Corporate Finance/ VP - Public Markets Operational Lead

Role Purpose
The Public Markets Operational Lead will own the end-to-end operating model for ADIC’s multi-asset public markets and derivatives overlay. The role is accountable for ensuring that trading activity is supported by robust pre-trade controls, scalable post-trade infrastructure, effective risk and valuation governance, and strong front-to-back coordination across internal teams, system vendors, brokers, and the fund administrator.

As the overlay scales in complexity and volume, this role acts as the single point of accountability for operational readiness, control, and delivery.

 Pre-Trade Controls and Trading Enablement

• Own pre-trade compliance setup and monitoring, including limits, exposures, leverage, concentration, and mandate rules.
• Ensure new trades, products, and strategies are operationally supportable before execution.
• Oversee electronic execution setup and connectivity to brokers, venues, and internal systems.

OMS / PMS Ownership and Vendor Management

• Act as the business owner for OMS/PMS and associated risk, pricing, and post-trade systems supporting the overlay.
• Own day-to-day oversight of OMS/PMS performance, data quality, and control effectiveness.
• Define and maintain system operating procedures, user workflows, and controls in line with the target operating model.
• Manage vendor relationships for OMS/PMS, risk, pricing, and connectivity providers, including service scope, SLAs, KPIs, incident management, and escalation.
• Coordinate vendor delivery during implementation, enhancement, and migration phases.
• Lead user acceptance testing and provide operational sign-off for system changes impacting the overlay.
• Ensure OMS/PMS outputs align with administrator records, including ownership of IBOR–ABOR reconciliations and break resolution.

Risk and Daily Operational Oversight

• Produce and oversee daily internal risk and operational reporting, combining OMS/PMS outputs with administrator (Citco) data.
• Ensure T0 / T+1 visibility of positions, P&L, Greeks, margin, and cash.
• Act as the operational control point during periods of system change or parallel running across platforms.

Post-Trade, Settlements, and Lifecycle Management

• Own post-trade workflows for listed and OTC instruments, including confirmations, settlements, resets, exercises, expiries, and lifecycle events.
• Oversee OTC settlements and listed settlements across brokers and custodians.
• Own cash management and collateral management across prime brokers, clearing brokers, and swap counterparties.
• Manage voluntary corporate actions impacting overlay positions.

Broker, Counterparty, and Infrastructure Management

• Manage operational relationships and connectivity with prime brokers, swap dealers, clearing brokers, and FX counterparties.
• Own post-trade infrastructure and middleware, including risk vendors, SWIFT, broker connectivity, and settlement platforms.

Administrator and Back-Office Oversight

• Act as the primary operational interface with the fund administrator (Citco).
• Oversee reconciliations, official P&L, fund accounting, and NAV-related processes.
• Provide internal oversight of functions formally outsourced to Citco, ensuring SLAs, controls, and escalation processes are effective.

Regulatory and Reporting Obligations

• Oversee operational aspects of regulatory reporting (e.g. EMIR, MiFID), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and control.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on regulatory change impacting the overlay.

Change, Migration, and New Product Onboarding

• Lead operational readiness for new products, instruments, strategies, and counterparties.
• Manage periods where cash, positions, and P&L must be controlled across multiple systems during migrations.
• Ensure front-to-back testing, governance, and sign-off for all material changes.

Front-to-Back Ownership

• Serve as the primary link between the front desk, middle office, back office, system vendors, and the administrator.
• Maintain a full understanding of all listed and OTC products traded, their lifecycle events, and how they flow from execution through to accounting.
• Ensure issues are resolved holistically rather than within functional silos.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required;

• MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred. CFA/FRM helpful but not required.

Experience

• 10 yrs +/-