Finance Business Partner

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

4/3/2025

The Manager, Fund Allocations manages the administration of fund related expenses including global Market Data and Research spend of $70m, with responsibility for the appropriate allocation of spend between Man and its funds, oversight of the Bloomberg estate, invoice allocations and timely payment.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of 3 direct reports, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis of all research and data spend and ensuring the integrity of the Market Data inventory with appropriate controls over the month end processes.

Your Responsibilitie

• s:Working closely with senior stakeholders from different business areas, and having an advisory and collaborative approach to challeng
• esManage three direct reports, providing communication, support, coaching and mentoring to them and to the wider te
• amAnnual budget and reforecasting processes for Market Data and Research (D&R) spend across firm and fund recharges, delivering accurate submissions and providing robust challeng
• esMaintain and enhance a complex operational model for each Investment Manager to allocate D&R and non-D&R spend to funds, with monthly notional allocation changes by partnering with business manage
• rsInfluence Allocation policy and support continuous refineme
• ntManage Market Data Management (MDM) tool with responsibility for data structure and integrity, all inputs and reporti
• ngResponsible for month end processes and integrity of the ledger, including calculation and/or review of accruals and reconciliati
• onPresenting and monitoring spend throughout the year and providing commentary to senior stakeholde
• rsResponsible for the US Soft Dollar payments process and maintaining internal contro
• lsResponsible for the correct allocation of D&R invoices across fund types and Man spend, ensuring invoices are split and processed via the correct payment method, with appropriate controls and governan
• ceOversee firmwide Bloomberg terminals manageme
• ntParticipate in and create materials for regular internal oversight committe

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Your Backgro

• und:Educated to degree level or equiva
• lentFinancial services experience essen
• tialMinimum of 5 years’ experience in financial anal
• ysisProficiency in MDM prefe
• rredConfident in manipulation of large data
• setsExperience of people leader
• shipPower BI experience prefe
• rredAbility to develop partnership relationships with Business and Finance stakeholders at all le

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