Associate/Senior Associate - CERT (ISG Operations)

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Morgan Stanley

Mumbai

FULL TIME

September 16, 2024

Associate/Senior Associate - CERT (ISG Operations)

Job Number:
3255620

POSTING DATE: Sep 16, 2024

PRIMARY LOCATION: Non-Japan Asia-India-Maharashtra-Mumbai (MSA)

JOB: Fund Services

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time

JOB LEVEL: Associate

DESCRIPTION

Job Function: Centralized Exception Reporting Team (CERT)

Department: Morgan Stanley Fund Services

Designation: Associate/Senior Associate

Position Description : Associate/Sr. Associate will validate prices of the securities in the clients (hedge fund) portfolio as well as perform various reconciliations to ensure the client NAV is correct. Along with this, he will also be responsible for reviewing other documents for e.g. –Audit confirms etc.

Morgan Stanley Fund Services (MSFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, provides fund administration services to World’s leading hedge funds. MSFS has offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Dublin, Mumbai, Bangalore and Glasgow.

Overview of the functions performed by CERT : -
Daily & Month-end pricing checks – To provide client with correct valuations for its investment portfolio across various financial products like equities, options, swaps, CDS etc. To verify and compare valuations against various feeds received from NASDAQ, NYSE, Bloomberg etc. and highlight issues in cases of discrepancy.

Daily & Month-end cash and positions reconciliations - As a fund administrator, we have to reconcile all positions & cash balances across various financial products in the client’s portfolio with the counterparty statements and report exceptions. While performing the reconciliation we have to keep in mind the products specific features. Knowledge on corporate actions and accounting entries will be required in the reconciliation process.

Review of Audit Confirmations – Performing review of standard MSFS confirmation which is released to investors’ auditor providing the Investors’ holding for the audit period

Principal Duties:

To ensure portfolio has been valued as per the client’s offering memorandum and highlight exceptions in case of discrepancy.

To ensure that all exceptions in the CERT processes are highlighted or escalated, if required, to the appropriate level.

Update and coordinate with the Accounting team about the status of pricing and reconciliation on real time basis

All daily/monthly deliverables to be achieved by the defined deadline and escalate in case of delay

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills required:

An Associate/Senior Associate is likely to have the following characteristics:

Bachelor’s degree

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

A number of years prior work experience – preferably in financial services. Knowledge of hedge fund processing is a strong advantage.

Good administrative and organisational skills with a particular focus on accuracy and attention to detail.

An ability to work under pressure and an ability to cope with increased workloads at month-end.

An ability to work as part of a virtual team that is spread across different time zones and geographies.

An ability to use key financial systems and other IT tools.

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