Funds Administrator

**Overview**
**Who we are**:
For over 235 years, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has been at the center of the global financial markets, providing the world's leading institutions the tools, capabilities, and services to be distinctive investors. BNY Mellon has approximately $16.5billion in revenues and a 23% return on tangible common equity.
BNY Mellon is a leader in the world of investment services and investment management, and our businesses support the full range of stakeholders of the financial system including:

- Managing the custody of approximately $37 trillion financial assets of the world's leading institutional investors, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and corporates
- Investing approximately $2 trillion as one of the largest global asset managers across a wide range of asset classes
- Providing collateral, liquidity, and funding for the world's largest banks through our markets franchise
- Serving family offices and high net worth individuals through our wealth management franchise
- Providing a full suite of solutions to advisors, broker-dealers, family offices, hedge and '40 Act fund managers, registered investment advisor firms and wealth managers
- Advising large global corporations on a range of trust and other solutions
- Providing integrated managed data services to asset managers

**About BNY Mellon's Pershing**
BNY Mellon's Pershing is a leading provider of clearing and custody services that is uniquely positioned to help complex financial services firms transform their businesses, drive growth, maximize efficiency, and manage risk and regulation. Wealth managementand institutional firms outsource to Pershing for trading and settlement services, investment solutions, bank and brokerage custody, middle and back office support, data insights, and business consulting. Pershing brings together high-touch service, an opendigital platform and the BNY Mellon enterprise to deliver a differentiated experience for every client.
Technical Specialist - Fund Operations
This person will play a pivotal role towards broadening the range and diversity of funds available to our clients. The individual will demonstrate the commitment and drive required to work with a range of parties to achieve these goals.
You will be expected to work closely with various areas across the business in the day to day running of Funds, with emphasis on the on-boarding of Fund Managers and funds. This role supports and facilitates this process working across the business to ensurethat all appropriate activities take place to set up funds and increase Straight Through Processing (STP). This includes pre-contract support for the Fund Relationship team, liaising with Fund Managers, Legal & Operations as well as completing conversion activities.
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Reviewing funds and managing client requests for new funds to identify standard and non-standard processing
- Setting up static data and managing Straight Through Processing (STP) for funds
- Co-ordination and tracking of Nexus Funds contracts through to completion with new and existing fund managers including liaising with Fund managers, Legal & Operations.
- Reviewing operational SLA's with Fund Managers
- Managing operational issues for funds
- Setting up Pershing Accounts and Agent codes with Fund Managers / Transfer Agents
- Processing fund conversions on to Pershing Platform and fund to fund conversions
- Producing regular MI for fund onboarding
- Reviewing AML and Due Diligence request from Fund Managers, liaising with compliance and operations to resolve
- Any other duties as required.

**Experience & Qualifications**:
**Technical Knowledge**:

- Financial Services and Investment Product exposure within the Fund Management, Platform, Private Client, Wealth Management, or Financial Intermediary spaces.
- Collective Investment Funds knowledge and experience at a technical level a pre-requisite including Hedge Funds, On and Offshore collective investments and the re-registration process.
- Exposure to and understanding of legislative framework and Operational impacts.

**System Knowledge**:

- Good Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

**Soft Skills**:

- Strong Organisation skills
- First class Communication skills
- Ability to take direction
- Self-motivated
- Able to resolve issues independently
Employer Description:
For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create,trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helpingclients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and morethan 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: careers.