Crisil - Senior Research Analyst (5-10 yrs)

Senior Research Analyst

Key roles and responsibilities of this job include (but not limited too):

- Manual booking of all required cash entries to client's Portfolio management system (Aladdin). Said entries could include fees, interest, tax, STIF, client flows, etc.

- Daily reconciliation of all cash transactions and balances for the previous business day and the

- Publishing of Tradable cash balances post reconciliation for all currencies across all Fixed Income accounts.

- Assignment of breaks to the required Global Middle Office teams for review and ultimately, resolution.

- Active break management by following up with the Global teams by highlight high- risk breaks, long standing issues, etc. that require urgent attention.

- Ongoing monitoring for trends and issues that need attention with the view to drilldown and find practical solutions to remedy possible issues.

- Timely escalation of any actual or potential issues that could cause financial, regulatory or reputational issues.

- Prompt query handling and resolution of any issues raised by the FO or support teams.

- Daily position reconciliation of all Fixed Income accounts within our Portfolio Management system (Aladdin).

- Assignment and active follow up of any position breaks to the Global MO teams.

- Ongoing Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) to ensure process and controls are always working to the best ability.

- EOD reporting as required for Cash and Position Reconciliations.

- Active Custodian engagement and management on BAU. This includes custody service levels, Swift message quality, etc.

- Products include Equity, Fixed Income, FX and Bank Loans so an understanding of these products is key.

- Assist in account onboarding by ensuring Aladdin is ready to commence day 1 operations and the custody swifts messaging are all mapped and ready.

- Daily positions reconciliations vs client's internal accounting systems

- Good understanding of excel is key

- Corporate Action processing knowledge is a plus

Educational Qualification - MBA Finance or equvalent, CA, CFA, Bachelor's degree