Investment Operations Analyst

Location - London or Winchester (hybrid working with a MINIMUM in office requirement of 3 days (60%) per week) LCP is an award-winning consultancy providing advice on pensions, investments, insurance, energy, health analytics and employee benefits, advising nearly one quarter of the FTSE250 and half of the FTSE100 firms. We are a team of over 1200 across our offices in London and Winchester and currently have an exciting opportunity for an Investment Operations Analyst to join our Investment Consulting division! What's the role? The Operations Analyst team sits within the Investment Consulting department at LCP and focusses on specialising in a range of “middle office” tasks such as regular annual reporting (i.e. Report & Accounts, Implementation Statements, Scheme Returns), as well as asset transfers and performance monitoring for our investment consulting clients. The team also aids consulting clients by updating LCP monitoring software (such as Monitor and Visualise) and looks to find efficiencies within the department, as well as ensuring all clients are receiving a high-quality service from the investment department. What will you be doing?

• Drafting regulatory submissions/documents e.g. statement of investment principles, TCFD reports, stewardship reports, report and accounts, implementation statements etc.
• Drafting and helping to oversee asset transfers between investment managers and liaise with managers during the transfers
• Calculating investment performance figures for performance monitoring purposes
• Updating LCP investment tools such as LCP Monitor and LCP Visualise, and utilise external systems such as Bloomberg and UBS Delta to support client team’s reporting demands
• Gathering updates from fund managers with a view to supporting regular research monitoring and other client reporting demands

What skills, qualities and experience are we looking for?

• College, degree educated or with existing translatable experience
• Numerate
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work to strict deadlines and manage time effectively
• Excellent Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office and project management skills
• Team player with a willingness to share ideas with others
• Commitment to delivering high quality work to clients

Closing date for applications - Sunday 15 June at 5pm but could close earlier due to high volumes of applications Please note that successful candidates will be contacted to attend an assessment day at our office in London. Date TBC at present What’s in it for you? Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes: For you:

• Hybrid working (see top of the advert for details)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

And much more! We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation. LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application. LCP currently holds a sponsorship license for skilled worker visas, allowing us to assist with applications aligning with the UK Government's criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. If you anticipate needing sponsorship for a skilled worker visa, we recommend reviewing the sponsorship criteria for your desired role before applying by visiting https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa Recruitment agencies LCP operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for recruitment agencies which is reviewed annually. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies who are not part of our current PSL. LCP only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place, and the agency has been instructed by a member of our recruitment team to supply CVs via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for a legitimate, open vacancy. If this process is not adhered to, LCP reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and have discussions with them without paying any agency fees. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP.