RECONCILIATION ANALYST recruitment
Our clients include central banks, official institutions, corporations, pension plans, insurance companies, foundations, endowments, and mutual funds. In the U.S. we have offices in Boston, Chicago, New Jersey and New York. We have an excellent career opportunity for a Reconciliation Analyst in our Jersey City office. As part of a three person team, the Reconciliation Analyst is responsible for the daily reconciliation, analysis, and resolution of all differences arising on approximately 110 multi-currency fixed income portfolios.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Obtain daily reporting from 15+ third parties (client custodian banks, trustees, and prime brokers).
• Utilizing an electronic system, reconcile FFTW investment accounting data with third party data and produce exception reports.
• Produce manual reconciliations using Excel for third parties without electronic reporting capabilities.
• Research and resolve reconciliation exceptions.
• Produce daily reports for distribution to management and operations staff including fail reports, overdraft report, and reconciliation statistics.
Ideal Personal Profile:
• Analytical skills: Identifies all aspects of a subject and examines them in a critical way to construct a broad point of view. Individual is driven by the desire to know more about things, peoples or events.
• Accuracy: Constantly attentive to the precision and thoroughness of the information sent and to the quality of the work; ensures that errors are minimized.
• Communication skills: Expresses his / her messages, both orally and in writing, in an effective, organized way, which is appropriate to the audience being addressed.
• Teamwork: Knows how to work in a team and/or across teams, acts bearing common interests and respect for fellow team members.
• Integrity: Acts ethically, in compliance with what is said and while respecting the company’s values and rules.
Academic Background and Experience:
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• Excellent academic credentials including a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.
• Related financial services internship(s)/work experience a strong plus.
• Strong computer skills.
To be considered for this opportunity, please forward your resume utilizing the online application process. Equal Opportunity Employer.