Investment Systems & Operations Analyst

Summary

The Investment Systems & Operations Analyst brings experience and good judgment to their work and is responsible for the daily support and maintenance of variety of investment operations duties, including, but not limited to, trade support, reconciliation, corporate actions processing, security master set up and maintenance, account set up and maintenance, fee billing, performance calculations, and investment systems support and configuration.

The Investment Systems & Operations Analyst is able to independently handle daily tasks and projects and comply with Firm policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Daily position and transaction reconciliation between 1919ic's Portfolio Accounting System (Advent's APX) and custodian banks.
• Process corporate actions for securities held including cash and stock dividends, splits, mergers and acquisitions.
• Setup and maintenance of security master data.
• Calculation, reconciliation, and analysis of performance data.
• Support, analysis, and configuration of trading, portfolio accounting, and analytics systems.
• Support and analysis for new development initiatives to drive workflow improvements within investment operations and investment teams.
• Support the creation of monthly and quarterly client reports in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Monitor and support daily automated workflows, as well as occasional on-call responsibilities in the event of a workflow failure.
• Develop new and re-evaluate current procedures to promote continuous process improvement.
• Work directly with Trading and Portfolio Management teams to help provide a consistently high level of service to our clients.

Qualifications

• General financial instruments knowledge (equities, fixed income, options, swaps, futures, foreign exchange) within both the domestic and global security markets.
• Knowledge and familiarity with the financial markets.
• Prior experience with FactSet, Bloomberg, Electra Reconciliation, and Advent suite of products is a plus. Experience with GIPS compliance for marketing composites desired.
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced and constantly evolving environment with a wide range of responsibilities. Dependable with a strong sense of team effectiveness.
• Strong analytical skills, service oriented, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong organization skills, and attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and ability to multi-task in an independent and timely manner.
• Strong intellectual curiosity and a desire for personal growth.
• Proven work experience with "High-touch" client services.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in spoken or written form so that others will understand.

Education and Experience

• Minimum Required : Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, or related field
• Minimum Required : 1 to 3 years' related experience

Systems and Technology

Proficient in Microsoft, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and advanced ability within Excel

ABOUT 1919 INVESTMENT COUNSEL

1919 Investment Counsel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corporation, provides investment management and financial planning services to wealthy individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and institutions.

1919 Investment Counsel manages more than $22 billion of client assets and has offices in Baltimore, Birmingham, Cincinnati, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Vero Beach.

1919 Investment Counsel has a team of portfolio managers, research analysts and client service professionals that work together to construct investment portfolios that are tailored to each client’s specific needs and objectives and to deliver tailored solutions that preserve, build and manage wealth for 1919 Investment Counsel’s clients.

The firm primarily serves high net worth clients which often require complex financial planning and advice as well as exceptional client service.

1919 Investment Counsel is an Equal Opportunity Employer