Hedge Funds Structurer

As a Hedge Funds Structurer you'll liaise and manage relationships with external Fund Managers, Third Party Service Providers and Administrators, and internal stakeholders including Private Bankers, Operations, Legal, Tax and Compliance.

You'll be the primary escalation point for all control partners in relation to Hedge Fund activities such as Fund Structuring, New Product launches, pricing, reporting, subscriptions, redemptions and other day-to-day processes and associated queries on a global basis. This will involve working with senior stakeholders and managing both fund launches, new initiatives, and issues from end to end.

This roles sits in the Investments Services, Platform and Product Management team, among other things, responsible for managing key aspects of the Hedge Funds platform.

The role includes:

• Structuring
• Product Governance / Product Management
• Product lifecycle / monitoring
• External and internal stakeholder management (administrator, operations, compliance, legal, etc.)
• Feeder maintenance and best practice improvements as required/identified

To succeed as a Hedge Funds Structurer you'll have:

• Experience of bringing Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments opportunities to private clients/private banking clients
• Broad understanding of regulatory landscape impacting hedge funds across different domiciles.
• Experience of fund structures and offering documentation and incorporating commercial changes, corporate actions, or other restructuring requirements as required.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with Hedge Fund product lifecycle events, such as equalisation, liquidity management, lockups, investment pooling, side pockets, etc.
• Strong academic background holding relevant technical and professional qualifications.
• Extensive experience and track record of delivering Strategic and Transformational change.
• Confident and articulate communication skills (written and verbal).

Additional skills include:

• Experience of fiduciary requirements in a UK based global private bank.
• Sufficient industry knowledge to contribute to the commercial objectives of Private Bank & Wealth Management Investments.
• Ability to understand, challenge and influence second line of defence stakeholders on best practice.
• Networked within the Hedge Fund / Hedge Fund structuring industry.
• Finance or Legal professional qualifications.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Location: Canary Wharf, London.

Purpose of the role

To develop and manage the success of specific financial products and services, providing in-depth expertise on a particular product line, bridging the gap between product development, marketing, sales, and customer service. 

Accountabilities

• Provision of SME expertise on specific products and services to customers and colleagues, including features, functionalities, benefits, limitations, risks and compliance.
• Identification of market trends, new features, regulatory requirements and potential risks, and analysis of data obtained from sales figures and, customer feedback, to support the product development process, and communicate key findings to relevant stakeholders to improve product offerings.
• Response to customer inquiries, resolution of issues, and provision of guidance on product usage.  .
• Presentation of the advantages and features of the product to potential customers, building trust and encouraging adoption.
• Assistance with the development and execution of marketing materials for the product, such as brochures, presentations, and online content.
• Participation in training sessions and workshops to share product knowledge and expertise with colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Participation in events, conferences, and other networking opportunities to showcase the product and generate interest.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.