Investment Services (Investment Accounting & Operations Oversight)

Arrowstreet Capital•Boston, MA

1d•$95,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Investment Services Group Overview The Investment Services Group is part of our investment organization, reporting up to our Chief Investment Officer. This group is responsible for managing critical inputs to the firm’s investment process, managing the services provided by our outsourced middle-office, and supporting our portfolio management team, processes and investment initiatives. Individuals in this group develop a deep understanding of our investment process and trading lifecycle, form strong relationships across portfolio management, investment processes, client relationship management and many other functions in the firm. Role Overview This role in the Investment Services Group is responsible for providing high quality portfolio data and operational client data into Arrowstreet’s quantitative investment process. Further in this role, the director is responsible for leading, overseeing, and delivering initiatives related to enhancing our operational investment process, and providing more effective support for our trading and portfolio management people and processes. As a director on this team, you will monitor the performance of our outsourced middle office provider, guide and manage the strategic direction of work perform by our outsourced middle office provider, and provide oversight of critical daily production processes and controls to ensure that data is accurate and appropriate for use in the investment and trading processes. Individuals in this role have or gain a broad understanding of the asset management industry and a firm grasp on equity, futures, FX, derivatives trading operations, corporate actions and accounting principles for investment portfolios.

Requirements

A self-starter and problem solver with excellent people, process and project management skills; organizational, time and relationship management skills; verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong data mining and analysis skills
High degree of integrity and accountability
Very detail oriented and inquisitive
Energetic, enthusiastic, curious and confident
Able to design and lead projects with minimal supervision while proactively providing updates, facilitating reviews of progress and delivering to deadlines
Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and thrive in a team-oriented work environment
Able to follow general procedures and implement improvements
Able to learn and maintain a working knowledge of relevant systems
Exhibit a strong interest in continued development of technical skills and investment process knowledge
Bachelor’s degree required; Accounting or Finance concentration preferred
Approximately 5 to 10 years’ professional experience; asset management industry experience preferred
Strong Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills
Keen interest in learning or using tools such as Python

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with quantitative investment processes and related systems a plus

Responsibilities

Manage people, processes, and risk effectively.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of professionals responsible for critical workflows supporting our daily investment process.
Assess risks on a regular basis and identify and deliver enhancements to our operating effectiveness.
Seek to continuously manage the dynamic and evolving risks associated with an investment process that has 90+ external party participants.
New Initiative Implementation.
Oversee and manage critical investment initiatives from inception through implementation.
Identify business requirements for software projects and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to proactively implement project work related to strategic investment and client initiatives (including for example, new instrument implementation, fund launches, implementation of new market access or operating protocols, etc.).
Designing Critical Workflows.
Lead the design and execution of new and improved business workflows, both within Investment Services as well as across teams as it relates to updates to the investment processes.
Relationship Management.
Develop strong working relationships with internal groups including our client relationship management, investment processes group and portfolio management teams in order to support adding value for our clients and our investment process.
Develop strong relationships with external parties such as our outsourced middle-office, brokers and custodians in order to monitor and manage the quality of our investment operations processes.
Portfolio Holdings and Account Reconciliation Oversight.
Manage the team of people responsible for evaluating the quality of our portfolio holdings data and improving our suite of automated independent expectations for these data.
Own the analysis and resolution for complex portfolio accounting and reconciliation issues.
Futures and Prime Broker Margin and Cash Management Oversight.
Manage various complex investment workflows including time sensitive analysis of our futures exposures, related margin requirements and payments, and provide critical oversight on cash balances available for trading.