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Senior Operations & Performance Analyst

Employer
SS&C
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 29, 2019

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Job Function
Operations
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
Department Overview

SS&C Outsourcing UK, a division of SS&C Technologies, Inc., is an investment processing service group that provides back office accounting, performance and reporting support to Asset Management, Insurance, Wealth Management, Pension Funds and REIT clients. The UK Wealth Outsourcing team are searching for an Operations and Performance Analyst to support their Wealth clients both domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

Investment Operations
  • Verify and maintain security & portfolio static and dynamic data.
  • Trade capture and issue resolution.
  • Daily and monthly reconciliation of investment portfolios with custodian banks.
  • Perform processes and controls related to corporate actions, security capture, trade capture, and pricing.
  • Follow up with the counterparties to seek clarifications on outstanding breaks.
  • Document and cross-train processes.
  • Address ad hoc inquiries from the client/custodian banks.

Performance Measurement
  • Perform daily and monthly calculation, reconciliation, control and outlier reporting of performance for assigned client's portfolios, and benchmarks.
  • Prepare and analyse monthly and quarterly performance reporting.
  • Prepare and analyse monthly and quarterly client reporting.
  • Work in partnership with product teams to resolve issues and improve overall processes.
  • Update security and portfolio level class schemes and properties.
  • Create and update composite benchmarks.
  • Verify and maintain security and portfolio static and dynamic data.
  • Address ad hoc inquiries from the client for performance analysis such as providing explanations of performance fluctuations and anomalies.
  • Identify inefficiencies in the production processes and make recommendations on how to improve them.
  • Documentation of processes.
  • Maintain logs for internal and external issues.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications
  • Previous investment operations experience within a Back Office or Middle Office within a Wealth Manager or Asset Management Firm.
  • Good understanding on methodologies of calculating performance returns .
  • Strong knowledge of a range of asset classes, such as equity and fixed income.
  • Experience working with performance measurement and / or middle back office investment operations software.
  • Related experience.
  • Finance related degree.
  • Completed or progressing towards professional level qualifications, preferably either CFA or CIPM.
  • Experience of performance measurement and analysis.
  • Proven ability to meet strict periodic deliverables.
  • Strong communication and analytical skills.
  • Ability to multi-task effectively and ability to remain highly organized in a deadline driven environment.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, with advanced working knowledge of Excel.
  • Completed or progressing towards professional level qualifications with CISI, CFA, CIPM or other relevant body.

Accuracy/Communication:
  • Ability to forge relationships with clients, internal departments, partnerships and key vendors
  • Attention to detail
  • Develop and demonstrate ability to work under pressure
  • Client focused orientation

Work Ethic:
  • Team Player and flexibility
  • Taking Initiative
  • Positive Attitude
  • Able to work unassisted

Company Overview

SS&C Technologies, Inc. provides mission-critical software and software-enabled services for the global financial services industry. SS&C was founded in 1986 by William C. Stone and went public in 1996. SS&C employs a disciplined and highly focused acquisition strategy to increase the breadth and depth of its product and service offerings and capitalize on evolving market opportunities. Since 1995, SS&C has acquired 46 businesses with products, services and/or technologies in existing or complementary vertical markets.

SS&C has more than 8,200 employees worldwide. Our head office is located in Windsor, Connecticut with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Australia. SS&C provides the global financial services industry with a broad range of highly specialized software, software enabled-services and software as a service (SaaS) solutions for operational excellence. We deliver mission-critical processing for information management, analysis, trading, accounting, reporting and compliance. Our clients manage, in aggregate, over $44 trillion in assets and choose SS&C as their preferred vendor for our expertise.

SS&C acquired GlobeOp in 2012, Advent Software in 2015, Citi Alternative Investor Services in 2016 and Wells Fargo Global Fund Services in 2016. SS&C is the leading independent provider of cloud-based fund administration services and software for the alternative investment industry, including hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds and managed accounts.

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