Core Operations, Associate 2

State Street•Sacramento, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Associate 2 in the cash settlement team located in Sacramento, you will be responsible for the oversight/review of daily operations and to ensure that all deliverables are reviewed with 100% accuracy. You are also responsible for validating and audit checking deliverables against agreed client service level agreement (SLA), validity guideline, risk policies & standing operational procedures and to ensure all queries/issues raised by both external/internal parties are addressed with the highest quality within the agreed turnaround times. You will need to demonstrate the ability to influence people as well as engage with your peers and managers. You will need to effectively communicate issues identified from auditing and address appropriate actions. This role can be performed in a 4x4 hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements. Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

Requirements

Professional English communication skills in both email written and verbal.
A desire to provide unsurpassed service by exceeding service levels.
Good time management skills, ability to multi task, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Good sense of escalation awareness and risk awareness.
Able to identify and resolve issues in daily operations.
Degree qualified in English, Banking, Finance, Business, Accounting or related discipline; or relevant work experience in a similar role preferable.
Ideally 0-3 years’ experience in fund accounting, custody market.
A good knowledge of fund accounting operational concepts.
Flexible, adaptable and motivated person who is a Team Player and enjoys leading people and dealing with senior stakeholders.
Capability in oversight daily operations and deliverables.

Responsibilities

Effectively perform auditing/review work to identify all the issues before delivering the external clients.
Promptly respond to queries from the client or upstream/downstream internal teams.
Understand the core offering and ways to increase efficiencies and accuracy in the day to day process.
Ensure that all day to day tasks and/or issues/queries raised by internal and external are resolved within agreed time frames.
Have a high level of understanding of the Client: their SLA, organization, policies & key contacts.
Identify, initiate and implement operational improvements especially in cost saving, productivities, resolve control gap and risk reduction.
Ensure risk controls are adhered to standard operation procedure and client specific procedure.
Establish & build relationships with internal & external communication.
Assist the manager to perform staff training & development through effective performance reviews and provides feedback to the Account Manager within the team, especially to play a key role to train up the staffs, ensure they are with good capability to service the clients.
Assist with the manager with daily resource allocation, peak time management in line with overtime governance policy.
Proactively and well managed procedure, SOP, checklist and change requests.

Benefits

competitive and comprehensive benefits packages
generous medical care
insurance
savings plans
flexible Work Programs
development programs
educational support
paid volunteer days
matching gift programs
access to employee networks
retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
access to our Employee Assistance Program
incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans