Teacher Retirement System of Texas ยท 1 week ago
Investment Operations Middle Office Analyst - Associate
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expTeacher Retirement System of Texas is a financial organization focused on managing investments for public education employees and retirees in Texas. The Investment Operations Middle Office Analyst-Associate will perform investment-related financial analysis, manage workflows, prepare reports, and engage in strategic initiatives and process improvements within the Middle Office team.
Government Administration
Responsibilities
Monitors, verifies, reconciles, and reports investment master data, valuations, and performance information including account master, security master, 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 and PowerBI, and platforms including SimCorp, GAIN, My State Street, Bloomberg, and LSEG DataScope
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 investment managers, accounting, and custodian
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
Analyzes, assesses, and facilitates data acquisition for account, legal, and market documentation related to financial investment, including derivatives and physically settled securities
Liaises between custodian bank, external counterparties, and internal and external investment managers to ensure appropriate exchange of information and data
Participates in data modernization and transformation related projects to implement investment platforms or improve system integration between internal and external applications
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, policies, and procedures
Facilitates resolutions cross-organization
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, Investment's 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, compliance, portfolio views, performance, risk, liquidity, fees, Management Committee and Board Reporting
Performs related work as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in business administration, finance, accounting, operations, math, information technology, liberal arts or a related area
Five (5) years of full-time investment operations, data management, accounting, financial analysis, trade settlement or related experience requiring compilation, reconciliation, and/or analysis of detailed information (Associate)
Three (3) years of full-time investment operations, data management, accounting, financial analysis, trade settlement or related experience requiring compilation, reconciliation, and/or analysis of detailed information (Sr Analyst)
One (1) year of full-time investment operations, data management, accounting, financial analysis, trade settlement or related experience requiring compilation, reconciliation, and/or analysis of detailed information (Analyst)
None
Preferred
One (1)-Seven (7) years of full-time investment operations, data management, accounting, financial analysis, trade settlement or related experience requiring compilation, reconciliation, or analysis of detailed information
Experience with SimCorp Dimension, SimCorp One, SimCorp GAIN, Bloomberg, and LSEG DataScope
Certification as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and/or Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) or working towards CFA/CPA/CAIA
Experience with software languages, database, report writing, and data visualization technology (SQL, SSRS, and PowerBI)
Basic understanding of capital markets, investment securities (equities, bonds, and derivatives), and private markets (real estate or private equity)
Basic understanding of investment tax accounting and investment performance measurement
Company
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is responsible for investing funds under its stewardship and for delivering benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Don Green
Chief Financial Officer
Janie Duarte
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
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