Financial Operations Officer at Norrenberger Financial Group

Sector: Investment and Asset Management

Job Summary

• The Investment Operations Officer is the primary interface between the investment department and all internal and external counterparties (Internally: Advisory, Enterprise Assurance and Corporate services and externally, all transaction counterparties).

The main responsibilities of the position includes:

• Maintains archival and financial administrative files
• Daily reconciliation of all internal ledgers to ensure accuracy
• Ensures timely resolution of all client’s complaints in line with agreed turnaround time
• Ensure accurate and timely upload of customers’ information into the core application.
• Prepares weekly and monthly operations report
• Ensuring that transactions are cleared and settled correctly
• Organize and track investment documents and applications
• Ensures the safekeeping of all cash and negotiable instruments.
• Manages the core application as it’s related to inputs of client’s data to ensure accuracy.
• Assist the Head, Operations to forecast daily cash requirements and execute daily financing decisions.
• Handles all aspects of In-house investment portfolios.
• Maintain investment team archives; ensure all transaction justifications, instructions and confirmations are prepared and received when due and are filed correctly and easily retrievable Maintain investment team archives; ensure all transaction justifications, instructions and confirmations are prepared and received when due and are filed correctly and easily retrievable.
• Checking daily transaction reports
• Perform daily account maintenance, generate reports, prepare correspondence and special projects as assigned
• Organize and track investment documents and applications.

Requirements / Minimum Qualifications

• First degree in a Numerate Field; (preferably in Economics or Finance Sciences, Engineering,)
• 7+ years’ experience in operations within the investment banking sector.
• Strong interest in Global Financial Markets and keen intellectual curiosity
• Interest in enrolling in, and completing, the CFA program

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Statistical analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel and other operational software

Generic Skills:

• Team player with the ability to think and act independently
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Quick learner, comfortable dealing with ambiguous and fluid situations
• Ability to multi-task; juggle multiple deliverables and perform under very demanding conditions
• Independent, excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Superior analytical & critical thinking skills; ability to make good decisions when faced with complex data
• High level of passion, integrity, creativity, inquisitiveness and self-confidence