Director Investment Operations📣 إعلان

About the Environment Fund and the Role

The Environment Fund is seeking a Director Investment Operations to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is central to providing strategic direction, leadership, and oversight for the Fund’s investment support operations, ensuring robust execution of the investment lifecycle.

Strategic Oversight and Operational Excellence

The Director will ensure accurate analytics and effective coordination across investment departments. A primary focus of the role is to uphold the integrity of investment data, govern performance reporting, drive operational efficiency, and ensure full compliance with regulatory and audit requirements. This involves leading the design, implementation, and enhancement of systems, controls, and operational frameworks to strengthen resilience, transparency, and decision-making in alignment with the Fund’s investment strategy and long-term objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation and submission of departmental reports related to investment operations, system performance, and data integrity.
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of performance reports and dashboards, aligning them with board and executive management requirements.
• Coordinate with Impact Portfolio units and investment departments to ensure seamless performance data integration across reports and applications.
• Provide strategic direction for developing the investment operations strategy and its governance framework, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives and the investment lifecycle.
• Design and maintain comprehensive policies for trading, settlement, reconciliation, custody, valuation, and data management across portfolios.
• Lead the development and implementation of advanced operations analytics tools and dashboards for real-time monitoring of the investment lifecycle.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to monitor settlement efficiency, reconciliation accuracy, data quality, and execution speed.
• Ensure the preparation of accurate and consistent reports on settlements, reconciliations, operational liquidity, and scenario analyses for relevant committees.

Team Leadership and Development

• Organize and oversee the work of the Investment Support team to ensure efficient task execution in accordance with policies and governance standards.
• Provide on-the-job guidance and training to managers, specialists, and new colleagues to strengthen operational, analytical, and leadership capabilities.
• Promote a high-performance culture focused on accountability, innovation, and excellence within the team.
• Monitor team performance, provide constructive feedback, and support professional development plans.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Ensure alignment of investment operations frameworks with national requirements and international standards such as GIPS, ISO, SWIFT, and approved governance standards.
• Manage the comprehensive framework for identifying, assessing, and monitoring operational challenges across portfolios, instruments, counterparties, and markets.
• Ensure independent verification of operational data accuracy and the quality of settlements and reconciliations.
• Oversee the analysis of operational concentrations, counterparty exposures, and process-chain vulnerabilities across asset classes.
• Monitor macroeconomic trends, regulatory changes, and market events that may affect investment operations efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to governance standards, investment mandates, and all applicable compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Legal, GRC, and Audit departments to maintain strong internal controls, segregation of duties, and effective application of the authority matrix.
• Review compliance reports, audit findings, and operational incidents, ensuring that corrective actions are promptly implemented.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience.