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Business Analyst
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has circa 396,000 members, and over £60 billion in assets, we’re one of the largest private pension schemes in the UK and in the top 50 worldwide. Established in 1974, we’re entrusted by over 350 higher education sector employers to manage and administer the pension scheme and its investments through our two companies, Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited and USS Investment Management Limited.
Our purpose
Working with Higher Education employers to build a secure financial future for our members and their families.
The role
To define the scope of projects in conjunction with business sponsors, analyse requirements and specify operational and technical change across USSIM. To take responsibility for providing business analysis across various projects and BAU initiatives, with involvement in activities throughout the full project lifecycle including process definition, system requirements, testing (functional and technical) and implementation.
The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of projects that are either strategic, regulatory or discretionary across the USSIM business areas but with certain emphasis on supporting fixed income and FX investment processes. They will report to the Head of Business Analysis within the USSIM Business Change team.
Key responsibilities
The BA is expected to provide the analysis that will define the scope, requirements and success criteria for a variety of initiatives, often in support of the Fixed Income and FX teams. They will coordinate input from relevant business areas, liaising with the technology change teams (IMS) where appropriate, to define and document proposed solutions for presentation back to business stakeholders for review and sign-off. The BA will act as a point of contact for business and technical colleagues through to solution delivery.
The individual will be expected to support Business Change Project Managers and USS PMO, with responsibility for tracking against agreed deliverables and timelines, capturing associated risks and issues, escalating to the Project Manager or Head of Business Analysis as appropriate. They may also be required to provide input to project reporting including SteerCo representation.
The key tasks are expected to be:
• Define the scope of the project, agreeing high level aims with stakeholders.
• Define detailed business and systems requirements in conjunction with users and developers.
• Prepare a range of documents and project artefacts as required to suit the task at hand.
• Assess implementation options, influencing stakeholders to select the most appropriate solution.
• Highlight the implications of each solution not only in terms of project delivery but also business value and on-going support or effort levels.
• Document the current state, proposed outcome and target operating model.
• Planning, preparation, participation in and oversight of testing, transition and implementation.
More generally:
• Assisting with the design and analysis of solutions.
• Liaising with developers to understand technical opportunities and constraints, identify practical solutions, both strategic and tactical where appropriate, and to help prioritise work into releases.
• Analysis and documentation of requirements.
• Formal documentation of design and solutions processes.
• Feasibility analysis.
• Impact assessment of changes.
• RAID log management.
• Develop effective relationships across the business.
• Assist with RFP / selection process for third party vendors where applicable.
Your experience
• Extensive prior business analysis experience (essential).
• Technical familiarity and experience writing systems documentation (essential).
• Close involvement with fixed income investment teams and systems (strongly preferred).
• Experience of either managing workstreams within large projects or project management of smaller projects (strongly preferred).
• A strong background in financial services, with specific asset management and pensions sector experience (highly desirable).
• Experience of mapping processes, both current and target, with the ability to summarise key elements succinctly for articulation to senior management.
• Good relationship and stakeholder management skills, with an ability to engage with and gain the confidence of others as well as challenge where appropriate.
• Strong communication skills (written, pictorial, presentational and verbal) including the ability to adapt communications to different audiences.
• Logical, structured thought processes and good problem-solving skills.
• Routinely demonstrates a proactive and constructive approach to issue resolution.
• Operates to own exacting standards with attention to the smallest detail.
• Highly competent at prioritisation, process organisation, and management of multiple workstreams
• Ability to deliver high quality work under tight timelines.
• Strong compliance culture and high personal ethical standards.
• Experience of management information typical of that provided to ExCo is desirable.
• Flexible approach to work.
USSIM is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
| Operations | 17/03/2021 |
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Head of Public Markets Compliance Advisory
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has circa 396,000 members, and over £60 billion in assets, we’re one of the largest private pension schemes in the UK and in the top 50 worldwide. Established in 1974, we’re entrusted by over 350 higher education sector employers to manage and administer the pension scheme and its investments through our two companies, Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited and USS Investment Management Limited.
Our purpose
Working with Higher Education employers to build a secure financial future for our members and their families.
The role
• To act as the “first port of call” in the Compliance team in respect of the activities of the Public Markets Group.
• As a senior member of the Compliance team, to assist the Head of Compliance for USSIM in a range of compliance matters, including managing compliance systems, undertaking breach assessments and delivering training.
• To assist with managing the monitoring activities of the Compliance team in order to support USSIM business Compliance with regulatory standards.
Key responsibilities
• Provide specialist compliance advice to the investment management function.
• Build close relationships with the public markets Heads of Desks and attend key business meetings in relation to the Public Markets Group (including with External Managers, Operations and Business Change) and other compliance matters as required.
• Facilitate error and breach resolution for public markets.
• Monitor the activities of the Public Markets Group in conjunction with the Compliance Monitoring Manager.
• Have input into the development of the compliance risk assessment and implement the monitoring programme. Including identifying new and emerging risks from business and regulatory developments and assess their impact on the monitoring programme.
• Conduct regulatory thematic reviews and write up findings, presenting final report to line management/Senior management.
• Produce monthly compliance management information reports regarding Public Markets Group, including reporting on MAR, MiFID II, SM&CR and other key FCA regimes.
