Investment Oversight Analyst, VP I - State Street Investment Management

Who we are looking for

Investment Oversight Analyst, VP, will provide investment oversight support for the investment management and other functions of SSIM and SSIM Funds Management, Inc. The ideal candidate will have subject matter expertise in all asset classes but primarily Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) and Private Credit asset types. The candidate must have a proven experience in implementing and monitoring client and regulatory guidelines as well as trade oversight on these products.  This role will report into North America Head of Investment Oversight.

Private Credit and Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) projects responsibilities:

• Get familiarity with the current infrastructure and identify additional needs to effectively monitor private credit and CLO investments
• Clearly communicate any missing data or system requirements to IT, data and  vendor teams that will lead to effective monitoring of private credit and CLO investments
• Set up guideline rules to monitor Private Credit and CLO investments
• Clearly communicate IT, data and system requirements to IT, data and system teams that will lead to coding rules to monito these asset classes
• Coaching the team on the nuance of the asset classes and the workflows

In addition to these, the candidate will also have the below broader Investment Oversight responsibilities:

Investment Oversight Responsibilities:

• Reading governing documents such as Fund Regulatory governing documents and Investment Management Agreements; identifying and resolving interpretive issues, and reviewing investment restrictions;
• Extracting compliance restrictions from governing documents for new accounts and amendments, and coding those restrictions into the compliance systems;
• Completing required new account/amendment documentation, including obtaining all necessary signatures, prior to effective date;
• Developing, testing, and implementing automated rules within the monitoring systems (Sentinel, CRD, Bloomberg, Aladdin and Virtus) and manual monitoring procedures for non-automated rules;
• Performing pre and post trade compliance monitoring for all asset classes on commingled funds, separately managed accounts, and registered funds;
• Analyzing compliance breach trends, identify root causes, and resolve potential systemic issues, including recommending process design improvements and operational efficiencies
• Lead projects with IT, Data, and system vendors to identify ways to further enhance automation in the compliance systems; This includes but is not limited to:
• Assist in coding and testing rules in the compliance module
• Assist in coding Broker rules and broker module rule maintenance
• Review fund assignments and coding standards for go-live readiness
• Partner with PM teams on CUAT testing/support of compliance rules
• Aid in the continued gathering/maintenance of IO business requirements
• Aid in the continued support and analysis of IO data asks/mappings
• Unit and integration testing of compliance rules
• Assist in the development of solutions to address business requirements
• Drive and assist in various testing activities:
• Develop and refine effective and appropriate test cases for unit and regression testing
• Execution of unit and regression tests
• Remediation of issues identified in testing
• Provide production expertise and support
• Bridge gap between business, IT, and compliance vendors for business support
• Manage and provide support to completion of new account/amendment onboarding process to ensure that appropriate reviews and sign-offs are timely obtained
• Tracking new account and amendment onboarding status, providing reporting and updates to management;
• Manage and provide support to completion of new account/amendment onboarding process to ensure that appropriate reviews and sign-offs are timely obtained
• Tracking new account and amendment onboarding status, providing reporting and updates to management;
• Developing or enhancing policies and procedures related to compliance processes, with a focus on establishing globally consistent best practices;
• Lead reviews with internal and external auditors to facilitate controls reviews;
• Lead in Project work (reviewing regulatory fund docs, compliance system coding/testing, etc..)
• Conduct client/local regulator meetings
• Assist in coding and testing rules in the compliance module
• Assist in coding Broker rules and broker module rule maintenance
• Review fund assignments and coding standards for go-live readiness
• Partner with PM teams on CUAT testing/support of compliance rules
• Aid in the continued gathering/maintenance of IO business requirements
• Aid in the continued support and analysis of IO data asks/mappings
• Unit and integration testing of compliance rules
• Assist in the development of solutions to address business requirements
• Drive and assist in various testing activities:
• Provide production expertise and support
• Bridge gap between business, IT, and compliance vendors for business support
• Develop and refine effective and appropriate test cases for unit and regression testing
• Execution of unit and regression tests
• Remediation of issues identified in testing
• Develop and refine effective and appropriate test cases for unit and regression testing
• Execution of unit and regression tests
• Remediation of issues identified in testing

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to read governing compliance documents such as IMAs and Prospectus/SAI
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills and organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with various levels of the organization
• Strong work ethic

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics is preferred
• 10+ years’ experience in the investment management field including experience in investment portfolio compliance or other areas of compliance
• Compliance Platform (Sentinel/CRD) hands on rule coding experience
• Proficient in Bloomberg
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Knowledge of local regulations as it pertains to rule coding and monitoring of accounts

Are you the right candidate? Yes!

We truly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we don’t necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit.

Salary Range:

$110,000 - $177,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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