Product Associate

Are you looking to develop your career in Product Management?

Our Fund Solutions area of the business, which operates out of multiple Link locations including Leeds, London, Dublin and Luxembourg, with £80bn of assets and circa 500 people, is looking for a Product Governance Associate in the London office.

As part of Product Governance team reporting into the Senior Associate, you will be responsible for the co-ordination of the production of individual Value Assessment Reports for our range of UK domiciled funds.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Manage relationships with internal departments to obtain and challenge quality of service information
- Understanding of Operational aspects of Fund Servicing desirable
- Manage relationships with external vendors and suppliers
- Extract data from external vendors
- Develop and maintain a series of standard reports to produce the data required for value assessment purposes
- Analyse assessment data from internal and external providers
- Develop a strong understanding of LFS’ client base and product range
- Manipulate data and complete comparisons to defined industry sectors / benchmarks / peer groups
- Understanding of fund management, including analysis of fund performance and costs highly desirable
- Automate processes within Microsoft Office suite of tools (Word and Excel templates, macros, mail merge)
- Prepare initial draft value assessment reports for review by Product Governance Senior Associate prior to submission to the Value Assessment Working Group and Investment Managers.
- Prepare summary dashboards for discussion at senior committees (Value Assessment Committee / Risk committees)
- Update value assessment reports for submission based on feedback received from internal and external reviews
- Identify areas for improvement in both value assessment reports and the report drafting processes

**What we’re looking for**:
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
- Experience of data analysis
- Attention to detail
- Team orientated approach
- An innovative outlook, with the ability to look for change and continuous improvement
- Ability to work to deadlines and to also be able to deal with a high-volume workload
- Good interpersonal skills are essential when liaising with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of working in an FCA-regulated firm in the financial services industry

Desirable
- Project management experience
- Understanding of fund management, including analysis of fund performance and costs

**About Link Group / Fund Solutions**:
Our Funds Solutions division is a leading independent Authorised Fund Manager and provider of fund administration and transfer agency services. We leverage our specialist knowledge and technology to support traditional and alternative funds in UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and Australia, manage £100bn of assets with circa 500 people.

With a focus on strong governance, regulatory expertise and risk management, our business helps to manage regulatory compliance for asset managers and investors. Our unique place in the market, combined with our partnership approach, depth of experience and well-invested systems, enables us to support investment managers through the challenges of changing market and investor needs, and, as a result, help them to enhance returns, minimise costs and mitigate their risks.

**What’s in it for you?**:

- A very competitive basic salary plus benefits.
- 23 days’ holiday to start, (rising to 25) plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
- Company matched pension scheme, private medical cover, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
- The possibility of working from home, flexible working or working part-time options are available.
- You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Link Group. You’ll be joining a network of 7,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that.

**What we hope you’ll do next**:
We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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