Career Opportunities

WAY Fund Managers Limited

1 Technical Fund Executive

Salary is negotiable (according to experience, etc.) + Benefits

The ever-increasing demands on the Fund Technical area means that we need to recruit an additional Technical Fund Executive.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual, with an analytical mind, capable of working under tight time restraints and their own initiative, as well as within a team environment.

The principal elements of the successful incumbent's role, will be as follows:

  1. To coordinate and provide technical input to the approval process in respect of authorising collective investment schemes;
  2. To coordinate and provide technical input to the approval process in respect of constitutional changes to existing collective investment schemes;
  3. Coordinating the initial and continual review and approval of fund based literature such as Prospectus, Simplified Prospectus, KIID produced by the wider WAY Group and third party business partners;
  4. To maintain a record of all such literature (including associated web content) to ensure its timely and periodic review;
  5. To keep abreast of changes in the regulatory environment affecting collective investment schemes (liaising with the Compliance Department), making suitable changes to literature and making recommendations in respect of potential new fund structures and constitutional changes to existing funds;
  6. Assisting in the research into technical specific areas and making recommendations, including the incorporation of changes in legislation or regulation into administration and Compliance procedures;
  7. Undertaking other important work assigned by the Technical Director.

The successful candidate will have the following qualities:

  • 5 years' experience within the Unit Trust/OEIC/Financial Services Sector
  • Previous experience working within a highly regulated environment
  • Working understanding of general and specific regulatory requirements specialising in those pertaining to Collective Investment Schemes

- or may be at the end of a university or college course, where they have studied (and expect to pass) an appropriate subject, such as Financial Services, Law etc.

Interviews for this role will be commencing soon, with a view to the role being filled by the middle to end of March 2012.

If you think that you might be the right person to fill this role, please send your full CV (to include contact details) to: Vince Hoare, Director, WAY Fund Managers Limited, Cedar House, 3 Cedar Park, Cobham Road, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7SB. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

WAY Fund Managers Limited was formed in 2001. We specialise in the management of UK regulated collective investment schemes, both internally and through third party professionals and we have experienced an attractive rate of business growth within the last 5 years. This growth has shown no sign of abating. Some of our products are unique in the industry. We are very much a 'go-ahead' company, with ambitious growth targets for the short, medium and long term.

The WAY Group | Issue Date: 3rd February 2012 | For immediate distribution.