Senior Associate, Investment Operations US-Jersey City - Investments - Investment Operations

Socotra, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in legacy reinsurance solutions seeks a Senior Associate, Investment Operations in Jersey City, NJ. The role requires operational support for the Investment Portfolio, including onboarding reinsurance deals, preparing compliance reports, and ensuring data quality. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree and substantial experience in investment or data analysis as well as proficiency in SQL and Python.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of investment, accounting and/or data analysis experience.
• Experience in investment operations is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assist with onboarding of new reinsurance deals and asset managers.
• Prepare post trade compliance reports and support Data Governance.
• Provide operational support for Assets and derivatives.

Skills

Data technical expertise

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Critical thinking skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business

Tools

SQL

Python

Microsoft Office

Job description

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) is one of the world’s leading providers of legacy reinsurance solutions. They work with the world’s leading insurance companies to help them execute comprehensive, transformational solutions for legacy Life & Annuity and P&C lines. Fortitude Re manages a general account of approximately $111 billion across life, annuity, and property & casualty insurance products. The company takes a long-term view on growth and is proud to be backed by a consortium of sophisticated institutional investors led by The Carlyle Group and T&D Insurance Group. Incorporated under the laws of Bermuda on January 1, 2017, Fortitude Re’s roots in the insurance industry and the experience of their leadership go back many decades. Fortitude Re’s leadership team has an average industry tenure of over 20 years, and an impressive track record of successfully managing the most complex legacy liabilities. Their deep insurance experience and proprietary risk modeling capabilities allow them to structure bespoke transactions that benefit both insurance companies and their policyholders. Fortitude Re continues to strengthen its ability to pursue further growth and provide innovative solutions for the global insurance industry.Click herefor moreinformation about Fortitude Re.

The Senior Associate, Investment operations plays an essential role in providing the day-to-day operational support for the Investment Portfolio. This role will be based in our Jersey City, NJ office on a hybrid basis.

What You Will Do:

• Assist with onboarding of new reinsurance deals into the Investments Operational infrastructure by creating new portfolios, ensuring portfolio mapping is in place, loading assets into system, etc.
• Assist with onboarding of new asset managers.
• Prepare post trade compliance reports to ensure adherence to Reinsurance and Investment Manager guidelines.
• Provide Operational support for the Alternatives portfolio including preparation of subscription documents, creating new portfolios, ensuring transaction capture in books and records, monitoring of capital calls and distributions, executing cash wires.
• Provide operational support for the derivative asset class, including preparation of system-to-system reconciliation of trades, positions, and security master data, as well as reconciling books and records to counterparty statements to ensure margin movements are booked correctly.
• Work with Clearwater to ensure transaction and positions are correct in the system.
• Support the Data Governance by assisting in defining key Investment data fields and supporting Investments Team as new data requirements arise. Data Stewardship Review daily data quality checks within Datalake.
• Identify additional automated controls needed to improve investments data quality.
• Research breaks and resolve data issues Liaise with appropriate parties to resolve data issues.
• Assist in development of automated reports and dashboards to facilitate the manager of the investment portfolio and the sharing of information with key stakeholders.
• Assist in the integration of data from new asset classes or managers into Fortitude’s investments data architecture. Address ad-hoc inquiries relating to data, investment activities, etc.

What You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or relevant experience
• 5+ years of investment, accounting and/or data analysis experience Previous experience in investment operations is advantageous
• Data technical expertise with Microsoft Office projects, SQL, Python and other coding languages strongly preferred
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and across departments
• Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility, and critical thinking skills
• Experience working in fixed income and derivative markets is preferred
• Subject matter expertise regarding fixed income assets, financial markets

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The base salary range for this role is listed below and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.

Base Salary Range

$100,000—$130,000 USD

At Fortitude Re, our strength has always come from our people. Our success is deeply rooted in our ability to embrace the unique attributes, perspectives and experiences of every individual within our company. Fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging where everyone—regardless of background, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity—feels valued and respected is a foundation of our culture.

We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, diversity of thought and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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