Franklin Templeton-posted 3 months ago
$71,000 - $88,000/Yr
Full-time
Rancho Cordova, CA
5,001-10,000 employees

At Franklin Templeton, we’re advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs. Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world! The Global Pricing and Valuation Services group conducts a variety of Fund Administration activities for the mutual fund organization, including investment book of record pricing, management appraised fair value pricing, risk-based oversight of third-party administration, such as oversight of pricing and other financial reporting/regulatory tasks, in adherence to regulatory requirements. GPVS works with third party administrators, external auditors and internal stakeholders (including fund boards) to ensure mutual fund financial reporting complies with local requirements and industry guidelines. This role is hybrid, 2 days per week onsite to be based in Rancho Cordova, San Mateo or Pasadena CA.

  • Use a risk-based approach in reviewing daily, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reporting such as unchanged prices, trade compare, day over day price review, price tolerance breaches, and general pricing inquiries.
  • Process, review and approve pricing and management appraised fair value on a daily basis.
  • Independently respond to complex internal and external queries in a timely manner, providing clients with accurate answers.
  • Guide third-party administrators in planning and coordinating production of reporting to ensure that regulatory and client deadlines are met.
  • Liaise with third-party administrators to resolve complex issues identified in performing oversight tasks, escalating any areas of concern to management.
  • Proactively identify potential improvements in work processes supporting the oversight model.
  • Participate in departmental/divisional projects, taking the lead on less complex work or participating in wider, more complex, initiatives.
  • Research and analyze various daily pricing exceptions, unchanged security prices, trade reports, and pricing inquiries.
  • Assist more senior staff in various reporting and/or analysis.
  • Perform due diligence on pricing vendors and third-party administrators.
  • Serve as a primary contact by coordinating with stakeholders to prepare for the audit response to inquiries.
  • Organize aspects of the year-end audit process; work with external auditors to resolve any security related pricing issues.
  • Review and validate fund related invoices for reasonableness and/or accuracy.
  • Support the manager with strategic or critical audit issues.
  • Provide customer service to clients (e.g., fund managers, sales and marketing, product, performance and risk, internal and external boards), answer ad hoc queries and work with managers on special client assignments.
  • Act as key point of contact with other Franklin Templeton Service (FTS) business units to provide client service support.
  • 2-5 years of relevant work experience in the mutual fund/financial services industry or investment operations.
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in finance, accounting or other business disciplines or equivalent work experience.
  • Familiarity with business analytics and automation tools (Alteryx, PowerBI, Power Automate, Python, etc.).
  • Strong analytical skills with a keen eye for details, coupled with superior organizational skills.
  • Professional certifications such as Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) looked upon favorably.
  • Ability to work until 5:30pm PDT daily.
  • Three weeks paid time off the first year.
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with 85% company match on your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to the IRS limits.
  • Employee Stock Investment Program.
  • Tuition Assistance Program.
  • Purchase of company funds with no sales charge.
  • Onsite fitness center and recreation center (only applicable at certain locations).
  • Onsite cafeteria (only applicable at certain locations).
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