Investment Operations Associate

Associate, Investment Operations - Loan Settlement

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Primary functions and essential responsibilities

• Perform detailed reconciliations of trade attributes—including traded quantity, price and asset —to ensure alignment with counterparty records
• Timely crosschecking of trades with funding memos/Clear Par, booking trade fees as per funding memo, and settle with correct quantity
• Problem solving, keen eye for breaks in position and cash recon’s, reaching out to agent bank or admin for recon breaks
• Knowledge of loan settlements workflow and prior use of Clearpar advantageous
• Knowledge of Bond, ABS and FX settlement workflows
• Existing knowledge of SWIFT and Euroclear systems, including the ability to initiate and manage trade amendments via SWIFT. Proven experience in resolving trade failures with custodians and counterparties
• Knowledge of MIFID II and/or EMIR reporting advantageous
• Attention to detail when loading and updating trades as needed in our OMS
• Communicates well and able to organize workload to meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail when dealing with wire uploads
• Direct fund administrators and custodian banks on appropriate processing and review/reconcile processing activity to ensure accuracy.
• Proactively research, resolve and prevent settlement cash and par breaks with custodian banks and third-party administrators
• Handle adhoc requests in a timely fashion
• Identify opportunities and work with all internal and external stakeholders to improve process efficiencies and increase risk mitigation
• Review daily recons between internal systems and third parties and resolve discrepancies
• Participate in department initiatives such as system enhancements, off hours testing and new business conversions as necessary.
• Take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of accountability and a commitment to excellence.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in Finance or related discipline
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Experience Required:

• Strong fixed-income product knowledge, particularly bank loans
• Strong understanding of the bank loan industry and standards
• Understanding of liquid and derivative products
• Understanding of custodian bank/administrator’s and agent’s data
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Wall Street Office and Geneva 
• KPI reporting and Powerbi dashboard knowledge is a plus Minimum 2-3 years of investment management operations experience with high emphasis on bank loan operations
• Experience working with an outsource/offshore service provider
• Experience working with brokers, custodians and agent banks
• Self-motivator and highly organized

Reporting Relationships

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.

Experience Level

Senior Level