Operations delivery lead

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Hybrid with two days a week in our Bath or Edinburgh office.

Seccl is the Octopus‑owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to help more people invest – and invest well.

We’re B‑Corp certified with an amazing product‑market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We’ve been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years.

We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi‑billion group that’s on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money.

Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments.

We’re looking for an Operations delivery lead to join our Trading team to own the operational delivery of the full trade lifecycle – from execution across funds and equities, through matching and settlement, and into post‑trade oversight and reporting for the platform. You’ll lead a team of seven and play a critical role in keeping our trading flows accurate, efficient, resilient and well‑controlled.

This role sits between day‑to‑day operations and strategic improvement: perfect for someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves to solve problems and redesigning processes, so the same problems don’t happen twice.

You’ll help ensure our trading operations are designed and operated in line with FCA requirements, with specific accountability for how we meet CASS, MiFID II and COBS obligations across dealing, settlement, reconciliations, and accurate books and records. You’ll work closely with Risk and Compliance to evidence effective controls – and help us improve them as we grow.

If you’re excited by the idea of building and evolving a trading function inside a fast‑growing fintech – and you bring hands‑on experience across multiple asset types, market structures and post‑trade requirements – this is a rare chance to help define how we operate as we scale. You’ll have genuine scope to own, redesign and implement new ways of working, alongside Product, Engineering, Risk and Compliance, so we can deliver a first‑class service to our clients.

• Owning end‑to‑end trading operations across funds and equities, ensuring smooth processing from order placement through settlement and reporting
• Overseeing execution and settlement across key partners (e.g., Calastone, Winter flood Business Services, CREST), managing breaks, rejects and unmatched positions
• Running exception management, triaging issues quickly, escalating appropriately, and driving problems through to resolution with clear ownership
• Owning fund conversions; income to accumulation, clean‑to‑cleaner processes, off‑platform transfers, keeping accuracy high and disruption low for clients and partners
• Acting as escalation point for trading incidents, coordinating response, communications, root‑cause analysis and lasting fixes
• Maintaining oversight of post‑trade reporting and monitoring (transaction reporting, best‑execution monitoring, financial crime monitoring)
• Leading daily operational readiness across AM/PM cycles, ensuring monitoring, inboxes and dashboards are completed and prioritised
• Partnering with Product/Engineering to improve workflows, automate where possible, enhance controls and reduce operational risk at scale
• Coaching and developing the team, setting standards and building a culture of ownership and client‑first delivery

• You have senior experience leading trading operations teams delivering high‑volume fund and equity trading
• You have owned trading controls end‑to‑end across dealing, settlement and post‑trade, with strong risk and escalation judgement
• You understand how FCA regulation shapes real trading operations – including CASS, MiFID II and COBS, plus strong books & records integrity
• You thrive in complexity and exceptions: calm, decisive, and client‑focused when issues arise
• You have a track record of delivering improvements by partnering with Product/Engineering/Risk to strengthen controls and enable…