Associate, Artega

Artega is a joint venture between Challenger Limited and SimCorp to provide investment administration services to the market._
- Artega is a technology led investment administration business offering front, middle and back office services to investment managers and asset owners in Australia and Asia. The business currently supports over $100Bn for its clients and has 140 staff located in Sydney and London. The business utilises the SimCorp Dimension software as its core technology platform._

Role Purpose:
Market Operations support the Challenger Life, CIP and Fidante funds management businesses across a wide range of financial products ensuring that trades are confirmed with our counterparts, instructed to custodians, and settled in a timely manner.

Role Responsibilities:

- Ensuring the timely matching, confirmation, and settlement of a wide range of products including but not limited to Fixed Income, Equities, Futures & Options, Derivatives and Repos.
- Collateral Management for Variation and Regulatory Initial margin calls utilising AcadiaSoft.
- Confirmation and settlement of future cash flows associated with the different products.
- Investigation and resolution of failed trades and cash breaks.
- Key liaison for custodians, dealers, brokers, and front office in relation to booking and settlement issues.
- Setting up securities static in the operations system (Dimension).
- Relationship management; build and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders; build working relationships with custodial teams, brokers, and counterparties.
- Assess current processes with a view to making changes to increase efficiency, reduce risk and improve delivery to stakeholders.
- Active participation in intra-team cross training and up skilling.
- Work on assigned projects relating to the wider Market Operations team.
- Group inbox management - ensure ad-hoc queries from internal and external clients are answered within required timeframe.
- Work closely with our Market Operations team in Sydney, fostering a culture of strong communication and collaboration between the two teams.

Role Requirements:

- Understanding of Financial Markets and the role of different participants within the market
- Knowledge of how the funds management business works and the flow of funds
- Good understanding of financial instruments and their settlement lifecycle
- Understanding of the market settlement process for fixed interest, equities and exchange traded derivatives
- Understanding of Collateral Management for both Variation and Regulatory Initial Margin
- As applicable to the role, a working knowledge of the corporate regulatory environment, governance principles, corporate accountability and conduct frameworks and the process for managing risks
- At least 2 years’ experience working in the finance/funds management industry with exposure to settlements of various products
- We value inclusion and diversity of thought, promote flexible working practices so our people can integrate their work and personal lives, and are proud to be a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality._
- We believe in bringing your authentic self and a belonging in our culture. We are prideful in participating in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) as a national benchmark on LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion and best practice in Australia. We offer the opportunity for a broad career experience and value people who are inquisitive and rigorous and are driven to make a difference._

Job type:
Permanent

Posting Close Date:
24/03/2023