About this role
Wells Fargo is seeking a Institutional Investment Operations Associate,
In this role, you will
- Provide operational and customer support for lifecycle tasks for institutional trades
- Assist with client account onboarding, input and monitoring of cash payments, customer service, funding operations, custodial operations, securities settlement services, asset servicing structured loan operations, general ledger reconciliation and work to resolve confirmation and ISDA related issues
- Assist in gathering data to support resolution of issues
- Receive direction from manager and exercise judgment within defined parameters of the area while developing understanding of various functions, policies and procedures
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Required Qualifications
- 6+ months of Institutional Investment Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications
- MBA/ Bachelor's degree in Finance preferred
- 6-9 years of experience in the Pre-Settlements/settlements background
- Ability to demonstrate effective analytical skills /decision making skills
- Energetic individual who can work well under pressure and in a team environment with demanding deadlines
- Ability to identify areas of improvement and also formulate plans that enables positive change within a team environment
- Able to analyze and interpret data from both statistical and process efficiency standpoint.
Job Expectations
- Take complete responsibility of monitoring daily functionality of Pre-Settlements Process. Organizes work of team, assigns task, sets short-term priorities, monitors all activities and ensures timely and accurate completion of work.
- Escalate issues on priority and in a timely manner within the Operations group, Technology application support and Middle Office to ensure prompt resolution of exceptions/disputes.
- Candidate should have in-depth knowledge of Pre Matching, Trade Booking/Allocations, Affirmations/Confirmations in the US Domestic Market.
- Perform Analysis of low Affirmation rates with counterparties and Client Outreach
- Reconcile P&S Breaks, Money only Breaks, SOD Avg Price breaks, Pairo breaks.
- Should be competent in TAT Management, Process Improvements, Audits- Process/Transactional Level including adherence to SLAs
- Should be willing to work in night shift and also over weekends & US offs i.e. as per business demands
- Ensuring EOD that all queues are cleared/completed as per procedure.
- Understands needs and sensitivities of internal & external clients and proactively ensures these are met.
- Partner with Technology to identify/ resolve system issues and implement system enhancements to increase efficiency.
- Swiftly Identifies potential risks in operational processes develops and implements controls to mitigate related risk.
- Sound & Strong Knowledge of Pre-Settlements/Settlements and trade life cycle
- This role warrants interaction with external clients like Clients, traders, middle office teams hence candidate should have excellent process and product knowledge.
- Excellent articulation and communication skills (Written & verbal)
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to deliver against strict deadlines, should be able to operate under pressure and maintain calm demeanor while dealing with issues & situations.
- Ability to work as back up to Lead in his/her absence and handle team enquires.
- Excellent email and time management skills.
- Competent in TAT Management, Process Improvements, Audits- Process/Transactional Level including adherence to SLAs
Posting End Date
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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