Senior Operations Analyst- Reams Asset Management

Responsibilities

Support day-to-day resolution of complex investment accounting problems and transaction processing and is responsible for the client portfolio reconciliation processes.

• Lead daily transaction and cash reconciliations across internal systems, custodians, and counter parties
• Reconcile fixed income and derivatives instruments, including swaps, swaptions, futures, and FX
• Investigate and resolve complex reconciliation breaks related to principal and interest payments, lifecycle events, accruals, settlements, and corporate actions
• Perform root-cause analysis and escalate unresolved issues with clear documentation and recommendations
• Manage end-to-end structured security claims related to principal and interest payments, including preparation, documentation, submission, and tracking
• Resolve issues quickly with a sense of urgency
• Provide clear proactive communication on outstanding issues and resolutions
• Identify process control opportunities and recommend improvements
• Lead small to medium sized projects with varied levels of complexity
• Act as a senior operations point of contact for internal teams, custodians, and counter parties
• Support escalation management and knowledge sharing with the Operations team
• Balance conflicting resource and priority demands

• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise

• Portfolio accounting systems
• Advanced Excel skills
• Bloomberg experience
• Communicating effectively in both oral and written communications
• Demonstrating uncompromising adherence to ethical principles

• Analyze problems and develop creative solutions
• Handle stressful situations and provide a high level of customer service in a calm and professional manner
• Provide efficient service to internal and external clients
• Partner and collaborate and work in a team environment
• Foster a cooperative work environment and partner with other functional areas to accomplish objectives
• Attend to detail while maintaining a big picture orientation

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related degree and 5 years of relevant experience or combination of education, training and experience

• Possess strong analytical skills
• Be able to multi-task
• Be self-motivated, have natural curiosity
• Work well in team environment
• Exhibit excellent interpersonal skills
• Involvement in process improvement projects

• Experience with fixed income structured securities
• Experience with derivatives
• Experience with FX