Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country. Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save.
Nest’s goals by 2030 are to be managing assets of £100 billion for more than 18 million members. This scale creates huge opportunities for Nest to do things differently.
As part of this, Nest Invest provides investment advice and investment management services to Nest Corporation. The Nest Invest Technology and Data team supports the systems, data flows and third-party services that enable effective delivery across the Investment function. The team works closely with business stakeholders to maintain stable, well-governed platforms, improve operational processes and ensure technology services continue to meet business needs.
The Role
The Business Systems Manager sits within the Nest Invest Technology and Data team, focusing on the day-to-day management and continuous improvement of key business systems used to support investment-related activity. This includes working with internal stakeholders, technology colleagues and external vendors to ensure services are reliable, well controlled and able to evolve in line with business priorities.
The role is focused on ensuring key business systems are reliable, well controlled and aligned to business priorities, while providing strong oversight of third-party vendors and service performance. You will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to track service levels, manage issues and risks, and maintain a clear, prioritised pipeline of enhancements that improves user experience, control and operational efficiency.
The Person
The role holder would be confident, collaborative and calm, with the ability to work seamlessly with business users, technology teams and external partners. This role offers the opportunity to shape important business systems, influence future directions and work with stakeholders and broad processes. The individual would be able to:
- Demonstrate experience managing business systems in an investment management or wider regulated financial services environment
- Understanding of how platforms, data and third-party services support investment and operational processes.
- Oversee vendors, holding suppliers to account for service delivery and using service level data to identify trends, manage risk and drive improvement.
- Manage or contributing to structured enhancement pipelines, including requirements gathering, prioritisation, testing, release planning and stakeholder communication.
- Analyse business process, service reporting, incident and problem management, and cross‑functional delivery.
Organisational Overview
Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, Nest’s first‑class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.
Directorate/Department Overview
The Investment directorate (Nest Invest) is responsible for investing members’ contributions in order to grow their retirement pots over the long‑term. The responsibilities of the team include:
- Asset allocation and portfolio risk management
- Manager selection and monitoring
- Responsible investment
- Investment communications
- Fund administration
- Investment technology and financial modelling
- Contributing to the development of the investment proposition
From December 2019, the Nest Investment team was seconded into Nest Invest Ltd (Nest Invest), the investment subsidiary of Nest Corporation.
Nest Invest is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). For the role holder, this means working in a regulated entity, and being required to adhere to certain rules and behaviours included in the FCA’s Code of Conduct (COCON), specifically the individual Conduct Rules defined by the FCA.
Flexible and agile working
Everyone’s personal situation is different. To make the most out of hybrid working, we’ve introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):
- hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once – twice a week, or more, as required)
- reduce or vary working hours
- reduce or vary the days worked
- work compressed hours
- job share
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnicity, LGBTQ+, and disabled candidates.
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status.
We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
As a Level 2 Disability Confident organisation, we’re part of the guaranteed interview scheme. This means should you meet the minimum criteria for this role, you will automatically be put forward for an interview.
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