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Middle Office Associate (financial district)


Date: 2009-11-10, 11:37AM PST
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Citco Fund Services (San Francisco) Ltd. has been operating successfully since January 2002 and has established itself as the market leader in hedge fund administration. We offer a complete range of accounting, middle office administration, shareholder and corporate services to hedge funds and collective investment schemes. Citco Fund Services operates out of 16 offices globally including New York, Toronto, Dublin, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore and Sydney

Position Overview:
Middle Office is responsible for valuation and maintenance of clients’ portfolios that employ various different strategies starting from long/short equity to complex multi-strategy and derivative intensive portfolios. Also middle office acts as primary point of contact for clients concerning portfolio related issues and also produces daily reports for the investment managers. Your role will include:
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Ensuring accuracy and validity of client's security master.
• Setting up and reviewing OTC instrument setups.
• Entering and loading trades and resolving kick-outs.
• Monitoring and tracking OTC confirms and transactions.
• Portfolio pricing daily performing p&l analysis/review.
• Processing, reviewing, and researching corporate actions.
• P&L reconciliation to client and resolving.
• Maintain overall portfolio and security master attributes.
• Work closely with back office and clients on portfolio related issues.
• Perform month-end verification of portfolio pricing for NAV purposes.
• Coordinate and assist with system enhancement projects and initiatives.
• Producing daily p&l reports and other deliverables.
• Perform final review of month-end pricing verification and portfolio sign-off.
• Problem solving & troubleshooting portfolio related issues.
• Training peers as needed.

Education and qualifications
• University or College degree, Accounting/Finance/Economics/Business.

Experiences
• 1 year experience in the financial industry.
• Some basic instrument knowledge (Portfolio Accounting/Valuation).
• General accounting knowledge.
• Strong Customer Relationship skills.

Skills and Attributes
• A proven interest in the financial markets and hedge fund industry
• Intermediate to Advance level Microsoft Excel skill
• Strong aptitude for numbers and accuracy
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent proficiency in English (both verbal and written)
• Willingness to work as part of a team

We offer you:
• The respect for working for an industry leader
• The confidence of working for a financially stable and growing international company.
• The introduction to high quality leadership.
• The opportunity to work with great teams of highly-committed people.
• The opportunity for career advancement.



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