UK Fund Solutions Manager

Overview

In this role you will serve as the central SME for UK Fund Solutions, bridging fund operations, regulation, and client service to design and deliver sophisticated fund solutions. You’ll support strategic clients, onboarding, and ongoing service delivery while coordinating with SPML, Schroders Solutions, and Client Group functions. You will drive product development, governance, and operational improvements to enhance client outcomes and enable growth. This is a hands-on, cross‑functional role that blends technical expertise with commercial focus, at a global investment manager with a strong UK footprint.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Act as technical and business services SME across fund solutions, SPML, and client service operations; resolve complex issues and manage escalations.
• Lead and support product development and service capability build-out for public and private market structures (e.g., LTAFs, CORE FM, managed portfolios, segregated mandates).
• Provide strategic support to SPML including business planning, governance, product oversight, and life company SME responsibilities.
• Deliver client onboarding, transitions, implementation support, and ongoing client servicing with troubleshooting guidance.
• Act as regulatory SME supporting costs & charges, MiFID II, Solvency II, Consumer Duty; contribute to policy and industry engagement.
• Support Schroder Solutions and private markets capability, integrating operational models, fund accounting, custody, and third-party services.
• Drive business change, process improvement, and capability development including operating model design and data management.
• Manage third-party relationships and service providers (administrators, custodians, outsourced providers).
• Enable sales and business development through technical expertise, solution support and client engagement.
• Support education, knowledge transfer and internal capability building across Client Group teams.

Key requirements

• Combination of fund operations and regulatory expertise
• Commercial mindset
• Internal SME and escalation point for SPML and client groups

• Effective communicator
• Collaborative teamwork
• Organised and diligent
• Strategically minded
• Relationship building
• Results-oriented

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