Retirement Investment Specialist I

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet•Frankfort, KY

2d•$3,274 - $4,420•Onsite

About The Position

Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) is currently seeking a Retirement Investment Specialist I in the Division of Accounting, Investment Operations branch. Located in Frankfort, Kentucky, KPPA is responsible for the investment of funds and administration of pension and health insurance benefits for nearly 444,000 state and local government employees, state police officers, and non-teaching staff of local school boards and regional universities. Daily system activities, including administrative support, investment management, benefits counseling, accounting and payroll functions, and legal services, are performed by a staff of professional employees working as the KPPA. KPPA covers three separate systems: Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems (KERS), County Employees Retirement System (CERS), and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS). This position learns to perform a variety of professional investment and accounting and learns to reconcile financial reports between external managers and the banks; performs other duties as required.

Requirements

Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, statistics, economics, or a business related field.
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Nice To Haves

Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Learns to reconcile daily investable cash at the custodial bank and provide the data for investment.
Monitors all external investment manager statements.
Organizes and saves them in the documentation platform.
Receives all capital call requests and distribution acknowledgements and provides to KPPA staff as well as the custodial bank.
Learns to reconcile asset class accounts, security lending activity, and other branch reconcilements.
Provides branch assistance in audits and quarterly reporting and other duties as assigned.