Operations Manager - London, United Kingdom - Carnegie Consulting

Description

Job Duties

• Trade Settlement: Collaborate with the operations team and where needed traders, brokers, and custodians to ensure accurate and timely settlement of trades. Monitor and resolve any trade-related issues.
• Treasury Management: Manage daily cash positions, monitor liquidity, and execute fund-related transactions. Optimize cash flow and ensure compliance with treasury policies. Reconcile all portfolio and cash activity to source data.
• Operations: Work closely with the operations team to streamline processes, enhance operational efficiency, and ensure proper controls are in place.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency enhancements within the fund accounting, operations, and treasury functions.
• Reconciliation: Conduct daily reconciliation of cash, positions, and market values. Investigate and promptly resolve discrepancies.
• Act as a point of contact for administrators, custodians, auditors and other third party providers.
• Work with the Reconciliation and Control teams to ensure the accuracy of internal books and records

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree; preferably with a concentration in finance, economics, or related discipline
• 3-8+ years of relevant work experience.
• General knowledge of and familiarity with financial instruments (i.e. bonds, loans, cds, forwards, repos, trs products and those listed above) within both domestic and global securities markets
• Self-starter with excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to efficiently prioritise daily processes, ad-hoc requests, and any issues escalated by internal and external parties
• Intermediate or higher Excel proficiency
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
• High level of computer literacy, and capability to learn new systems