Fund Specialist - London, Canada - Canada Life Assurance Company

Canada Life Assurance Company

Verified Company

London, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Fund Specialist

**Description: - Permanent Full Time- The Investment Finance Team is part of the Financial Operations Team within Individual Customer Finance. The team is responsible for consolidating the daily trade activity from the Individual Customer and Group Customer systems and the related transfer of information to Investments to facilitate market trading for approximately 1,000 segregated funds for Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life. The team is also responsible for the completion of the related financial transactions and reconciliations, changes to relevant financial systems, processes and interfaces resulting from fund changes, as well as supporting internal and external fund reporting, including HST.- As a contributing member of the team, you will provide business decision support related to the administration of segregated funds via investment interfaces and fund manager interaction.- This role supports both Individual and Group Customer and interacts closely with Administration, Investments, as well as related business partners such as banks and fund managers, building and managing these relationships is key.- This team also ensures effective and appropriate financial information and controls for segregated funds are in place and followed in an accurate and timely manner.

Accountabilities:

Liaise with internal/external business partners including Wealth Solutions, Investments, Operations, Treasury, Banks, Fund managers and Client Relationship Managers
Ensuring data integrity on Seg Fund administrative system (IRFI)
Providing timely and accurate segregated fund data daily and on an adhoc basis
Coordinating and processing various Investment Management Fee accountabilities, as well as HST
Reconciling and analyzing financial reporting and cash movement processes
Assisting with development and implementation of efficiency process changes
Fostering a positive atmosphere to maintain high level of teamwork within the area
Adherence to Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting and regulatory bodies

Qualifications and Competencies:

Experience with Segregated Funds and/or Investments required
Familiarity of GC Plan Sponsor/IC Wealth / IRFI business a benefit
Early shift start time required to meet various financial deadlines
(between 7 and 7:30am ET):
Education/skills acquired at the post-secondary diploma/degree or equivalent working experience
Strong numerical and financial aptitude
Advanced MS Excel & MS Outlook required
(will be evaluated):
Intermediate MS Word required; basic knowledge of MS Access an asset
Experience with mainframe an asset
Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities, work with a sense of urgency and accuracy
Proven ability to think quickly and make sound decisions
Proven ability to work in ambiguous and unstructured situations
Self motivated and detailed oriented
Dedicated to continual learning and self development
Accounting knowledge an asset
Excellent communication skills verbal and written and the ability to communicate with all levels of positions within the organization
Completion of the Canadian Securities Course would be an asset
The base salary for this position is between $46, $69,300.00 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.
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Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we're one of Canada's leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.
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