Description

　　Our client, a highly regarded and growing Alternative Investment firm in the Twin Cities, is seeking a Middle Office Trade Operations Associate to join their firm. This position will focus on private equity credit funds and report to the VP of Operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing trade settlement, interacting with counterparties, overseeing the monthly remittance process across the credit platform, handling monthly financing administration with multiple investment banks, and facilitating new transaction closings and financing line setup and closings securitizations.

　　The ideal candidate will have a degree in Accounting or Finance, at least 3 years of experience in trade settlement (with a preference for fixed income experience), strong attention to detail and organizational skills, and the ability to work with large, complex datasets. Additionally, the candidate must be inquisitive, a self-starter, and comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment. If you are interested in joining this growing firm, please contact Douglas Rickart on LinkedIn, call Doug at 612-249-0330, or apply through the provided link.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Prepare and reconcile the remittance information for credit funds, including separately managed accounts

　　Conduct monthly cash tie-outs, data validations, and liaise with IT/data to automate/enhance processes

　　Work with investor reporting on validation procedures and data enhancement

　　Manage transaction closings and securitizations

　　Conduct monthly financing rolls for the credit funds, including securities, swaps, and securitization tie-outs, and load all information into the internal SQL database

　　Provide the fund administrator/fund accounting with supporting schedules for trial balance tie-out

　　Requirements:

　　Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance, or equivalent business experience

　　3-5 years of relevant experience

　　Self-starter comfortable operating in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment with evolving roles and responsibilities

　　Strong attention to detail

　　Effective verbal and written communication skills

　　Strong preference for candidates with relevant Fixed Income trade Settlement experience, accounting, and operations experience

　　Preference for candidates with SQL knowledge

　　Requirements Middle Office, Credit Default Swaps, Rate Swaps, Repurchase Agreements, Alternative Investments, Alternative Investments, Mortgage Servicing, Mortgages, Residential Mortgage-backed Securities, MBS - Mortgage-Backed Securities, Remittance, Financial Transaction, Securitization, Debt Settlement, MS Excel, Microsoft SQL

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