Job Description

Weybourne Group is the holding company for the Dyson technology company, Dyson Farming, and other diverse business interests. Outside the operating businesses, Weybourne manages an investment portfolio and provides financial and other professional support to the Dyson Family, their estates, and personal business interests.

The group covers a wide range of sectors including farming, financial and commercial property investments and residential property. We currently have a team of around 75 employees whose roles cover accountancy, financial control, tax and treasury, commercial property and financial investment management, security, audit, IT and HR based in both the UK and Singapore (where the Group Head Office is located).

Our employees are offered a competitive reward package and the opportunity to work in a challenging and diverse environment. We\xe2\x80\x99re really passionate about learning and have a strong focus on development through external courses, progression opportunities and cross skilling. We are proud of our well being offering and comprehensive employee engagement strategy.

How we work:

We work with a strong collective purpose to offer considered and practical advice. We are agile and nimble; we solve problems. Embracing a challenge is part of everyday life at Weybourne, and we embrace this. Innovation, courage of convictions and the drive to push new ideas through are qualities essential across all our team.

Overview - Role and Department:

We are seeking a Junior Investment Operations Analyst to join our team who are responsible for managing diversified multi-asset portfolios. Our team is small, so you will need to be flexible, pragmatic and solutions oriented. You will be responsible for investment administration, specifically investment performance reporting, investment execution and custodian management.

Principal Accountabilities:

Investment Performance Reporting

• Prepare monthly performance reports including collation of external investment manager reports and valuation statements.

• Prepare quarterly performance reports, updating IRRs and multiples for illiquid funds.
• Reconcile performance reports to custodian statements and management accounts.
• Collate capital call/distribution notices and update illiquid funds records. Reconcile outstanding commitments and capital call amounts to the actual notices.
• Prepare monthly reconciliation of cash flows to investment movements.
• Prepare performance analyses including asset class attribution and benchmark comparisons.
• Use of Bloomberg to acquire market or index data.

Investment Execution

• Follow through on investment decisions ensuring accurate and timely execution.

• Coordinate investment execution, e.g., completing subscription forms, compiling KYC documentation, and obtaining director signatures.
• Liaise with the custodian to instruct investment subscription and ensure cash settlement.
• Collate and review contract notes received directly from fund\xe2\x80\x99s administrator and/or the custodian.
• Manage transactions during the life of an investment, e.g., capital calls.

Custodian Management

• Liaise with the custodian to ensure the provision of timely and accurate data on the investments, including valuations, for group financial reporting.
• Review data input in the custodian\xe2\x80\x99s custody/reporting system.
• Reconcile fees charged by the custodian.

General

• Develop and maintain positive working relationships across the company and other family office entities.

• Commit to developing yourself within your role, undergoing training where necessary.
• Proactively promote and maintain high standards at work \xe2\x80\x93 taking the initiative to resolve and/or draw attention to areas that don\xe2\x80\x99t meet required standards or any issues that arise.

Requirements

Skills Knowledge & Experience:

• Strong academic background with demonstrated analytical capabilities and detail orientated.

• Strong candidates will be undertaking or have a desire to complete professional studies.
• Advanced excel skills and good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• We are looking for a candidate who demonstrates the core values of the investment firm someone who takes pride in using their initiative, in being flexible and agile in times of change and who demonstrates integrity and loyalty to the family, our colleagues and our stakeholders.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• CPF Contributions.
• Wellbeing flex fund.
• Hospital & Surgical Cover.
• Dental Insurance.
• Personal Accident Cover.
• Outpatient Clinical Insurance.
• Life assurance.
• 23 days holiday.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to product discounts.
• Campus perks - free barista coffee and lunch.
• Learning & Development allowance.

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