Associate, Back Office Operations

The role

The Middle & Back Office Specialist monitors and manages outsource provider performance, operates internal processes, and improves operational procedures. This generalist role supports the end-to-end processes of the Operations department.

What you will do

• On & off-boarding support and maintenance of investor accounts, fund launches, trading and settlement counterparties, as well as new markets & instruments
• Trade life cycle and portfolio control support
• Investor and Fund services
• Accounting books and records and associated reporting
• Tax, Audit & regulatory/compliance support
• Driving industry leading back-office solutions and engaging in strategic partnerships
• Reviewing outsource partner deliverables for quality, accuracy and timeliness
• Produce various internal and external reporting
• Act as liaison between outsource partner(s) and internal BW departments
• Identify problems and inefficiencies and develop and implement solutions

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record from a competitive school
• 2-7 years’ experience in financial services Operations and/or Investor Services
• Proficient in Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint
• Strong sense of personal responsibility, ownership mentality, reliability, results-orientation
• Ability to detect and trouble-shoot problems, logical reasoning, and common sense
• Process orientation
• Strong Communication and interpersonal skills
• Learning agility and flexibility

Nice to have

• Data manipulation and coding skills (e.g. pivot tables, macros, Power Query, VBA, SQL, "R")
• A drive to incorporate AI into both day-to-day and long-term strategic workflows

Benefits

• health insurance
• retirement benefits
• paid leave
• other fringe benefits

Before you apply

• we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position

About the company

Bridgewater Associates is a global macro investment firm founded in 1975. Its mission is to develop a fundamental, cause-and-effect understanding of how markets and economies work.