Investment Analyst

The Role

The successful candidate will join a team of ten and will be provided with on-the-job training and be able to learn from their peers. The focus of the role is to assist in the on-boarding of and perform investment operations functions for predominantly pension fund clients while working closely with operations colleagues, custodians, and investment managers to ensure the investment operation functions are completed accurately and on a timely basis. This role requires a team-player who is numbers and detail oriented with good knowledge of investment management or custodian back-office operations. The Investment Operations world is wide ranging and includes some exciting challenges.

Performance Objectives

Excellence
Working knowledge of investment management/custodian back-office operations including:

• Onboarding
  • Set and follow up on onboarding action plan and assign tasks to various team members
  • Communicate, via email and in meetings, with plan trustee/custodians, investment managers and client contacts to explain WTW DIS’ role and obtain various documents/information
• Cash management
  • Daily update and cash flow forecasting
  • Maintaining appropriate cash levels for payments
• Dealing with custodians/investment managers/administrators
  • Reconciling trades and cash settlements
  • Letters of direction to custodian/ investment managers
  • Monthly reconciliation of activity & market values between investment managers/custodians/internal records
• Invoice reconciliation & payment instruction
• Monitoring and compliance support
  • Monthly portfolio re-balancing
• Procedures and controls (risk management)
• Ability to operate efficiently and accurately with tight timelines
• Produce monthly and quarterly performance reports for delivery to clients for the investment clients
• Generate and send monthly holdings and transaction details reports to all clients
• Evaluate and analyse investment performance and portfolio characteristics for the ICL proprietary family of funds.

People

• Build strong relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams
• Demonstrate natural ease and effectiveness when dealing with clients/trustees/managers/colleagues at all levels.

Clients

• Work as part of dedicated operations team providing a variety of services to designated clients
• Collaborate with other analysts and portfolio managers for delivery of data and client communication
• Liaise with members of the wider investment team and Benefits practice in order to gain the necessary data and understanding of the client’s needs
• Deliver on projects to meet or exceed client expectations
• Increase efficiency within client teams by identifying ways to improve processes.

Financial

• Contribute to sales and marketing efforts by providing required data to the RFP and proposals team.

The Requirements

• Minimum two years’ professional experience, ideally gained in a client-service oriented environment (investment management/custodian back-office operations)
• Undergraduate degree or diploma in Business, financial or investment related fields
• Interest in financial investing and the investment field, the ability to complete the Canadian Securities Course would be considered an asset
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workflow is key
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Comfortable and successful in a team environment
• Proficient in using Microsoft Excel and Power Point to create and produce dynamics reports and spreadsheets with accuracy and clarity.
• Enjoy working with numbers and compiling data, using your mathematical and analytical skills to maximize your efforts and thorough work ethic
• Ability to meet deadlines, manage workload effectively, and demonstrate effective time management skills and ability to self-motivate
• Bilingual English/French an asset but not a requirement.

Equal opportunity employer