Job Description:

Our client, a global asset management firm, is seeking a TA Oversight professional to join their team in Edinburgh on an initial 9-month contract.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Microsoft Office experience, including strong Excel knowledge
• Prior asset management or audit experience helpful but not required
• Proven data analytics skills
• Strong collaboration skills and experience of working cross-functionally
• Ability to meet deadlines, multitask and be proactive within a high-pressure environment
• Intellectual curiosity and the desire to take initiative and deliver results delivering on your agreed workload
• Attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and ability to prioritise the most critical business issues
• Look for any opportunities to improve business processes and technology tools, with a lens on risk management and mitigation

Core Responsibilities:

• Perform and review retrocessions calculations to ensure adherence with standard methodology and provide commentary for outliers to mitigate risk
• Ensure 3rd party Transfer Agents setup of retrocession agreements and fee terms are in line with instructions
• Research aged items and reconcile with Transfer Agent and Finance reports
• Assist in providing required documentation for audits and meet all SOX controls
• Ensure all auditing reconciliation processes are completed for monthly SOX controls
• Review legal contracts and extract relevant criteria needed for audit, verify extracted criteria against reports for accuracy
• Create a sustainable and automated process for validating Fund groupings utilising a large data set
• Assist with operational BAU retrocession activities and calculations as required

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16076

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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