Position: Senior
Australian Shift (Start time: 3:30 AM IST)
Responsibilities:
- Securities & Market Data
- Set up and validate new securities in core systems, ensuring all static data is complete for accurate valuation.
- Oversee daily market data loads and pricing from key vendors (Bloomberg, Markit, RIMES), resolving exceptions and incomplete data.
- Manage manual pricing for OTC and pooled unit trusts, and ensure reference data (TICs, FX rates) is loaded and checked.
- Corporate Actions & Trade Processing
- Process trade files from custodians and managers, ensuring all trades pass duplication and control checks before settlement.
- Scrub and match SWIFT messages for corporate actions, generate events, and ensure timely entitlement generation for ex-date T-1 and earlier.
- Monitor and resolve message queue failures, batch job errors, and dashboard exceptions.
- Reconciliations & Controls
- Perform daily and monthly reconciliations across General Ledger, capital gains tax parcels, interfunding, super to pension, fees, collateral, and cash positions.
- Investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks and sign off on all reconciliations promptly.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities, working closely with business and technology teams.
- Document new procedures and controls to enhance operational risk management.
- Work with business, architects, and technology partners to translate requirements into scalable solutions and contribute to product roadmaps.
- Act as a subject matter expert for operational processes, controls, and technology enablement.
Requirements:
- 4-6 years of experience in Asset management/WAM sector, Exposure to Australian based asset management will be an addon.
- Master’s degree in accounting or finance is mandatory with CPA/ CA/ MBA will be good to have
- General understanding of Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and regulatory requirements is a plus
- A Strong understanding of financial industry with fund accounting, reconciliation, expense reporting, tax reporting, asset types and derivatives is mandatory.
- Hands on experience on Simcorp Dimension is required.
- Strong understanding of security valuation, market data management, corporate actions, reconciliation processes, and vendors such as Bloomberg
- Strong understanding of Fixed Income securities, Derivatives products is must.
- Crisp and effective executive communication skills, including significant experience presenting cross-functionally and across all levels.
- Understanding BRD would be an added advantage.
- Should pay attention to detail, proficient in MS applications (Word, Excel, Power Point), excellent analytical skills and must display effective interaction capabilities with various stakeholders.
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