Security & Portfolio Analyst

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

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

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.