Octavius Finance
Senior Operational Due Diligence Associate – London Based Hedge Fund
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About Octavius Finance
Octavius Finance is a specialist financial services recruitment firm focused on the investment management industry. We partner with leading hedge funds and asset managers, delivering high-quality search and recruitment solutions across investment, research, distribution, and operational functions.
Job Opportunity: Operational Due Diligence Specialist
We have recently been instructed by a leading London-based hedge fund looking to hire an experienced Operational Due Diligence Specialist to join its investment team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting comprehensive operational due diligence on third-party investment managers and funds across a broad range of strategies, including hedge funds, private markets, and long-only investments.
This is an opportunity to join an established investment platform and play a key role in assessing the operational robustness, governance, and risk frameworks of external managers.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct detailed operational due diligence on prospective and existing third-party investment managers and funds.
- Assess managers across hedge funds, private markets, and long-only strategies.
- Evaluate operational infrastructure, governance, controls, risk management, compliance, valuation, technology, and service-provider arrangements.
- Lead due diligence meetings and engage directly with external managers and their operational teams.
- Identify and assess operational risks, weaknesses, and potential areas of concern.
- Prepare detailed written due diligence reports and present findings to relevant internal stakeholders.
- Work closely with investment, risk, legal, compliance, and other teams throughout the manager selection and monitoring process.
- Undertake ongoing monitoring of existing managers and assess material operational changes.
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Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of relevant experience, with at least 2 years spent in a comparable ODD position.
We are particularly interested in candidates who have conducted due diligence on external investment managers across multiple strategies, rather than having specialized exclusively in one area.
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Relevant backgrounds could include:
- Hedge funds
- Fund of funds / multi-manager platforms
- Asset managers
- Investment consultants
- Institutional allocators
- Other investment organizations with dedicated operational due diligence functions
The successful candidate will have:
- Strong experience conducting operational due diligence on external managers and funds.
- Broad exposure to different investment strategies, ideally including hedge funds, private markets, and long-only funds.
- A strong understanding of operational risk, governance, controls, and fund infrastructure.
- Excellent analytical, written, and communication skills.
- The confidence to engage directly with investment managers and senior operational professionals.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple workstreams effectively.
To learn more about this opportunity, please send your CV to fundmanagement@octaviusfinance.com.
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