Security & Portfolio Analyst

Security & Portfolio Analyst

Includes the following, other duties may be assigned as needed:

• Responsible for security and portfolio details across the systems infrastructure.
• For securities:
1. System setup and maintenance, pricing, and exchange rates
2. Instructing on and processing all voluntary corporate actions (internal and external)
3. Processing mandatory corporate actions
4. Supports Pricing Committee
5. Administers proxy voting
6. Provides class action oversight
7. Significant ownership reporting
• Portfolios
1. Onboarding new portfolio for relevant portfolio management systems and with key business partners
2. Proper implementation of fund changes including renaming and index adjustments

Supervisory Responsibilities None

Qualifications:

• History of advanced system comprehension and usage; ability to understand how data flows throughout the different systems and organization
• Knowledge of industry terminology, security identifiers, and history about researching security details, values and actions
• Knowledge about corporate actions and history processing
• Strong understanding of financial markets and an interest in investing
• Knowledge about different asset classes (equity, fixed income, spots, forwards, options, futures, swaps), investment products (mutual funds, ETFs, ETNs, separately managed accounts) and transaction types/sources (buys and sells, shorts and covers, expiration, maturity, corporate actions, etc.)

• Experience working with diverse range of financial professionals including operations, trading, marketing and IT
• Focus on streamlining and improving processes/workflow
• Experience with system conversion and implementation a plus

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in business, finance, marketing, mathematics or relevant degrees
• 3-5 years at an asset manager, RIA or similar investment firm performing comparable operational functions

General Competencies:

• Track record of hands-on problem solving
• Ability to analyze data
• Meticulous and detail-oriented
• History of successful multitasking
• Strong communication skills
• History of successfully working in teams
• Ability to work independently and take a task to completion in a timely manner
• Quick learner and ability to adapt to new situations

Language and Communication Skills:

• Strong communication skills required as individual works closely with many areas of the business, sharing important information that is reported

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