Arrowstreet Capital

Fund Operations, Financial Reporting

Boston

Sponsorship not specified$75k-$115kDetected 43 days ago

CRMFinancial AnalysisAccountingExcelProcess ImprovementRecruitingCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingTime ManagementFinancial Reporting

About the role

The Fund Operations team is a group within the Funds Group.
This function is critical to our overall investment management processes.
Members of this team collaborative closely with team across the firm, including client relationship management (CRM), portfolio management and investment services, legal and compliance, and finance.

Responsibilities

Manage projects and deliverables and work to implement enhancements to increase throughput, achieve greater automation and greater economies of scale relating to the funds audit and financial statement processes.
Collaborate with internal teams to successfully complete deliverables. Contribute to the enhancement of workflows and hand-offs across teams to collectively improve our procedures.
Contribute to designing, maintaining, and owning operational workflows in an efficient and automated manner. Develop checks, procedures, and calendars of deliverables and collaborate with internal and external teams to enhance and automate processes.
Contribute to developing and maintaining operational workflows in an efficient and automated manner in order to properly monitor and oversee the many fund service providers.
Assist in developing business requirements and collaborate with internal teams to institute new tools, systems and reporting capabilities.
Possess strong problem solving and critical thinking skills with demonstrated ability to productively collaborate across teams to complete deliverables.
Possess a strong operational and accounting background with demonstrated ability to implement procedures and institute checks to ensure quality of work.
Arrowstreet is the investment adviser to, and promoter of, a number of pooled investment funds, each of which is managed according to one of our offered investment strategies and designed to take into consideration the domicile and regulatory characteristics of the investors.
The Fund Operations team manages the oversight of our sponsored funds on an ongoing basis, and ensures associated deliverables and initiatives are completed accurately and on time.
The team oversees the relationships with the administrators, custodians, prime brokers, auditors and tax service providers of our sponsored funds, and is responsible for developing and overseeing the operational procedures and reporting on behalf of the funds.

Requirements

4-7 years of relevant experience in the financial services or asset management industry.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with large volume of data, including data quality reviews is required.
Ability to work with business and IT teams and be able to clearly articulate data problems and resolutions.
The ideal candidate will:
Accounting or Finance concentration is preferred.
Possesses a strong financial reporting, audit and/or accounting background with a demonstrated focus on procedures and continuous process improvement.
Analytical and structured thinking, with a keen interest in how things work.
Willingness to investigate issues and follow through to resolution.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
The base salary range for this position is $75,000 to $115,000 per year.
Arrowstreet Capital operates a robust talent acquisition program, and we also seek to compensate and reward our employees competitively within our industry and in line with our merit-based culture. Our approach to total compensation includes base salaries and annual discretionary bonuses, as well as a robust benefits package. The determination of a successful candidate's base salary placement within the listed range will vary based on the candidate's relevant experience and qualifications (which may also include relevant certifications, credentials and other education), the job responsibilities and scope, the commensurate resulting level of the position and other relevant factors. The listed range is also an estimate, and additional information regarding base salary and other elements of total compensation offered by Arrowstreet Capital to successful applicants will be communicated during the recruitment process.
Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information.

Nice to have

Have direct work experience in the asset management industry with robust knowledge of financial reporting or auditing.
Have experience working with service providers and familiarity with audit engagements and financial statement production.
Demonstrate excellent organizational, time management and verbal/written communication skills
Demonstrate a history of continuous process improvement or implementation of initiatives that improve efficiency.
Possess strong data management skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel, with the demonstrated ability to work with data.
Thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment, have the ability to work on multiple tasks/projects at one time while seeing each through to resolution.
Work productively, both independently and in a team environment.
Demonstrate the ability to work on assignments and projects with minimal supervision while proactively providing updates, facilitating reviews of progress and delivering to deadlines.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $75,000 to $115,000 per year.

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