Description
Transition Coordinator Investor Services Asset and Investment Management
My client is one the worlds leading asset managers. They require a Tranistion Coordinator to work in their Edinburgh office. This will be a 12 month engagement paying £250 per day.
You will work within a team of 8, facilitating cash and free-of-payment security transfer activities, in-kind contributions and redemptions for Pooled Funds, Stand Alone Accounts, and Retail Fund mergers and terminations. The team is placed within the Business Operations function.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Liaison with custodians and other Fund management houses to ensure accurate information for Clients portfolios, as quickly as possible, during the transition process to enable a smooth and timely event completion.
- Update of internal systems to reflect security and cash transfers.
- Provision of instructions to custodians where necessary.
- Provision of information, and assistance, to Transition Managers and other portfolio managers to enable them to manage Clients investments in a risk controlled and efficient manner.
- Monitoring the settlement of free-of-payment trades and cash movements on Client and Collective Trust Fund accounts.
- Ensuring the accurate tracking of corporate actions taking place during transition activities.
- Liaison with Portfolio Compliance to ensure the organisation is not in breach of company or Client guidelines.
- Attendance at Client, consultant, custodian and internal meetings and conference calls and where necessary the initiation and lead thereof.
- Accurate recording and information retention for MIS, audit and regulatory purposes.
- Management and upkeep of counter-party and provider relationships.
- Review and challenge of existing procedures to enhance and rationalize where possible in response to a frequently changing environment and requirements.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- An understanding of the transition management business
- Knowledge of Pooled Funds and in-kind activities
- An understanding of free-of-payment (FoP) trades and FoP SWIFT messaging
- An appreciation of Stamp Duty markets, Stamp Flags, in-kind fees and the collection thereof on FoP trades
- An understanding of cash & stock reconciliation processes and their importance during transition events
- An appreciation of corporate actions and their possible impact upon the transfer of assets