National Wealth Fund
Senior Analyst - Investment Operations

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Shape the Future with the National Wealth Fund
At the National Wealth Fund, our mission is to swiftly and effectively mobilise trusted sector insights and investment expertise to unlock billions in private finance for projects across the United Kingdom. Providing £27.8bn of capital and an expanded mandate, we are ready to help the market invest with confidence, continue to drive forward the Government's growth ambitions.
We are looking for skilled and results-oriented individuals who are motivated to help us build the National Wealth Fund into an industry-leading institution.
Job Purpose
Senior Analyst - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of 3 days per week in the Leeds office.
Salary: £42,000 - £48,000
Deadline to Apply: 30th July 2026. Early submission is encouraged, and applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Please submit a CV and covering letter.
Role Purpose
Provide high-quality financial/investment operations support through ongoing development, review, challenge, and implementation of processes in line with internal controls, to safeguard corporate assets and the integrity of financial systems, data, and reports.
Core Role Accountabilities
- Develop, review, and improve processes to deliver high-quality and accurate financial/investment operations activities through exploring efficient and innovative processes as the Bank faces new challenges and stakeholder requirements.
- Deliver on deadlines for financial outputs for stakeholders, using knowledge and experience to proactively identify varied improvements for portfolio and funding-related reporting, to ensure relevance to business needs.
- Identify, implement, and review internal controls, and recommend solutions to safeguard corporate assets and the integrity of financial systems, data, and reports.
- Timely review and accurate processing of requests for transactions and payments, to ensure service levels and contractual obligations are satisfied.
- Identify and challenge anomalies in financial data and requests and ensure all internal controls and delegation of authorities are satisfied.
- Ensure effective engagement with business stakeholders to influence the timely collation of information required to process payments and transactions in line with defined timescales and provide updates on deliverables.
- Ensure timely and accurate set up, testing, and maintenance of data on associated systems, aligned to supporting documentation where required, to ensure integrity of financial data, systems, and reports.
- Ensure supporting documentation for all transactions is thorough and complete to satisfy internal compliance and external audit requirements.
- Support the implementation of new systems and related change activity, including data migration, testing, reconciliations, issue resolution, and validation of outputs to ensure completeness, accuracy, and ongoing integrity of financial data and reports.
- Work with internal stakeholders to identify new system requirements for continuous improvement and resolve systems issues to ensure availability of data and reports.
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Knowledge, Skill, and Experience Requirements
Knowledge
- Degree and/or professional certificate in accounting, business, management, or finance desired
Experience
- Relevant experience in financial/investment operations in a financial services environment
- Previous experience in executing payments/transaction management is beneficial.
- Strong understanding of financial products—including debt, guarantees, and equity—with practical experience in supporting and leading their lifecycle, including structuring, servicing, reporting, and contractual cashflow calculations.
- Prior experience of establishing, documenting, and embedding new processes, including defining clear responsibilities, introducing appropriate controls, and working with stakeholders to ensure processes are efficient, robust, and aligned to business requirements.
- Experience in supporting the implementation/migration and operation of financial software tools.
- Experience in supporting control environment improvements and operational risk management by leading audit requests, coordinating evidence, and helping to identify and address control gaps.


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- Strong Knowledge of MS Office including Excel
- Very strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Strong client-focused mindset
- A flexible attitude to adapt and change direction as needed.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to influence change.
A career with us offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact and work on cutting-edge technologies that will drive the UK’s future. We value diversity in our people and inclusion is at the heart of what we do.
We offer competitive benefits and unique learning opportunities from combining both private and public sector skills and experience. Please note, referencing and background checks are carried out for all roles here at the National Wealth Fund.
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