Investment Banking Analyst

Role and Expertise: Investment Banking Analyst

Job description

Roles and 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

- Collection of Managers statements from portal/Emails

- Daily work management and execution of performance reporting operations activities

- Measuring Performance of investments and asset classes

- Prepare regular and time-sensitive Financial Reports on monthly/quarterly basis

- Demonstrate experience in Cash Accounting & trade Reconciliation.

- Play a key role in ensuring delivery from offshore centre is on time and of high quality as per agreed SLAs

- Support and assist in monthly reporting & FP&A activities, monthly/quarterly

- Build strong client relationships to develop a good understanding of business needs and opportunity areas for both internal and external projects

- Collaborate with onshore SME on initiatives, key reports, and trainings.

- Provide data and analytical support for Finance and Operations.

Desired Candidate Profile

- Strong communication skills both written and verbal and ability to interact with both clients and managers in other departments

- Strong accounting skills and understanding of complex fixed income investment products

- Ability to work in a team oriented environment

- At least one year of investment management or financial services related work experience

- Good computer skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word are required