Providing operational and administrative support in investment management teams.
Occupational Profile
Investment Operations Support staff work within the operational and administrative areas of businesses in the Financial Services sector that engage in investment management, trading and reporting activities. The support structure underpinning these activities is substantial and varied, with a domestic and global client base of institutional and retail clients that include private individuals, small businesses, collective investment schemes, pension funds, charities, corporations and governments.
This role typically sits within the Operations areas of stock exchanges, stockbrokers, investment managers, banks, financial advice and wealth management firms, investment consulting and investment administration businesses. A fully competent employee at this level will be capable of performing routine, non-complex tasks in these businesses. Typical activities that may be carried out by a fully competent employee include, but are not limited to:
- Reconciliation of investment records
- Data entry
- Investigating missing or inaccurate data
- Compliance and money laundering checks
- Researching information towards investigative activities and projects
- Processing correspondence
Summary of standard
Full standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/media/1077/investment_operations_administrator.pdf
