Active ETF Operations Lead Analyst 2

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for an individual to join our day-to-day Active ETF operational support, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of Portfolio Composition Files (PCFs) / basket files and associated pricing and trades inputs, and delivering robust oversight of the Active ETF operational process. The role acts as a key operational interface to Fund Administration / ETF servicing providers and internal Trading, Portfolio Management, Technology, and Global Operating Platform teams, driving effective incident management, root-cause remediation, and continuous improvement.  

You will work right across the organisation to ensure issues are escalated and resolved, and ongoing problems are managed.  You will be able to remain calm while under pressure and balance multiple priorities at once.

About Schroders

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
We have around 4,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

About the team

The Investment Services Platform Team (ISPT) is a central team within Platform Operating Model Control and Support in Global Operating Platform, reporting to the Global Head of Platform Control and Support with a global remit. The team provides support to the Investment, Dealing and Operations functions in Schroders Asset Management Business and works with teams across Schroders to implement change initiated from the three functions. The team aims to enable business growth, support business as usual, make operating model improvements, manage risk and simplify business processes.

What you’ll do

• Own daily PCF / basket file oversight (generation, validation, timeliness, and distribution/publishing per operating model).
• Troubleshoot PCF and pricing-related breaks (holdings vs model, identifiers, quantities/rounding tolerances, cash component variances, FX/pricing staleness, corporate actions impacts).
• Provide operational coverage of the Active ETF lifecycle, coordinating end-to-end exception resolution across Trading, PM, Ops, Tech, Data and the fund administrator.
• Support primary market operational touchpoints (create/redeem-related readiness, cut-offs, and escalations) in line with defined responsibilities.
• Liaise with the Fund Administrator / ETF servicing agent to ensure accurate deliverables, timely resolutions, and clear ownership of actions.
• Execute and enhance key operational controls (tolerance checks, sign-offs, evidencing, reconciliation/validation checks) to ensure auditability.
• Lead structured incident management (logging, triage, escalation, communications, root-cause analysis, and preventative actions).
• Contribute to service provider governance (KPIs, incident trends, SLA adherence, service reviews, and remediation tracking).
• Support change delivery and UAT for launches, enhancements, and vendor/platform releases, including test planning and regression coverage for PCF/pricing dependencies.
• Drive continuous improvement/automation initiatives (e.g., variance analysis tools, dashboards, standardised runbooks) to reduce manual effort and recurring errors.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

• Proven experience in Active ETF / ETF operations, middle office, fund operations, fund accounting, custody/trustee, or ETF servicing.
• Strong understanding of ETF operating models, including key dependencies between portfolio holdings, basket/PCF outputs, pricing/valuation inputs, and downstream servicing.
• Demonstrable hands-on capability in PCF / basket file analysis and troubleshooting, including constituent validation and cash component variance investigation (or closely related file-based operational diagnostics).
• Solid grasp of the trade lifecycle (trade capture, confirmations/matching where applicable, settlement readiness, fail management) and how exceptions propagate operational risk.
• Experience working directly with Fund Administrators / custodians / ETF service providers, including issue escalation, SLA tracking, and service governance routines.
• Proven ability to perform structured root-cause and implementing preventative controls.
• Strong analytical tooling skills: advanced Excel; SQL/data interrogation capability preferred (Python/automation skills desirable but not required).
• Experience working within an asset management firm within front or middle office environment.
• Good technical investment services platform knowledge and ability to bridge the communications between third party vendors, IT and the business.
• Good understanding of fund management business and end to end Order/Trade workflow 
• Familiarity with broad range of investment products and instruments.
• Familiarity with the dealing lifecycle of Equity, Active ETF, Fixed Income and OTC derivatives instruments is preferred.
• Strong communication skills and experience to manage third party portfolio, order, execution management system.
• Good inter-personal and organisational skills.
• Ability to operate under pressure, multi-tasking and deliver to demanding deadlines.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help

• Knowledge of BlackRock Aladdin Solution is essential
• Knowledge of Mutual Fund operational process including fund setup, engagement with transfer agencies, fund administrators, custodians is preferred
• Business knowledge of other Asset Management front / middle office systems, such as MSCI Barra, FactSet, Charles River, Bloomberg and Eikon

What you’ll be like

• Able to work under pressure, on several critical priorities at once

• Have the ability to quickly understand business issues, make good judgements and quick decisions

• A critical thinker and problem solver

• An excellent communicator with strong ability to articulate complex issues succinctly

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics