Portfolio Analyst, Investment Solutions - Toronto

Scotiabank•Toronto, ON

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent is responsible for contributing to the successful day-to-day operations of the ScotiaMcLeod Managed Programs – Summit, SIP by creating and producing reports that will assist in supervision and oversight. The incumbent will also be required to assist in delivering new efficiencies, processes, and ideas to support the development and growth of the programs.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in business, finance, economics or accounting is preferred
Enrolment in or completion of CFA program is desirable
Completion of CSC preferred
Experience working effectively with Advisors
Excellent knowledge of MS Excel
Strong numerical, analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Very strong attention to detail
Strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability
Must be customer and results focused
Individually motivated and team supportive
Self-confident with professional integrity
Strong relationship building skills

Responsibilities

Work closely with the Senior Manager Portfolio Management to ensure the effective operations of the investment programs offered at ScotiaMcLeod (Summit, SIP, Pinnacle)
Program account approvals through Wealthone
Ensure the managed accounts are appropriate and suitable for the clients
Operationally ensure mandates are added or removed from the platform
Provide portfolio analytics and risk measurement of mandates
Prepare monthly and quarterly supervision reviews to ensure adherence of the account to mandate, identify issues, notifying the appropriate team for resolution.
Act as a main point of contact for all administrative requests, general program information and rejected account information.
Assist with investment queries coming from the investment advisors/relationship managers
Facilitate distribution of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly reports/data as required.
Manage the overall compliance and oversight of the programs
Daily New account Suitability reviews for SIP, SUMMIT
Monthly Portfolio vs Model reviews
Monthly SOP allocation reviews
Monthly composite ROR calculations and template distribution
IPP review and annual manager IPP attestation
Quarterly Portfolio Risk reports
Quarterly Suitability review
Monthly Aggregate Report to managers
Monthly AUM by IE Reports
Monthly finalized AUM Reports, SIP and SUMMIT
Updating Crystal reports as required
Monthly Index returns reports for Portfolio Operations
Providing support on key product and marketing projects as needed
Building effective working relationships across the team and with various business lines
Actively participating and contributing to touch bases and team meetings
Encouraging the generation of new ideas and approaches
Actively share knowledge and experience to enhance the development of all team members
Providing performance data, risk/return metrics, portfolio characteristics for investment mandate profile sheets/quarterly updates
Quarterly update of the SIP Statistics Tool
Monthly update of the SIP Portfolio Construction Tool