Chief of Staff | Private Wealth & Corporate at Ocorian · London

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Fund services | Corporate | Capital markets | Private client | Regulatory & Compliance
We help clients succeed by unlocking new value through expertise, trust and scale. We deliver solutions that solve complex challenges faced by asset managers, financial institutions, corporates, high net-worth individuals and family offices.
With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, faster. We collaborate to win together, sharing successes and shaping the future of our global business. Our culture of support and recognition provides the tools and opportunities for you to grow, while unlocking the most value for our clients and making your mark with Ocorian.
Expertise: We deliver specialist, tech-enabled solutions for our clients grounded on deep industry expertise.
Trust: We’re a trusted partner to over 8,000 clients globally. We are proud to have long-lasting partnerships with our clients.
Scale: With more than 1,500 colleagues, we operate across 20+ countries, our scale enables us to support our clients globally and locally, providing a seamless client experience across borders and service lines.
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PURPOSE OF THE JOB
As the Chief of Staff, you will act as a trusted partner for the Global Head of Private Wealth & Corporate in driving leadership effectiveness, business prioritisation and execution discipline, while also supporting the articulation, alignment and delivery of the strategy for the business.
Working in close partnership with other client segment management team members, the role ensures:
Alignment between commercial strategy, financial objectives and delivery capability
Clear translation of strategy into practical, prioritised initiatives
Consistent communication of strategy across shareholder, Board and internal stakeholders
The role acts as a coordinator across Growth, Finance, Technology and the wider business, ensuring clarity, alignment and disciplined execution in relation to strategy for Ocorian’s services to the Private Wealth & Corporate client segment.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Chief of Staff support to the Global Head
Act as a trusted adviser and strategic partner to the Global Head, helping to maximise focus, effectiveness and follow-through across the business. Support the Global Head in:
Prioritising time and leadership attention against the most important business matters
Structuring and framing decisions for leadership discussion
Identifying trade-offs, dependencies and unresolved issues
Preparing for key internal and external meetings
Ensuring actions and commitments are followed through consistently
Serve as an extension of the Global Head in coordinating across the leadership team and wider business, helping to maintain momentum on critical priorities
2. Strategy alignment, translation and performance insight
Support the Global Head in articulating, prioritising and evolving strategic ambitions
Ensure alignment between;
Commercial strategy (via leadership team)
Financial plans and targets (via Finance Partner)
Operational and delivery capability (via management team, Client delivery and HR business partner)
Other Ocorian Functions
Translate strategic direction into clear initiatives, sequencing and delivery plans
Develop and maintain simple, actionable metrics linking:
Strategy → commercial performance → financial outcomes
Provide insight to support decision-making and refinement of priorities
3. Integration of commercial and financial priorities
Work jointly with Private Wealth and Corporate leaders and Finance Partner to:
Align growth ambitions with financial targets and constraints
Ensure consistency between pipeline, revenue expectations and capacity
Support translation of commercial priorities into:
Operational implications (resourcing, delivery model)
Financial implications (investment, returns, cost-to-serve)
4. Strategy execution and governance
Establish and maintain a clear execution framework, including:
Prioritisation of initiatives
Defined ownership and accountability
Ongoing tracking and reporting
Support a light-touch strategic PMO capability
Ensure visibility of progress, dependencies and delivery risks across the leadership team
5. Stakeholder management, governance and communication
A core focus of the role is ensuring clarity, alignment and confidence across key stakeholder groups:
Shareholder:
Support preparation of materials demonstrating strategy, performance and value creation
Ensure a clear and consistent narrative on progress against strategic objectives
Board:
Coordinate and contribute to clear, concise and outcome-focused board papers and updates
Support alignment between Board expectations and business priorities
Private Wealth & Corporate Leadership Team:
Facilitate alignment between Growth, Finance, Technology and delivery teams
Support structured discussions on priorities, trade-offs and sequencing
Ensure consistency of messaging and understanding across the leadership group
Wider organisation:
Support communication of strategy and priorities
Help ensure strategic objectives are understood and embedded across teams
6. Technology alignment and strategic oversight
Work with technology leadership to ensure strategic priorities are reflected in technology direction and roadmap
Provide oversight and challenge on prioritisation of technology-enabled initiatives, ensuring alignment to:
Scalability of delivery
Efficiency and cost-to-serve improvements
Enhancement of client-facing capabilities
Ensure technology initiatives are clearly linked to commercial and financial outcomes, and aligned with the broader operating model
7. M&A and strategic activity
Support the Global Head in M&A and strategic investment activity, including:
Reviewing and providing input into strategic rationale and materials prepared by Corporate Development and advisors
Coordinating inputs across commercial, operational and leadership stakeholders
Supporting alignment of potential transactions with the broader strategy and operating model
Support tracking of post-transaction value creation initiatives
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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Experience in a Chief of Staff role or strategy, management consulting, business transformation, corporate development, finance.
Experience working directly with executive leadership teams and Board-level stakeholders.
Demonstrated success leading strategic initiatives across complex, multi-jurisdictional organisations.
Strong understanding of financial services, private wealth, corporate services or related professional services environments.
Experience operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented and change-driven organisation.
Highly credible and trusted.
Commercially minded and outcome focused.
Strong judgement and discretion.
Resilient and adaptable.
Collaborative and relationship-oriented.
Curious, proactive and agile.
Comfortable challenging constructively and influencing without direct authority.
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All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful.  These are:
We areCLIENT CENTRIC – Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
We are AMBITIOUS – We aim high. We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
We are AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
We are COLLABORATIVE – With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
We are ETHICAL – We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent, building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.
Equal Opportunities for Everyone
Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at careers@ocorian.com.
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.