Investment Operations Middle Office Analyst Associate

The InvestmentOperations Middle Office professional is responsible for performing investment-related financial analysis work. The incumbent will perform analysis and reconciliation of investment data manage workflows preparereports support investment platforms and participate in or lead strategic initiatives and process improvement projects. This position will proactively work with the Middle Office team IMDstaff and agency employees. This position reports to a Manager of InvestmentOperations.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Portfolio Management Services
Participates in data modernization and transformation projects to implement investment platforms and improve system integration between internal and external applications or other software.
Facilitates cross-organization resolution of investment data benchmark valuation liquidity and reporting issues by coordinating with internal and external teams counterparties investment managers custodians and service providers.
Actively researches and identifies areas for improvement and automation for data quality control workflows business processes operations reporting and investment systems.
Updates and maintains operational documentation and procedures.
Has knowledge of data governance models and database navigation.

Data Analysis and Reconciliation
Monitors verifies reconciles and reports investment master data valuations liquidity benchmarks and performance information including prices reference data holdings exposures notional values gains and losses collateral balances cash balances returns and trade life cycle events using systems including but not limited to internal applications SQL databases Excel PowerBI SimCorp My State Street and Bloomberg.
Analyzes market data pricing trading information corporate actions and other issues that affect portfolio valuation performance risk compliance and regulations.
Researches and explains the causes of discrepancies on investment data on a daily monthly quarterly and annual basis including conferring with internal and external teams and vendors.
Engages in investment communications between front office and trade operations and takes appropriate action to ensure accurate data flow between parties including internal and external investment systems.
Understands investment risk management.
Has knowledge of compliance rules and data governance.
Manages data quality control synthesizes data and integrates analytics for investment decision making.

Reporting
Compiles detailed periodic and ad hoc reports on data reconciliation portfolio valuation holdings fees expenses and other investment information using report writing database spreadsheet and other software for use by agency management Investments staff the legislature and vendors and to provide information requested under the Open Records Act.
Prepares generates and analyzes data for investment decision- making including master data reference data exposures portfolio views performance benchmarks risk liquidity fees Management Committee and Board Reporting.