Senior Operations Analyst - Hedge Fund - Newcastle

A rather unique buy-side opportunity is available to an established operations / trade support professional looking to relocate to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
A rapidly expanding outsourced service provider (Newcastle city centre office) that have partnered with a market leading hedge fund exclusively, providing a range of support services, are looking to make their first operations / trade support hire.
We are looking to hire an experienced operations professional, initially stand-alone, albeit there is headcount to hire a junior to work alongside him/her (with further growth plans beyond this).
The hire / team will take ownership for a variety of daily BAU tasks (from current London based ops/MO staff at the hedge fund) + manage particularly tricky bottlenecks during certain periods.
Whilst this is an outsourced service, the hire can still expect to work closely to the London operations / middle office team, senior management + also the investment process / team.
As the first operations hire, there is strong growth potential and the opportunity to lead the build out of the outsourced operations function (alongside Newcastle based managing partners and senior non-investment heads in London).
Candidates should have 5-10yrs operations / trade support experience.
We are open to both banking and hedge fund backgrounds.
A strong background in derivatives and an excellent academic profile are desired.