SS&C GlobeOp - Engagement Specialist

About the job:

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries.

Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description:

As a Hedge Fund specialist, the candidate will be in a client facing role performing shadow reconciliations and accounting services in various SS&C Accounting platforms that its client operates on.

This will involve playing a key role with various internal and external stakeholders to affirm requirements, implement and present through various concurrent client facing projects in a collaborative manner.

Your daily responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

- Process Portfolio Reconciliations - Positions, Cash, Transaction Reconciliation with Prime Brokers, Custodians, Fund Administrators, ISDA Counterparties, FCM.

- Process Month-End Shadow Accounting - NAV, Trial Balance, and Tax Lots Reconciliations.

- Non-Trading Activity processing - e.g Corporate Actions, Subscriptions & Redemptions, Account Transfers

- Asset Servicing - e.g Swap Financing & Resets, Bond Amortization, Option Exercises

- Break Resolution - Direct communication with 3rd Parties on resolving breaks.

- Communicate reconciliation results with Clients, 3rd Parties and internal stakeholders

- Document requirements, associated workflows and maintain artefact library.

Attributes:

- Able to communicate technical details to a range of stakeholders with varying degrees of technical ability

- Analytical, verbal, and written communication skills

- Strong emphasis on quality, professionalism, and excellence

- Able to work in various shifts as required

Qualifications and experience:

- 7-10 years' experience in financial or technology setting

- Strong working knowledge for instrument valuation across multiple asset classes ranging from Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed Income, Credit, FX.

- Understanding of the trade lifecycle ranging from Pre-Trade Compliance, Order Generation, Order Execution, Trade Confirmation, Trade settlements, reconciliation, and reporting

- Prior exposure with use of Portfolio Management and reconciliation software

- Advanced Microsoft Excel with preferred or working knowledge of VBA and Macro Building