Investment Operations Associate
Job Duties
- Collaborate with Senior Associates and Director of Operations to Support Investment Operations.
- Review controls and enforce SLAs of 3rd back-office vendor.
- Provide operational services to clients and internal constituents.
- Oversee functions such as data integrity, trade settlement, investment accounting/reconciliations, proxy voting, corporate actions, monthly performance review
- Support and maintain Charles River (OMS) IBOR accuracy.
- Provide timely and accurate client statements reports on an ad hoc, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
- Monitor technology vendors, connectivity with data sources, and assist with trouble shooting daily issues in various applications such as SalesForce (CRM), ISS Governance (Proxy), GWP (Accounting System/Data hub), GWPA (Performance), Pages (Client Statements Reporting), etc.
- Being aware of technology needs and requirements to support ongoing regulatory and business environment changes (e.g., CSDR Regulation, North America T+1 shortened settlements cycle, SEC rulings on proxy, etc.)
- Ensure internal processes and procedures holistically support all business segments (institutional, dual contract, wealth advisory, and wrap).
- Onboard client accounts by reviewing and executing items associated with account setup, custodian, market openings for global accounts, client statement reporting, reconciliations, etc.
Ideal Qualifications
- 3-5 years in investment operations capacity of a global investment strategies
- Excellent understanding of OMS investment book of record (IBOR).
- Aptitude to manage 3rd party vendor providing critical daily processing and systems.
- Strong business judgment with the ability to work well with in cross functional teams.
- Experience with trade operations, client statements, and investment accounting
- Flexible, e.g., ability to adjust schedule to be available for meetings in global time zones as needed.
- Proficient at Microsoft suite - Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams.
- Drive process improvements, standardization, and automation.
- Critical thinker and makes sound judgement under uncertainty.
- Work well with all levels of employees effectively.
- Contribute thoughtfully and produce high-quality work.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Effective communications skills.
- Comfortable working in an intense environment under tight deadlines.
- Ability to quickly learn and excel at day-to-day responsibilities.
- Anticipate multiple steps ahead when faced with complex issues or new situations.
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