As a Fund Servicing Analyst within the Securities Services Operation team, you will offer operational support across the Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) division. This includes areas such as Fund accounting, Custody Middle office, financial reporting, Client Account Service, Client billing operations, Asset servicing, and Network management. Your responsibilities will include the timely and accurate delivery of Net Asset Value (NAV) to the Fund Accountant for final release to the client. This role requires a solid understanding of derivatives and the ability to manage a team to ensure accurate and timely booking of trades based on instructions received from clients. You will also handle valuation, cash, and collaterals on derivative trades based on valuation and cash reports received from clients or Fund Managers, Market data, and Economic trade data. These are necessary for processing, valuation, and reconciliation of our client's derivatives portfolio into various third-party data processing (3PDP) systems such as FSDV and WINS Enterprise.
Job Responsibilities:
- Prepare file in accordance with internal control checklist in Newton for items applicable to that particular portfolio.
- Keep adequate documentation on file to fully explain and support all items, particularly those, which would be deemed unusual, eg. Past due dividends, larger than usual price movements (when comparing against assets in the same industry class), large gains and losses in FFX's, large div yield, trade cost per unit vs. ending price comparison and overall benchmarking discrepancies.
- Complete accurate and legible files within deadlines set by Managers in order to fulfill production requirements
- Ensure documentation is completed and signed off as per requirements and reconcile capital flows where appropriate
- The utilization of the WINS/EDA-INVEST ONE (reporting)/GTI/ Titan systems to adequately research and resolve issues on portfolios.
- Analyses of fund performance to ensure final valuations are accurate
- Demonstrate sufficient technical knowledge of various investment instruments and markets (stock exchanges) and there effect on the portfolio's valuation
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- At least a Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum 3years experience in Fund Accounting Operations (Capital market, Dividends, Derivatives, Trading, Reconciliation etc)
- Meticulous attention to detail with ability to work in a deadline driven environment
- Client focused with strong analytical skills
- Control oriented
- Exhibits a 'can do' attitude
- Good written & spoken English communication skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- Experience in Banking / Financial services industry or with accounting firm.
- Experience in an automated processing environment.
- Good understanding of security types and their accounting treatment
- Awareness of stock market practices & data vendor systems (e.g. Bloomberg)
- Knowledge of the processes of a fund’s Custodian Bank and Investment Manager
- Committed approach with the ability to communicate effectively within a small team
- Flexibility - support department projects and work overtime during peak production periods