Middle Office Accounting Data Apprentice

Apprenticeship Programme

At Man Group, we value initiative, curiosity, and adaptability. We’ll give you the foundation to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and the satisfaction of building a career shaped by excellence.

We believe great ideas can come from anywhere, so our apprenticeship programme is designed to empower you from the start. You’ll work alongside industry experts, tackling real-world challenges and contributing to meaningful projects. With mentorship and a supportive learning environment, you’ll have the freedom to explore your potential and the agility to adapt as you grow.

The Middle Office team is responsible for Security pricing controls, NAV (Net Asset Valuation) calculations, fee modelling, and portfolio rebalancing across Feeder/Master/Multi Book structures, as well as setting trading levels and instructing FX hedges related to client capital flows. The team also develops tools and reporting solutions, widely used across the firm, primarily using Python, Excel, and internal databases to deliver critical reporting and analytics.

The apprentice role will support the team across multiple areas of this work; with opportunity to develop and use technical and problem-solving skills through operating processes, and through project-work.

Using the firm’s systems and other available tools (Bloomberg, vendor data etc.) to review and analyse fund profit and loss account across asset classes.

• Reviewing accuracy of fund profit and loss at security level using risk-based measures
• Utilising in-house technology, python, confluence, excel and other applications to deliver efficient solutions to improve or deliver new metrics and visualisation of both reporting and control processes
• Calculate Net Asset Value (NAV) of funds including complex management and performance fee calculations
• Liaise with the fund administrator/s to reconcile final fund NAVs
• Implementing the Fund rebalance instructions, ensuring correct application of parameters to give clients correct target exposures and maintain appropriate cash levels.
• Support the setup of new funds and investment structures withing the team’s processes.
• Review foreign exchange exposures and instruct hedges required from capital inflows and outflows
• Review reconciliations between Custodians, Prime brokers and the investment engine’s internal records, co-ordinating investigation and/or correction of breaking items where required
• Support queries relating to fund accounting data and fund performance.
• Review existing processes, procedures and systems then propose, agree and implement improvements.
• Strong mathematical, statistical and computing skills
• Practical programming experience or a strong interest to learn in Python, Git, VBA, SQL
• A team player, who is also comfortable to take individual ownership
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively with more senior collegues