RISK REPORTING CONSULTANT recruitment
This role has been created to assist in the delivery of the investment mandate monitoring program.
Core Responsibilities:
- Accurately efficiently manage the system rule breaches on the Company’s 800+ funds in a timely fashion.
- Monitor funds daily to ensure they conform to the relevant regulations investment restrictions.
- As required, review test the pre/post trade rules for all the FI, cash, equity other fund types.
- Ensure that system breaches are investigated.
- Assist in resolving Mandate Adherence “coding” Data Management “data” issues.
- Liaise with the relevant FM on passive / active breaches, providing FMs with support in rule interpretation data evaluation when assessing rule output.
- Were necessary, log breaches on Operational Risk’s Events Database manage their queries.
- General system maintenance with regards to closing funds Capital Protected / Protected Capital fund launches.
- Assist in raising, tracking resolving items (data, coding, system enhancements, small change) on the team’s “issues log”.
- Actively pursue the reduction of the Company’s manual controls through coding working with DMT to enhance data.
- Liaise with BTM to accurately define enhancement requirements to resolve outstanding issues. If requested, assist IT in testing what has been developed.
- Enhance, develop and maintain a general risk and compliance culture and awareness within the Company.
- Assist in maintaining the team’s Operating model, procedures coding protocols.
- Be part of a collegiate team approach towards rule coding consistency / efficiency.
- Support management undertake any special projects / tasks as may be required from time to time.
Core Skills:
- Ability to work accurately and within timescales.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Proactive.
- Keen to learn and develop.
Core Requirements:
- An understanding of the investment management business.
- Knowledge of Thinkfolio or another such compliance system.
- Experience in identifying mandate / prospectus “rules” and coding appropriate controls.
- Awareness of UK and overseas regulations applicable to the investment management business.
- Experience in developing and executing test plans to provide assurance that key controls are operational.
- A good understanding of excel.
- Have completed or desire to work towards the Investment Management Certificate.
Core-Asset Consulting offer specialist recruitment services to the Investment Banking, Financial Services, Secretarial Support, and Human Resources markets across Scotland.
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December 12, 2011
• Tags: Asset Management careers in the UK, Risk Reporting Consultant recruitment • Posted in: Financial