Associate/Sr. Associate, Investment Operations -Corporate & Private Operations

Responsibilities

Maintain the entire lifecycle of products traded across all trading desks and strategies supported by the CAPO team. Products include fixed income (corporate bonds, US Treasuries), equities, financing arrangements (Repo, Margin Loans), derivatives (Interest Rate Swaps, Futures, Credit Default Swaps, Swaptions, etc.

Total Return Swaps, and FX (spots, forwards, options). Specific responsibilities includeTrade entry into the firm’s Order Management and Accounting systems.

Booking and reconciling position maintenance events (paydowns, remittance, corporate actions, coupon rate updates, swap resets, CMBX rolls).

Ensuring proper settlement of all trading activity.

Working with fund administrators, prime brokers, and counterparties to perform critical reconciliations.Month end position and PnL tie-out with fund administrators to close the books.

Daily trade reconciliation with prime brokers.Derivative roll tie-outs with OTC counterpartiesReconciliation of all book and street cash activity in the firm’s cash reconciliation system.

• Coordinate and book fundings and returns of capital on the firm’s private investment portfolio (NPLs, PE, RE).
• Work with the Investment Operations and Operations Infrastructure Development teams on various projects aimed to automate / improve current processes.
• Consult daily with the TA’s and trading desks to assist with all ad-hoc requests, including P&L analysis, liquidity analysis, and hedge analysis.
• Document non-standard trades, allocation errors, and participations for the firm’s allocation committee. Create standard fund allocations and hedge allocations in the accounting system.
• Manage the proxy voting process via Broadridge and our PBs.
• Maintain meta and financial data in our Data Warehouse Management system and build Data Warehouse reporting leveraging this information.
• Ad-hoc project ownership.
• Monitor daily / weekly / monthly checks and assist in development of new checks to manage operational risk.

Desired Experience, Skills, and Background

• 4-8 years of relevant work experience, preferably in a buy / sell side operational role.
• B.S. or Master’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field.
• Experience working with fixed income, equities, financing arrangements, derivatives, and FX.
• Strong desire to learn new skills and grow professionally.
• Self-motivated and proactive attitude towards work assignments and challenges.
• Willingness to take on additional responsibilities and tasks as needed.
• Team player who can collaborate effectively with others and contribute to a positive work environment.
• Technical skills : MS Excel, other MS Office programs
• Useful technical skills : programming languages (Python, VBA, SQL), Visual Portfolio Manager, Bloomberg terminal.
• Familiarity with accounting concepts. Experience with SPV structures.

The base salary for this position is expected to be between $100,000.00 and $130,000.00. The base salary offered to the chosen candidate will be commensurate with a candidate’s relevant experience and other qualifications for the position, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus , which is often a meaningful portion of the compensation package, and a robust benefits package.