Pa2024mfaonq403 Investment Operations

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Get To Know Us:
SS&C GIDS provides information processing and computer software services and products. The Company’s operating segments include financial markets, customer management, professional services, and output solutions. SS&C GIDS serves the alternative investments, asset and wealth management, banking and lending, insurance, and real estate industries.

SS&C is the largest global fund administrator, providing global operations services and technology to today’s largest funds through start-ups. With an exceptional team of investment fund services experts, SS&C brings the industry’s leading technology and delivers service for any new structure, asset class or regulation, giving clients the speed and agility to capitalise on new opportunities. SS&C services many different structures such as registered and unregistered funds, funds of funds, hedge funds and superannuation funds. Fund administration servicing is offered in many different countries, including the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Luxembourg, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.

The Managed Fund Accounting Team thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment built on collaboration, precision, and shared expertise. We work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, such as auditors and custodians, to ensure seamless operations and exceptional outcomes. Together, we foster a supportive culture that values growth, innovation, and a commitment to excellence, offering valuable insights into the intersection of accounting and investment management.

Why You Will Love It Here

At SS&C, we offer an exceptional array of benefits and incentives designed to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.
- Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
- Your Future: Income Protection Insurance & Salary Continuance
- Work/Life Balance: Generous Bereavement & Compassionate leave
- Your Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance discount, Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave, Death & TPD Insurance
- Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
- Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
- Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more

What You Will Get To Do:
The Investment Operations and Unit Pricing Analyst plays a key role in delivering operational support for investment administration, unit pricing, unit registry, and reporting services. This position ensures the accurate and efficient management of these functions for a range of DDH entities and entities administered by DDH.
- Execute investment trade and corporate action instructions promptly, coordinating with custodians and trustees for managed and superannuation funds.
- Record investment transactions, including purchases, sales, corporate actions, and expenditures.
- Perform reconciliations of investment positions and bank accounts.
- Retrieve and validate investment valuations from appropriate sources.
- Monitor and report on cash positions regularly.
- Maintain and update the fund administration system.
- Collaborate with investment management staff on operational matters.
- Complete reconciliations, address ad hoc requests and resolve queries from other departments.
- Calculate unit prices on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
- Reconcile and validate unit prices and their corresponding movements.
- Prepare and submit fund details to ratings and research bodies on a scheduled basis (daily, monthly, quarterly, etc.).
- Provide regular reports to investment managers on cash positions and investment valuations.
- Respond to managed fund client inquiries via phone and correspondence in a timely and professional manner.

What You Will Bring:

- Strong experience in investment administration, unit pricing (for both managed investment schemes and superannuation funds), and unit registry is highly regarded.
- Ability to effectively plan and organise work to meet deadlines.
- Proficiency in Excel and Word with strong analytical and technical skills.
- Exceptional ability to collaborate and operate seamlessly within a team environment.
- A high standard of accuracy and attention to detail in all work produced.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Solid knowledge of investment concepts, investment instruments, and unit pricing practices, including familiarity with ASIC/APRA guidelines.
- A degree in an accounting or finance-related discipline is desirable.
- Additional relevant post-graduate qualifications (e.g., CPA, ACA, FINSIA) would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of accounting principles is advantageous.
- Familiarity with investment securities taxation conc