Investment Manager

A major international financial services group is seeking an accomplished Investment Manager to provide senior leadership and genuine local management substance for its Guernsey-based wealth and life assurance operations.

This influential position combines business leadership, regulatory governance and commercial responsibility for an international investment and endowment product suite. The successful candidate will also act as a senior cross-group operator, resolving complex challenges and driving delivery across multiple jurisdictions, functions and regulated entities.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing effective local leadership and management substance in Guernsey, ensuring the business satisfies regulatory expectations concerning governance, oversight and decision-making.
• Taking ownership of operational governance, including oversight of outsourced service providers, third-party administrators, key counterparties and relevant management committees.
• Holding commercial responsibility for an international endowment and investment product portfolio, driving performance and supporting its delivery across a broad African market.
• Coordinating senior stakeholders across Product, Legal, Compliance, Risk and Operations to resolve cross-functional challenges and maintain compliance across Guernsey and South African regulatory frameworks.

You should have 10+ years’ experience in wealth management, investments or life assurance, are likely to have operated previously at Director, Head of Business, General Manager or an equivalent level. You must have experience managing an international or cross-border financial services operation, together with commercial responsibility for a product line, business unit or comparable profit centre. A strong understanding of international endowment products, life assurance or cross-border wealth solutions would be particularly valuable.

This is a rare opportunity to assume a pivotal leadership position within a prominent international financial services group, combining local executive responsibility with significant cross-border commercial influence.

Independent, commercially astute and confident operating across jurisdictions and time zones, you will balance growth ambitions with sound judgement and the disciplined governance expected within a highly regulated environment. If this role sounds like the next step in your career then please apply today with your latest CV or contact Marcel on 01481 714634 or email info@firstcall.co.gg.