manager to support our growing operations in the Investment Management Oversight department.

Job Specification

• The candidate will take an active role in a team maintaining and performing the entire due diligence process on the delegated investment management activities:
• Manage and develop the oversight of delegated investment management activities in accordance with the requirements of CSSF Circular 18/698
• Conduct initial, on-going and thematic due diligence on both UCITS and alternative investment fund managers
• Establish new and maintain procedures, work instructions and workflows
• Establish new and maintain SLAs with delegated investment managers or advisors
• Establish new and maintain scorecards applying a risk-based approach
• Ensure all requirements are adhered to and findings are escalated in a timely manner
• Resolve issues with regards to the delegated investment management activities of the funds
• Maintain operational dashboards
• Perform regular fund performance reviews
• Review processes, policies, instructions and procedures of delegated investment managers and advisors

Skills Required

• Degree in Finance or Economics - certification such as CFA or CAIA would be an asset
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken, German will be considered as an advantage
• Proven MS Office skills, especially Excel
• Well-structured and well organized
• Responsible team player, accountable and reliable self-starter
• Integrity with a willingness to learn
• Experience in regulatory compliance or previous experience from similar oversight functions
• Interest in investment strategies, financial instruments and the overall organization of the delegates’ fund structures from a legal, operational and compliance perspective

What you will get in return is a genuinely opportunity:

• Be part of a dynamic environment.
• Wide-ranging and varied task with lots of opportunities for further personal development.
• Combine compliance and relationship management with an oversight perspective.
• Coverage of a wide spectrum of fund structures.
• Working closely with some of the world's best-known investment managers and advisors and getting to know their investment processes and personnel.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependents, physical or mental disability. We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit our CSR policy.

If you are looking to take that next step in your career and are ready to work for a high performing organisation, alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, please submit your application.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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