Operations Specialist - Sydney, Australia - UBS

UBS

Verified Company

Sydney, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

beBee Recruiter

Description

Australia

Operations
Asset Management

Job Reference #

BR

City

Sydney

Job Type

Full Time

Your role

Are you great with numbers and have sharp analytic skills? Are you detailoriented, precise in your working style and motivated to understand interdependencies and to question them? Do you have a fund accounting/operation background in the finance sector?
To strengthen our team we are looking for new colleagues who will support us building out our presence working in the following main areas:
Communicate with the business, custodians and prime brokers to resolve trading, operational and accounting issues.
Establish and maintain a great working relationship with custodians, portfolio managers, auditors, and other key business stakeholders, at times with clients.
Manage conflicting deadlines, prioritize deliverables and resolve audit, trading queries effectively with the custodian and key day to day contacts.
Prepare, monitor and timely submission of the quarterly compliance checklists.
Attend to account payables and other ad hoc requests relating to UBS Schemes.
Review and investigate breaks of any reconciliation exposed to futures, forwards, options, swaps, fixed income, equities, and income and expense accruals queries from the Recon team.
Portfolio activity, portfolio analysis, preparing client valuations and client specific reporting.
Ensure efficient workflow for the Portfolio managers and resolve issues in a timely manner.
Support Client Relationship team with reporting requirements for Funds and Institutional Mandates
Unit pricing and performance checking for Portfolio Managers sign off
Provide support on fund accounting related matters

Your team

You'll be working in the Operations, Accounting and Control Group under the Fund Accounting team in Sydney. You will be assisting and supporting the Operations functions for daily, monthly, quarterly and annual key deliverables and reporting. This role acts as conduit for the global hubs i.e. London, Singapore, Poland and managing the custodians/administrators and servicing the Front Office and other business areas so you need to be confident with your communication and establish and maintain a great working relationship with custodians/administrators, portfolio managers, auditors, and other key business stakeholders. As a Operations Specialist, you'll play an important role in ensuring the accurate valuation and daily pricing of our funds, cash. trade & portfolio reconciliation and resolving issues.

Your expertise

You have:
Good understanding of the Fund industry (including custodian) or asset management industry.
Good eye for detail and ability to work under pressure during critical deliverable time
Good time management and can manage conflicting deadlines
Team player and ability to build rapport with internal and external stakeholders
Problem solver and can work autonomously
Good understanding of the Fund industry
Strong communication skills with either upstream or downstream counterparties
Advance excel skills
High attention to detail

You are:

Flexible and used to working under time pressure
Embracing the challenge to work within a constantly evolving environment
Keen to learn and constantly striving to enhance your knowledge and skill set
Able to communicate fluently in English both written and verbal

- #LI-TC1

About us

UBS is the world's largest and only truly global wealth manager.

We operate through four business divisions:
Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

How we hire

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like parttime, jobsharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purposeled culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.
From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we're more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Contact Details

UBS Recruiting Australia

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce