SENIOR ANALYST
Description:
This is a great opportunity to join a global successful investment management company. The role is for a Senior Analyst and this role will focus primarily on Alternatives Venues supporting Derivatives trading and transactions as well as the business modelling/structure with additional focus on supporting Mutual Funds and Accounts looking to invest in alternative investments.
Strong experience in Global Trade Support /Customer fronting in Mutual Fund, Hedge Fund, Prime Broker and/or with Investment banking related industry
Core Responsiblities:
- Act as second level point of contact to Front Office for all questions/issues
- Provide assistance to global departments on portfolio transactions, valuations and issues
- Act as second level point of contact for all Operational questions and issues impacting the Traders and Portfolio Managers
- Liaise with internal and external clients to resolve issues and discrepancies
- Serve as a resource of information/knowledge for Middle Office analysts
- Provide system support to Front Office
- Compile present Broker metrics
- Compile Front Office statistics
- Present statistics to the Front Office
- Track queries and issues for the Front Office
- Review the points described above from a Derivatives Alternative Investments perspective and with a view of improving them and/or introducing new controls and metrics
Core Skills:
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good presentation skills and ability to interact with all levels of users and management
- Resilient; able to work under pressure and ability to track and deliver assignments on schedule
- Ability to work on multiple deadline orientated tasks in a high energy environment
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Self motivated
Core Requirements:
- Good knowledge of Alternative Investments (Hedge Funds, Prime Brokerage, Futures Commission Merchants and OTC Clearing)
- Good product knowledge (Fixed Income, Equity, FX and Derivatives)
- Good Financial Services operational knowledge (Trade Settlements Support, Corporate Actions, Pricing, Security Master, Proxy)
- Knowledge of business desktop applications (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel)
- Good knowledge of some standard systems (i.e. OMGEO products, MISYS, Charles River Bloomberg)
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Aslyum and Nationality Act 2006.
Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to the investment management, financial services and accounting finance markets across Scotland.
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