Manager, Asset Operations

Automic Group; Australia; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Fast-paced environment

Job summary

Automic Group is seeking a Manager of Asset Operations to own the integrity of asset and cash records, including reconciliations, valuations, and unit trust operations. This role partners with Trade & Middle Office and external counterparties to ensure accurate, timely processing and reporting.

You will lead a growing team, drive governance, and optimise processes to reduce risk while maintaining service standards in a fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Business, or Commerce or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience in trade operations, settlements or middle office within fund administration, custody or asset management.
• Hands-on experience across the trade lifecycle in managed funds, resolving fails with brokers/custodians.

Responsibilities

• Own daily cash, position and value reconciliations across multiple sources.
• Drive reconciliation break management, including investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Maintain asset data including security master and static/reference data with proper reviews.
• Oversee asset valuation inputs, review pricing sources and valuation exceptions.
• Manage unlisted unit trust operations and registry communications.
• Monitor data quality and escalate material discrepancies and risks.
• Build and maintain the Asset Operations control framework and reporting.
• Lead and develop the Asset Operations team with coaching and workload planning.

Skills

Asset Operations

Reconciliations

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Team leadership

Bloomberg

InvestOne

CTM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Business/Commerce

Tools

Bloomberg

InvestOne

CTM

Job description

About Us

Automic Group brings together modern purpose-built technology with a dynamic and experienced team to tailor solutions for companies and funds to understand, engage and manage their investors. We provide a cloud-native single registry, employee share plan and board management platform, and professional services including company secretarial, ESG, accounting and finance, and investor and media relations.

Today, over 1,400 ASX listed and unlisted clients trust Automic’s 250 employees to manage their registry, investor and board requirements – and Automic is ranked number one on the ASX by number of companies serviced, with 750 listed clients. In the past two financial years, Automic has won 50%of IPOs and 70% of listed companies who have switched registries.

Our culture is innately entrepreneurial, comprising people who thrive in an atmosphere where ideas, actions and initiative are encouraged. Our core values, Customer Success, Ambition, Equality and Team are at the foundation of who we are and how we operate.

Job Description

About the Role

The Manager, Asset Operations owns the operational integrity of asset and cash records across reconciliations, standing settlement instructions and static data, asset valuation, and unlisted unit trust operations.

You will ensure the books of record remain complete and accurate, driving reconciliation and valuation exceptions to closure, and maintaining the reference data required for reliable transaction processing and reporting.

Sitting at the heart of our Custody operations, you will work closely withTrade & Middle Office, Corporate Actions, Fund Accounting and external counterparties to maintain a controlled and efficient Operations environment.

Key responsibilities include

• Own daily cash, position and value reconciliations between the books of record, sub-custodian records and relevant manager, registry or clearer statements.
• Drive reconciliation break management, including investigation, ageing, escalation, root-cause analysis and resolution to closure.
• Own SSI, account, security master and static/reference data maintenance, ensuring changes are independently reviewed, authorised and accurately implemented.
• Oversee asset valuation and pricing inputs, including review of Bloomberg or other approved sources, stale or missing prices and valuation exceptions.
• Own unlisted unit trust operations, including subscriptions, redemptions, switches, settlement monitoring, registry communication and transaction record maintenance.
• Monitor operational completeness and data quality across asset records, valuations and unit trust holdings, escalating material discrepancies and risks.
• Build and maintain the Asset Operations control framework, procedures, evidence, service standards and management reporting.
• Lead and develop the Asset Operations team by allocating workload, setting priorities, coaching staff and managing service quality and performance.

Desired Skills and Experience

About you!

You'll bring:

• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Business, Commerce or related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience in trade operations, settlements or middle office within fund administration, custody or asset management
• Hands-on experience across the trade lifecycle in a managed funds environment, including resolving fails and exceptions with brokers and custodians
• Strong attention to detail and risk awareness, with sound judgement under deadline pressure
• Confident counterparty and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to balance processing efficiency with control and client outcomes
• Experience with CTM and an investment accounting/IBOR platform (FIS InvestOne), Bloomberg and advanced Excel
• Ability to operate autonomously and build a function, coaching analysts as the team grows

You’ll be part of a team whereoperational excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvementare genuinely valued. This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise, contribute to meaningful outcomes, and grow your career within a high-performing, purpose-led fintech environment.

Key Benefits include:

Professional career growth & development

Supportive & fast paced environment