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JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Nationwide’s vision is to be the most trusted, most caring and most customer-focused protection company. We exist to protect people, businesses and futures with extraordinary care. The Nationwide Investments team manages approximately $130 billion and strives to combine client focus, investment discipline and teamwork to deliver superior results.
The Fixed Income Operations - Senior Investment Analyst position is responsible for operational processes supporting portfolios managed by Nationwide Investments. The position is responsible for performing and reviewing a variety of complex operational functions with a focus on daily trade settlement, transaction processing, custodian cash and asset reconciliations for Public Fixed Income, Private Placements, Bank Loans and Commercial Mortgage Loans.

TYPICAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or an equivalent field.
Experience: 4 to 7 years of experience in Investment Operations, Business Intelligence Reporting, Investment Accounting, or Financial Service industries

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• Distill data and information in a meaningful way
• Lean in and challenge thinking
• Finding opportunities to enhance knowledge and skills
• Trying new things, asking questions, searching for answers, and taking in new information
• Value differences and seek diverse perspectives
• Intermediate understanding of Fixed Income Securities
• Ability to navigate and understand differing software packages including advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Intermediate understanding of data and data flow
• Conceptual understanding of end-to-end investments process flows
  Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
  Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.
  Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works closely with front office, operational, technology and controllership teams to support various complex operational processes in order to ensure timely, accurate and efficient flow of fixed income and/or commercial mortgage loan transactions.
• Support and/or lead operational projects, process improvement opportunities, and application upgrade testing. Partner with Investments Technology on supporting tactical projects.
• Experienced understanding of statutory accounting requirements including NAIC valuation and rating policy.
• Focus on data quality of transaction processing and security set-up to ensure accurate data is moving within and between subsequent downstream investment systems and reporting environments.
• Assist with processing core transactions in Front/Middle/Back Office Accounting systems
• Assist with comprehensive reviews of open payables, open receivables, unapplied cash for assigned CUSIPs and review all trades across assigned portfolios.
• Support the reconciliations of all securities held across all systems and all custody types. Resolve variances with corresponding party (internal and external).
• Works with the Data Management and Reporting team on assigned reporting tasks, as well as supports the completion and maintenance of critical reporting.
• Recommends changes to enhance, build or improve existing controls and procedures using Continuous Improvement methods.
• Support internal/external audit engagements, regulatory inquiries, and Financial Reporting Controls.
  May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
  Reporting Relationships: Fixed Income Operations - Investment Professional or Senior Investment Professional