Senior Manager, IBOR Delivery, Fund Solutions

<h1><span><b>About the Opportunity</b></span></h1>Job Type: Permanent<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Application Deadline: 30 June 2025<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Job Description</b></p><p><span>                                                                                                </span></p><p><b>Title     <span>           </span> </b>Senior Manager, IBOR Delivery, Fund Solutions</p><p><b>Department</b><span>     </span> Fund Servicing &amp; Oversight</p><p><b>Location <span>        </span> Dublin, London, Dalian or India</b></p><p><b>Reports To <span>     </span> </b>Global Head of Fund Solutions</p><p><b><span>Level               </span> </b>Senior Manager</p><p></p><p></p><p>We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Fund Solutions team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.</p><p></p><p><span>Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we.  We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more. </span></p><p></p><p><span>As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and  would  welcome  a  conversation  with  you  if  you  feel  you  might  benefit  from  any  reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>About your team</b></p><p></p><p>Fund Servicing and Oversight (FSO) is a key function within Asset Management Delivery, responsible for ensuring seamless execution of fund services across FIL’s investment vehicles—including retail funds, segregated mandates, real estate funds, private asset funds, and other products.</p><p></p><p>The team supports the full operational lifecycle, spanning Fund Accounting, Asset Servicing, IBOR Operations, Alternative Assets, Fund Solutions, and Shared Services. FSO ensures these services are delivered efficiently, accurately, and in line with regulatory obligations.</p><p></p><p>Within FSO, the Fund Solutions team drives the design, delivery, and oversight of operational change initiatives—ranging from regulatory-driven transformations to strategic platform enhancements.</p><p></p><p><b>About your role </b></p><p></p><p>The IBOR Delivery role within Fund Solutions is responsible for leading the implementation of operational change initiatives, with a strong focus on Middle Office and IBOR transformation. This includes delivering solutions that meet client, operational, and product requirements while integrating process improvements, technology upgrades, and regulatory changes.</p><p></p><p>Following the implementation of FIL’s Investment Book of Record (IBOR), which provides a consolidated positions and cash dataset for front office and compliance functions, you will play a key role in driving initiatives to enhance and future-proof the operating model. This involves close collaboration with upstream teams—including Corporate Actions, Pricing, Reference Data, and the Portfolio Services Group—as well as supporting new fund launches, particularly those requiring tailored solutions outside the standard model.</p><p></p><p>You will be accountable for ensuring that robust, well-structured transition plans are in place, and that governance and communication frameworks are effective, with clear oversight from senior stakeholders.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Key Responsibilities:</b></p><p></p><p><b>Change &amp; Transformation – Middle Office / IBOR Focus</b></p><p></p><ul><li>Lead initiatives to drive operational and process improvements across Middle Office and IBOR teams, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.</li><li>Analyze and document current-state processes, identify gaps, and design future-state solutions to support change and transformation efforts.</li><li>Serve as the primary business analyst on projects involving IBOR, reconciliations, position and cash data, and reference data flows.</li><li>Collaborate with stakeholders across Investment Operations, Technology, Front Office, and external vendors to gather requirements, define scope, and validate solutions.</li><li>Support system and vendor migrations impacting IBOR platforms, ensuring clean data transitions and minimal disruption to operations.</li><li>Drive the successful implementation of change projects by preparing functional <span>specifications/business</span> requirements, user stories, test cases, and managing UAT cycles.</li><li>Act as a liaison between business and technical teams, translating complex operational needs into clear development tasks and deliverables.</li><li>Monitor and report on project progr