Investment Banking Operations Role

Roles and Responsibilities

- Work closely with 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

- Control post-closing entries and consolidation adjustments.

- Perform various control procedures to ensure the integrity of reported financial results.

- Participate in all aspects of the production of the monthly financial Flash Report.

- Support ad-hoc requests for financial information received from across the firm.

- 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

- Responsible for working on multiple assignments throughout the year;

- Preparing investment presentations, memorandums that convey complex ideas and investment themes

- Researching company and regulatory landscape for different projects

- Conducting market sizing and mapping through comprehensive industry research

- Preparing comprehensive financial models, analysis, valuations

- Conducts self in a professional manner related to all client communications as well as interaction in team communications and interactions; and

- Performs other duties as assigned from time to time by the Manager.

Requirements:

- Exposure and basic understanding of information memorandum, preparing presentations and financial modelling

- Strong desire to continuously learn

- Excellent quantitative, analytical, written, and presentation skills.