Transitions – Client Integration and Operations recruitment

Transitions - Integration and Operations Analyst

(transitions, integration, on-boarding, project management, new mandate fundings, product/portfolio changes, operational risk, client services, german, KAG, GAAP, UCITs fluent German, FSA, European regulations, operations liaison, investment administration, new client accounts documentation, asset in-kind processing, account set-up, reporting)

London

Circa £45 000 per annum base

Opportunity:

This position is ideal for a professional with transitions experience, who can speak German and has knowledge of European Regulatory requirements and initiatives; UCITs, IFRS, FSA, Solvency II, Local GAAP.

Role

Acting as a conduit between the Client Integration and Client Operations team, the role holder will be responsible for full service project management of client transition events, acting as the primary operational liaison between relationship management teams and various areas within Investment Administration, product management and trading.

To this end the Analyst's Client Integration responsibilities are:

* Ensuring the timely and consistent delivery of documentation for new client accounts; orchestrating custodial and market openings and trade communication connectivity both internally and externally as well as coordinating the execution of asset in-kind processing
* Initiating account record set-up for new accounts and/or portfolios; peer review and approval of new account set-ups; and facilitating the proper use of internal trade restriction flags
* Providing assistance and training to colleagues as well as acting as local expert for account set-ups and all matters related to account transitions; maintaining procedure documents and workflow controls to capture changes in technology, product offerings, and our regulatory environment
* Assisting with transition manager asset-in-kind coordination and asset carve out for client flows, including: creating a representative account, reviewing asset lists for transferability, facilitating reviews and sign-offs
* Coordinating the reconciliation, aggregate ownership review and loading of external transition management trade execution files for new accounts

Client Operations responsibilities:

* Establishing and administering relationships with a broad range of clients, specifically within the EMEA and UK groups
* Providing direct operational support to clients and the relationship team
* Communicating and working through operational and business issues with internal groups
* Monitoring management summary reports generated internally and by vendors to ensure proper operational controls
* Participation in client meetings and conference calls as appropriate
* Providing third party vendor reporting and working with outsourcing providers
* Support client accounting and regulatory reporting inquiries
* Resolve investment compliance and performance related issues with our client's custodian banks
* Communicating fair value pricing recommendations as necessary
* Producing client-specific operational reporting

The ideal professional will:

- Be degree qualified, or equivalent

- Hold professional qualifications, ideally working towards the CFA

- Have Investment Management experience

- Have transitions experience

- Be able to speak fluent German

- Have a good understanding of Global Capital Markets

- Understanding of operational risk

- Have knowledge of European regulatory requirements

- Have high level Excel skills