About Harbour Asset Management | Mo Harbour Asset Management
Harbour’s vision is to be the Most Trusted Investment Manager, which means we continually strive to exceed our clients’ expectations through service, communication and transparency. As a growing and highly successful team with a strong family culture, everyone at Harbour is focused on delivering the best possible outcomes for our clients and continuously improving.
About FirstCape | Mo FirstCape
FirstCape is one of New Zealand’s largest and best resourced wealth advisory and asset management business, creating an enhanced and broadened product offering to help our clients achieve their goals at whatever stage of their investment life cycle. Here at FirstCape, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. Our success is dependent on the collective talent, expertise, and dedication of each and every one of our team members. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and contribute to their fullest potential. This role will sit within our Harbour Asset Management Business Line.
About the opportunity | Mo te whai waahi
We are currently seeking an Operations Analyst to provide middle office support to the Harbour team on a range of operational functions spanning the equity, fixed interest, global, multi-asset accounts and client reporting divisions. This is an operations role with a significant reporting, reconciliation, and accuracy focus but with room to develop and learn from all members of the Harbour team.
Position Responsibilities | Ngā Kawenga Mahi
• Perform daily reconciliations between holdings on Bloomberg AIM and data from our outsourced custody and investment accounting provider.
• Run daily compliance reports and provide assistance to code investment mandates within the Bloomberg AIM system.
• Work closely with portfolio managers on flow of trades and transactions
• Provide company-wide performance reports including daily performance reports.
• Assist in reporting to clients and regulators.
• Assist in preparing management information for Harbour Board reports.
• Assist with the set-up of new Multi Asset Clients, Individually Managed Accounts, Fund mandates, new brokers/counterparties.
• Maintain operational excellence, by ensuring errors and breaches are kept to a minimum and clean annual audit reports are produced.
• Manage expectations of key stakeholders and complete ad hoc tasks as directed by the Operations Manager and/or Chief Operating Officer.
What you will bring to the role | He aha ka kawea e koe ki te mahi
Attributes and Skills:
• Well-developed business and technical acumen.
• A desire to work with numbers but relate to people in the market place will be important.
• Highly-developed problem solving/decision making capability.
• Results oriented.
• Ability to work as part of a team, but still maintain self-motivation and drive.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• An ability to develop positive and constructive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong awareness of risk, quality assurance and accuracy, disciplined and skilled in self-checking and peer review for high risk activities.
• Strong intuitive skills. Must be able to see through the numbers.
• Excellent proof reading and checking skills. An eye for the detail.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, especially in excel.
Knowledge and Experience:
• A strong understanding of the NZ managed funds industry, including unit trust products and investment securities.
• Strong financial literacy, preferably including Maths, Accounting and Economics to Tertiary level.
• Knowledge of Funds Management middle and back-office functions would be preferable.
• Knowledge of Bloomberg would be helpful, but not essential.
Why work at FirstCape? | He aha mahi i te FirstCape?
We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. Additional benefits include wellbeing support, volunteer days and a great company culture. We pride ourselves on offering our employees outstanding development and learning opportunities to support career growth, and the opportunity to work alongside the best talent in the market.
We are an inclusive employer and want our workforce to reflect a rich and diverse way of thinking and working. We know people are more than a single identity and the qualities that make each one of us unique need to be valued and embraced. So regardless of your gender, age, background or how you choose to identify, there's room for you to realise your potential here. And importantly, there's room to be yourself.
We’re also committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates. Let us know if you have any accessibility requirements so we can work with you to make adjustments where possible to support your application. Alternatively, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role but think you would be a great candidate, please apply explaining why you want the role, how you think your skills or background are transferable, and how you plan to upskill where needed (we will support you with this, but want to know you have thought about this too).
To be eligible to apply, you must have the right to work in New Zealand. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert.
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