• Follow up investigations as a result of regular and ad hoc monitoring reviews or business/regulator generated enquiries in Public Markets Group.
• To work closely with other members of the Compliance Team – including the Head of Private Markets Compliance Advisory - as required on cross training, project work, and input to compliance matters in addition to those of Public Markets Group as the need arises.
• Updating and drafting policies, procedures and compliance manual, as directed by the Head of Compliance for USSIM.
• Assist in internal and external audit queries.
• Provide support to the Compliance Officer in relation to the implementation of regulatory and business change projects and attend key meetings as required.
• Maintenance of key regulatory monitoring processes, including MAR surveillance, best execution, allocations, sanctions lists, shareholding disclosures and position limits, exceptions reporting, and maintenance of IT systems to manage these.
• Monitor industry developments, for example best practices from trade associations and apply and roll these out within USSIM as relevant at the direction of the Compliance Officer.
• Assist in the writing and preparation of risk committee report, and board papers.
Your experience
• A good understanding of public market asset classes; including equity, credit, fixed income, derivatives and alternative investments.
• Demonstrable experience of Public Market Compliance.
• Sound knowledge of financial crime impact to public markets investment management.
• Experience of identifying and managing conflicts of interest.
• Thorough knowledge of UK regulatory framework.
• Familiarity with regulatory change agenda, and in particular impact of public markets.
• Willingness to develop relationships at all levels in delivering pragmatic and proportionate compliance advice, monitoring and training solutions within Public Markets Groups.
• Good knowledge of Bloomberg and FundApps or other equivalent systems for monitoring public markets compliance.
• Bachelor Degree or equivalent; relevant professional qualification (Accounting/Legal) or industry qualification (such as CISI).
• Excellent working knowledge of FCA rules and industry best practice relating to:
• FCA Conduct of Business rules, including best execution
• Financial crime regimes including sanctions
• MiFID II rules
• Guideline and limit monitoring
• Market Abuse surveillance, including insider dealing and market soundings
• Shareholder disclosures and position limits
• Conflicts of Interest, including research arrangements
• Record Keeping
• Some knowledge of other relevant regulatory frameworks, including European and US.
USSIM is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
| Group General Counsel | 05/03/2021 |
| London |
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Investment Product Analyst
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has circa 396,000 members, and over £60 billion in assets, we’re one of the largest private pension schemes in the UK and in the top 50 worldwide. Established in 1974, we’re entrusted by over 350 higher education sector employers to manage and administer the pension scheme and its investments through our two companies, Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited and USS Investment Management Limited.
Our purpose
Working with Higher Education employers to build a secure financial future for our members and their families.
The role
The IPM Team is a central team within USSIM responsible for the investment product development across the scheme, as well as oversight and governance of mandates and execution. The IPM Team provides the “voice of the client” within USSIM and this new role will support the ongoing design, delivery and governance of the DC investment product.
The role will primarily involve assisting with co-ordination across USSIM and USS to develop and govern the DC investment product. This will include the steering of developments through the required executive and trustee approval process, as well as creating and coordinating information to support our reporting requirements as a regulated Master Trust.
To keep abreast of market developments and help to ensure that the DC investment product is market leading, working with a virtual team across the organisation to help achieve its strategic investment initiatives.
Key responsibilities
Managing Processes & Future Focus
• Assist with the smooth running of the DC investment product, including oversight and monitoring of the DC section, including member facing communications and responding to queries
• Accurate and timely delivery of DC investment product reporting to executive and trustee committees
• Working with third party providers, such as Northern Trust, to develop the DC platform to meet our ongoing requirements and influence their internal development roadmap
Delivering Results
• To work with a virtual team across investment operations, business change, front office, member engagement, communications, pensions operations, legal, and policy to help to create and develop investment products across the scheme
• Support with the continued development of the DC investment product over time to become and maintain market leading status
• Understanding of the regulatory landscape within which the DC investment product operates
Managing Resources
• Contributing to member education, communications and engagement material, including quarterly investment reports, investment guides, web collateral, newsletters and blogs
• Working with the rest of the IPM team to ensure that the DC investment product benefits from the input of the wider USSIM and USS teams
Managing Relationships
• Support communication with internal and external stakeholders to keep them abreast of DC investment product related matters
Your experience
• Self-starter in identifying new projects and opportunities;
• Competent at prioritisation, process organisation, and management of multiple workstreams
• Attention to detail; particularly when reviewing documents
• Ability to deliver high quality work under constrained timelines
• High level of structure and organisation and the ability to work across teams
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written papers and oral presentations
• Strong compliance culture and high personal ethical standards
• Enhance and further develop USS’ cultural objectives
• Strong stakeholder focus and ability to understand the relationships between the Business and Stakeholders
USSIM is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
| Investment Product Management Team | 07/04/2021 |
| London |
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Non-Executive Director
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has circa 396,000 members, and over £60 billion in assets, we’re one of the largest private pension schemes in the UK and in the top 50 worldwide. Established in 1974, we’re entrusted by over 350 higher education sector employers to manage and administer the pension scheme and its investments through our two companies, Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited and USS Investment Management Limited.
Our purpose
Working with Higher Education employers to build a secure financial future for our members and their families.
The role
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Key responsibilities
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Your experience
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USSIM is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
| UUK | 26/03/2021 |
22/04/2021
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