Senior Associate, Fixed Income Insurance Operations

The Institutional Portfolio Services Team is responsible for supporting and overseeing operations for our Fixed Income Insurance business. We are looking to add a team member to work closely with internal teams (Operations, Technology, and Front Office) as well as with external vendors (Clearwater and Blackrock). You will also help to oversee the quality of the data based upon several data validation checks that are run daily. This is a great opportunity to support a growing business. Primary Responsibilities: Instruct Clearwater on new account opening setups Instruct posting of asset transfers in Clearwater and validate accuracy post completion Oversee daily positions reconciliation report which highlights differences between Clearwater, Aladdin, and Custody; reach out to respective teams to resolve differences Drive weekly joint meetings with Clearwater, focusing on the agenda items Partner with Technology to develop a solution to validate data loads from Clearwater to Aladdin Partner with Clearwater to develop a solution to ensure Aladdin data is being ingested correctly In cases where our Client is also utilizing Clearwater for their own accounting books, work with the Clearwater teams to ensure both instances are in line, where expected. For bank loans, work with Clearwater and our Bank Loan Team to ensure that the WSO Operating Model (i.e. WSO to CW technology feed) is working as expected across both instances, if applicable For bank loans, work with Clearwater and our Bank Loan Team to ensure that cash and position breaks are aligned between Clearwater and Aladdin Work with Clearwater to track, review, and resolve issues highlighted by PM Teams Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training materials to ensure consistency and operational resilience Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (finance or accounting preferred) or equivalent experience. 5+ years in financial services operations, preferably in Fixed Income Knowledge of bank loans is required Strong analytical and organizational skills; adept at creating and maintaining documentation and workflows. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel) Effective communicator, team player, and self-starter Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities. Detail-oriented, intellectually curious, and comfortable driving change and process improvements via Gen AI Location: Chicago; hybrid with a minimum of three days per week in office. #LI-KF1 #LI-Hybrid Applicants must be authorized and have the right to work in the country where the role is located without the need for current or future sponsorship. Compensation Details The salary range for this role is $100,000-$120,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in the job posting location. 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