A global Asset Manager is seeking a Middle/Back Office Associate with Japanese language skill.

Responsibilities:

Fully understands the settlement process for all clearing institutions; DTC, Euroclear, FED, local markets.
Assist in ensuring that all trades for the day are booked and allocated correctly in internal system and that any open trade issues are rectified.
Monitor the firm’s corporate action activity across all funds, must efficiently communicate with Portfolio Managers and Custodians for timely elections.
Assist with completing reconciliations for all accounts (cash, position, market value).
Assist with producing and checking monthly performance reports for final AUM production.
Help maintain the firms OMS and GL system on a daily basis.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Engineering
4-7 years total, with buy-side or fund admin experience working in middle and back-office capacities.
Must have the ability to demonstrate strong industry knowledge of Fixed Income bonds including IG, US Gov’t, MBS and Sovereign as well as listed equities in foreign and domestic markets. The ideal candidate will not only understand day to day operations (trade entry, post-trade confirmation and settlement, life cycle event processing, etc.) but will also have experience working with a portfolio accounting system.
Business level or higher Japanese skill desirable
Previous experience with an asset manager or fund administrator in a back-office environment with a solid understanding of trade processing, reconciliations and fund accounting
Must possess extensive problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail and accuracy
Strong excel skills, VBA a plus
Basics of MBS products and the P&I paydown process.
Effective communicator that works well in a team environment that has a strong desire to continuously improve workflows, fundamentally understands operational risk, and takes initiative