Analyst - Investment Banking

Role: Investment Banking Analyst

Job description:

This position is open in one of the leading Investment Banks:

Roles & responsibilities:

- Work closely with Legg Mason for oversight of fund administration

- Monitor and manage service level quality of third party providers such as the custodian, fund administrator, and transfer agent

- Perform necessary daily and monthly checks and controls for the mutual funds

- Provide accounting reports for internal and external clients

- Coordinate year-end audits with Legg Mason, Auditor, and custodian

- Attend to daily inquiries from internal or external clients on the mutual funds

- Manage and execute instructions on trade orders on behalf of WA funds and clients

- Reconcile cash, futures & options, swaps, net assets, performance, etc. against the custodian, third party administrator, or broker on a daily basis

- Reconcile and process subscriptions and redemptions on the mutual funds and post other transactions on a daily basis; communicate proactively with the investment management team as necessary to ensure accurate cash balances are provided in a timely manner

- Review projected cash balances across multi-currencies and draft recommendations as part of daily cash management process

- Oversee monthly closing of the Funds accounting records including final cash, NAV reconciliations, performance and any custom reporting

- Deal Screening Call and/or meet the inbound leads and filter out the relevant opportunities for the deal advisory team

- Market Research Collating market information using various databases and other sources. Identify new investment trends and opportunities in domestic and international economy

- Sector Landscaping Understanding the sectoral dynamics along with mapping competitive landscape

- Business analysis Product and technology analysis to create suitable investment thesis Investment Collaterals Creating information memorandums, financial models and other

- investment collaterals Investor Outreach Help in investor communications to successfully close transactions Assisting in company s other operations

- Knowledge of financial products (Equity, bond, derivatives etc.) is desired

- Accounting knowledge is desired

- Ability to multi-task

- Accuracy and efficiency in tasks performed;

- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;

- Ability to communicate effectively across cultures;

- Good understanding of MS Excel

- Support client service associates and operational personnel for servicing the Prime Brokerage clients for

- Daily client activities in the nature of reconciliation of positions, transactions, pricing of portfolio

Skill set required:

- Strong analytical skills and ability to independently understand fundamentals of the business and industry

- Self-starter and go-getter with ability to manage the assignments independently.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Understanding of legal and regulatory landscape would be a plus.