Portfolio Compliance Analyst in Jobs via eFinancialCareers at London, England, United Kingdom

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in 2022

About the job

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone to join the Portfolio Compliance Oversight team in London as a Portfolio Compliance Analyst.

The Portfolio Compliance Team is an essential part of the Schroder control environment, supporting Investment Teams to ensure effective pre and post trade mandate restriction monitoring.

The Portfolio Compliance Analyst will be responsible for daily review of overnight violations, interpreting and requesting rule coding in Aladdin and assisting with queries.

It is a role where attention to detail, time management and good communication skills are critical. The Portfolio Compliance Analyst works closely with members of the Portfolio Compliance Team globally and also has regular contact across other teams in the business regionally.

The successful candidate will be someone willing to seize the opportunity and get the best out of being a member of this rapidly evolving team. Enthusiastic about improving processes, learning new skills and making a difference to the teams we support.

About Schroders

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

The base

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

The team

The Portfolio Compliance Team is a global function. The Team comprises Regional Oversight teams in US, APAC and EMEA together with Global Change Team in UK and APAC. The Oversight teams primarily focus on post trade monitoring of investment restrictions. These can be sourced from clients, regulations or internally. Other activities include updates to coding, responding to queries relating to restrictions and periodic sign offs.

Coding is largely handled by the Global Change Team, and the team is also responsible for improving data, process and functionality. There is opportunity for cross training between the teams. This role sits in the EMEA Oversight Team.

We’re a multi-talented team who enjoy working together, exchanging ideas and sharing information to improve the control environment.

We routinely review our working practice to improve process, increase capacity and add more value for internal customers. We want to make time so we can give extra care and attention to the things that make a difference.

What you’ll do

• Daily Review of overnight violations; escalate and follow through issues appropriately
• Perform alternative monitoring for restrictions that cannot be coded in Aladdin
• Assist Operations teams to override trade violations where necessary
• Maintain broker rules in Aladdin and assist Trading Desks with queries
• Work closely with Fund Managers / Product / Client Executives on investment guidelines related matters and issues, and maintain good working relationship with them
• Provide advice on the validity of pre-trade alerts
• Assist in auditegulator/client visits
• New Account on-boarding activities

The Knowledge, Experience And Qualifications You Need

• Degree or Diploma or with equivalent on-the-job training in a portfolio compliance/investment guideline monitoring role
• Ability to deliver complex information in a clear and concise way, both written and face to face
• Desire to shape how we communicate with various Schroders teams and to build and manage efficient processes to deliver information
• Care and diligence in reviewing overnight violations and the desire to make the way we do things more robust, scalable and efficient

The Knowledge, Experience And Qualifications That Will Help

• Familiarity with portfolio guideline monitoring work and systems
• Working knowledge and understanding of the regulations relating to investment restrictions e.g. UCITS, Code on CIS, CPF Investment Guidelines, UTMF Chapter 7
• Knowledge of how a violation may be triggered and where to look for details and data to conduct meaningful investigation
• An understanding of investment management and products generally
• Good working knowledge of Excel and/or knowledge of coding language such as SQL

What you’ll be like

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic; with the ability to own and deliver solutions
• Flexible, highly curious and willing to learn
• A critical thinker who’s able to look at things from different angles
• Attention to detail with a passion for quality
• Organised, have good time management skill and able to prioritise tasks given
• Responsible, diligent and willing to put in extra effort and hours to get things done
• Able to work well in collaboration with other people, sharing and communicating decisions
• Keen to improve what we do for our clients and how we do it
• Able to tap on past relevant experiences to handle novel issues

We’re looking for the best, whoever they are

Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. You’re welcome here whatever your socio-economic background, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious belief, age or disability.

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Job Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Application Deadline: N/A

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