Investment Transactions Management Analyst

Swiss Re • New York, NY

219d • $74,000 - $120,000

About The Position

We have a great opportunity assisting and leading all elements of the Investment Transaction Management (ITM) team process including trade settlement and payments. This position ensures a high standard of support and delivery to various Swiss Re trading desks (Asset Management, Treasury including Legacy, FMI, ECM/Weather, ILS and Direct Investments). The ITM Analyst performs day to day activities of the ITM Team as it relates to all Asset Management (AM), and non-AM, related securities and cash flows. Interactions with custodians and brokers as well as reconciliations support are proximate to the role. This role entails full comprehension of end-to-end workflow; including but not limited to trade creation, position creation, confirmation, settlement, payment & life cycle maintenance as well as contextual understanding of system landscape and corresponding ledger entries in non-IBOR systems/applications. In addition, this position places a significant emphasis on Ad-hoc projects to support innovations and systems enhancements within AM COO.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education in the area of Asset Management/ Finance
• 1-5 years relevant working experience in the area of financial markets
• Working knowledge of Aladdin, Hiport and Bloomberg preferred
• Strong Product knowledge of Government bonds, Corporates, Equities, Futures. Derivatives, Private Debt, Private Equity and Direct Real Estate
• Analytical skills and conceptual thinking
• Project management experience
• English language fluent written and spoken
• Very good knowledge of MS Office (e.g. Excel, Word, Power Point)

Responsibilities

• Managing all areas of the ITM team process, with primarily focus on Securities Lending, Treasury and Public Markets as part of a larger team, and independently.
• Support timely execution of transactions including bonds and equities settlement, ILS processing and execution of payments for different kind of financial products (mainly OTC derivatives) and manual entry of structured Bespoke transactions.
• Ensure E2E monitoring and exception resolution of transactions, including but not limited to transaction bookings, trade amendments, confirmation, pre-matching, settlement, regulatory reporting and post settlement activities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements is implemented within daily processes and business continuity and that proper escalation hierarchy is followed.
• Ensure solid awareness, prevention and communications of operational risk.
• Close collaboration with all internal stakeholders and external service providers; including with IT teams to interpret clear business requirement and test solutions.
• Full control and supervision of payments/settlements/corporate actions for Asset Management, confirmations with external parties and support post-settlement reconciliation.
• Request and confirm standard settlement instruction setup across AM system landscape; perform root cause analysis of any operational break/inefficiency and propose solution.
• Technical support and analysis for current IBOR systems and auxiliary applications and applicable after-hours support relating to the Data Integrity function of Client Readiness Solutions.
• Implement change within the team while adhering to current RCSA's along with creating new controls when necessary to support our growing business lines.
• Impact change across the AM Landscape; promote, direct and foster innovation and change from both a macro & micro level.

Benefits

• Total compensation approach including base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree