Investment Analyst

Immediate need for a talented Investment Analyst. This is a 11 Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Columbus, OH(Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 23-27220

Pay Range: $17.50/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Front Office traders and analysts, third party managers, custodians and the Operations Middle Office to ensure timely, accurate and efficient settlement of trades, income and corporate actions.
• Maintain Client’s Accounting book-of-record (ABOR) through processing securities and loan transactions as well as subsequent investment life-cycle events.
• Partner with Middle Office Operations, Data Management and Reporting, Front Office, IT and Investment Controllership to resolve data and reporting issues.
• Perform comprehensive reviews of open payables, open receivables, unapplied cash for all assigned CUSIPs and review all trades across assigned portfolios.
• Perform reconciliations of all securities held across all systems and all custody types. Resolve variances with corresponding party (internal and external).
• Perform cash reconciliations for all legal entities on a daily basis.
• Perform other duties including project work as assigned.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance or an equivalent field.
• Experience: experience in investments, accounting, or equivalent experience within the financial services industry.
• The most important skills/competencies are Effective Verbal/Written Communication, Business Acumen and Technical/Professional Knowledge, including a solid understanding of the investments process and relative security types.
• Intermediate computer skills and some advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel is preferred.
• Other important skills/competencies include: Action Oriented, Continuous Improvement, Process Management, Priority Focused and ability to work in a fast paced environment.

Our client is a leading Insurance organization and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply today for immediate consideration.

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