Portfolio Implementation Specialist

21 hours ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States 1872 Consulting Full time
Job Description

**About the Role**

1872 Consulting is seeking a highly skilled Portfolio Implementation Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our Front Office Operations department, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of trade orders.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct thorough pre-trade compliance checks to ensure trade orders comply with account/fund investment restrictions, SEC & IRS diversification tests, and firm holding limits/restrictions.
  • Process trade orders submitted by Portfolio Managers, submitting them into the trading systems (Trackers, Charles River Investment Management System, etc.)
  • Assist in the creation and maintenance of Portfolio Implementation procedures.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve trade-related problems in a timely manner and provide follow-up as necessary.
  • Monitor the status of open orders, cash positions, and portfolio weightings/dispersion, tax trades, and wash sales, alerting Portfolio Managers about situations that require attention and providing suggestions for bringing portfolios in line with their wishes.
  • Monitor performance and holdings across investment strategies.
  • Identify tax trading opportunities and provide suggestions to Portfolio Managers for potential tax trades, prepare unrealized gain/loss reports, track tax trades for Portfolio Managers, and work with the Global Investment Services (GIS) team to ensure tax trades are properly booked at the custodian.
  • Proactively maximize the use of systems and recommend improvements in procedures and reporting. Help to identify and implement changes to improve front office workflows. Support Portfolio Managers with reports, spreadsheets, dispersion, and modeling or other requests.
  • Coordinate corporate action and securities lending responses with Portfolio Managers and custodians, ensuring responses are processed consistently.
  • Work with Portfolio Managers to maintain models, facilitate model updates and delivery to sponsors in accordance with our trade rotation policy, and proactively engage in building efficient and scalable workflows for model delivery business.
  • Assist with special projects, including system upgrades/replacements, compliance updates, adhering to new regulatory requirements, audits, exploring the use of new instruments, etc.
  • Perform additional duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of experience in Investment Management (fund accounting, portfolio administration, middle office operations, compliance, trade execution, etc.)
  • Experience using trade order management systems, portfolio accounting systems, and/or execution management systems (Bloomberg, FactSet, Eagle, Charles River)
  • Trade life cycle and securities and instrument domain knowledge regarding equities, fixed income, options, and foreign exchange markets
  • Knowledge around registered investment companies (RICs) and mutual funds


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