Manager, Fund Operations
Wealthsimple
Operations
Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2023
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Under the direction of the VP Operations, Fund Operations will contribute to the operational functions related to the Alternative Investment Funds manufactured by Wealthsimple.
In this role you will:
- Be a leader of the newly created Fund Administration function responsible for managing the funds created by Wealthsimple Investments Inc as an Investment Fund Manager.
- Work directly with the Asset Management, Compliance, Product and R&D teams to ensure the accuracy of the records we hold for clients and alert them to any operational issues encountered.
- Take ownership of the fund creation, onboarding and management process liaising with Fundserv, Fund Administrators, custodians and Sub-advisors of the Alternative Investment Funds.
- Consult with Legal partners on the review and negotiation of contracts with Fund Administrators and Custodians
- Ownership of Fundserv process and relationship including account reconciliation, agreements, new requirements
- Be a subject matter expert on Fundserv from a fund manufacturing and dealer perspective.
- Troubleshoot, manage and proactively resolve order rejections, trade differences with various parties involved in the end-to-end fund process.
- Use data to identify inefficiencies and propose solutions.
- Develop processes to increase the efficiency of our back-office operations.
We're looking for someone who:
- Has significant experience working at a fund management or asset management company. This person has experience launching new funds, onboarding funds onto custodians, working with fund administrators and sub-advisors.
- Has expertise managing settlement of orders, distributions, redemptions on Fundserv and capital calls.
- Can review periodic trade, position, bank and cash reconciliations and post journal entries.
- Is passionate about technology, specifically fintech and the alternative investment space.
- Is organized with a strong attention to detail and comfortable working with a large set of data under tight deadlines.
- Has awesome people skills and a positive attitude. You will be working in a highly collaborative environment.
- Possesses strong Excel skills and familiarity with Google suite.
- Is naturally curious: if something seems off, you want to figure out what’s going on.
- Has completed or are pursuing industry courses (CAIA, CSC, CFA etc)
- Has experience or familiarity with programming (especially SQL). This is a nice to have.
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