PGIM Fixed Income | Investment Operation Senior Associate

at  Prudential

12 Month Contract role based in our Letterkenny office on a hybrid basis.
Do you enjoy working in a fast paced environment and want to build a career in a growing, multinational company? Here at PGIM we are looking for an Investment Operations Associate to join our Global Portfolio Administration Team.
Based in Letterkenny you will work with colleagues across the globe in the UK, United States and Japan to support our Fixed income investment teams with key information on a daily basis.
If you have a degree in Accountancy/ Finance/ Economics/ Business or have worked in similar roles our growing team is looking for someone to join a supportive and hard-working team. The Global Portfolio Administration team is responsible for the cash reconciliations of over 850 PGIM Fixed Income funds. The team is also tasked with reconciling the positions of approximately 70 funds and the preparation of Statements of Investment monthly. This role offers a brilliant insight into financial services and the chance to develop a career in a fascinating industry.

Job Responsibilities Include:

• Providing data with which Fixed Income investment teams will make key decisions on a daily basis. This data and information incorporates all trading activity due to settle in the short term.
• This is a role with a busy work day working in a time sensitive environment with accuracy and attention to detail being key to success.
• Reconciling Statement of Investments monthly, this information will feed into our end customers – the investors.
• Independently researching and resolving position and cash related discrepancies.
• Proactively communicating issues to relevant business partners.
• Anticipating issues that may adversely affect the operational support of the funds and taking action to reduce the risk of occurrences.
• Proactively seeking ways to improve current processes by leveraging the tools available to identify inefficiencies.
• Cultivating both internal and external relationships across different countries to ensure proper service levels are achieved for each fund supported.
• Developing an understanding of the fixed income trading business.

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business or relevant work experience.
• Prior experience in accounting or custody operations preferred.
• Successful candidates will have an inquisitive nature and a desire to deliver quality work
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills..
• Strong knowledge of Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Enjoys a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Enjoy a team-focused environment and culture of recognising the efforts of individuals
• Able to multi-task and absorb information across a broad spectrum of products.

Working at PGIM

In joining PGIM you’ll be working in an organisation where your work and efforts are recognised and you will be encouraged and enabled to develop and succeed.

• Health Insurance
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Hybrid working environment
• Employee wellbeing programmes
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to online learning platforms.
• Employee recognition programme
• Excellent work-life balance

About PGIM

• Providing data with which Fixed Income investment teams will make key decisions on a daily basis. This data and information incorporates all trading activity due to settle in the short term.
• This is a role with a busy work day working in a time sensitive environment with accuracy and attention to detail being key to success.
• Reconciling Statement of Investments monthly, this information will feed into our end customers – the investors.
• Independently researching and resolving position and cash related discrepancies.
• Proactively communicating issues to relevant business partners.
• Anticipating issues that may adversely affect the operational support of the funds and taking action to reduce the risk of occurrences.
• Proactively seeking ways to improve current processes by leveraging the tools available to identify inefficiencies.
• Cultivating both internal and external relationships across different countries to ensure proper service levels are achieved for each fund supported.
• Developing an understanding of the fixed income trading business