I am currently working with a prestigious FCA-registered firm based in the West End, who provide wealth management advisory services to ultra high-net worth clients. They are looking to recruit an Operations Analyst. Successful candidate will have extensive experience in Reconciliations, Client Advisory support, valuations, transaction reporting and payments with Private Clients, also strong SQL and VBA knowledge and proven experience with working with data feeds.

As a Operations Analyst you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring that data feeds have been processed correctly and that all reconciliations are clear, if they are not then all issues are to be itemised, escalated and monitored until resolved.
• Ability to understand the impact of certain actions on client portfolios and daily processes.
• The investment book of records must be correct at all times, this role has a real focus to ensure that all data feeds are correct.
• Data interrogation and verification will form a large part of the role.
• Settlements for all asset types.
• Dividend monitoring and investigations.
• Corporate Action reviews and gathering responses to elections.
• Assisting in the production of valuations and monitoring delivery of tax reports when required.
• Understand payment processes and ensure that these are actioned by the custodian and return via the data feed the following day.
• Client take on and transfer of assets and book costs.
• Client exit or death and transfer of assets and book costs.
• Face off to custodians and other third parties.
• Regulatory reporting including - Transaction Reporting, EMIR, large transaction disclosures.
• Ad-hoc projects for data verification/comparison between systems. Also to include ongoing projects when delivering certain requirements to meet Front Office expectations.
• Review procedures and ensure that they are fit for purpose. Provide ideas for improvement

As an Operations Analyst you will need:

• 3 years' experience working within a similar role
• Private Client Operations experience.
• Extensive knowledge in reconciliations, Client Advisor Support, valuations, transaction reporting, recs, payments, fees.
• Experience working with data feeds, SQL or VBA knowledge useful, understand technically how feeds and data imports/feeds work.
• Onboarding (not a pre-requisite)
• KYC, ID&V, CRM systems and custodian forms.