Its main objective as a team is to provide support, oversight, and control to the business to help it meet its fiduciary responsibilities.
As a member of the TSFO team you will be responsible for maintaining a strong and consistent control environment through a joint accountability model with the business.
Expected Daily Responsibilities:
- Perform/co-ordinate pre-acceptance and post acceptance/annual account reviews to comply with 12 CFR 9.6.
- Support global investment desk activity and oversee implementation of compliance rules in asset management system for client investment guidelines.
- Manage the oversight of various trading activities, to demonstrate that regulatory controls for key regulations such as 12 CFR 9, ERISA, CASS, MIFID II and Best Execution are adhered to.
- Reinforce the firm-wide control framework to ensure consistency and transparency.
- In partnership with stakeholders, identify significant control gaps and weaknesses and determine root cause of control breaks (as required).
- Ensure that controls are properly designed, operating effectively, and drive a proactive risk and control culture that leverages proven evaluation strategies and sound change management protocols.
- Identify issues and ensure prompt escalation, remediation and action plan management in line with core standards
- Cultivate effective working relationships and promote a strong controls environment with appropriate oversight and clearly defined responsibilities
Qualifications and Experience:
- Experience in financial services industry with background in controls, audit, quality assurance, operational risk management, or compliance preferred; or equivalent subject matter expertise in a relevant business related function/operation - preferably Securities Services/Agency Securities Finance
- Knowledge of Fiduciary obligations desirable but not essential.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) preferred.