Senior Manager - Alternative Asset Operations - Syndicate Loan - IO

Key Responsibilities / The key responsibilities of this position are to work within a team which is responsible for the processing, instructing, settlement and on-going monitoring of Leveraged Loans, CLO, Private Debt, Equity and Collective Investment transactions. The individual will be responsible for :

• Overseeing the daily lifecycle activity of all Leveraged Loans, CLO, Private Debt and Collective Investments, from trade settlement, lifecycle activity (rollover, rate change, paydown, PIK, restructure, asset transfer, borrowing, equalisation) to sale or maturity.
• Ensuring all new SSIs are set up within Bottom-line in time for payment. Initiation, check and release of all payments relating to trade settlement transactions as well as ad hoc payments.
• To undertake and oversee Cash, Stock and Data reconciliations between Custodians, TPAs, Aladdin, WSO, WSOWeb and AllVue, ensuring the team meet the SLA for each reconciliation.
• Able to respond to and guide the team in responding to internal queries from key stake holders such as fund managers and deal teams as well as external queries from clients, agents, custodians and borrowers within SLA time scales.
• Daily liaisons with the AAO (London) to address and resolve problems with underlying assets.
• Building relationships with custodians, agents, counterparts, AAO (London) and the relevant Front Office teams.
• Proactively identifying and implementing process improvements with the use of RPA and AI technology and working closely with the manager of AAO to provide ongoing improvement of the daily functions. Maintenance of internal AAO systems and assisting in the further development of said systems.
• Escalation, communication and resolution of errors, managing error logs and providing feedback to the AAO Manager as well as individual team members.
• Experience in leading or contributing to Ad-Hoc Business level projects, running testing across different environments like Dev, UAT etc. Sharing the outcome with Project leads or Business with suggestions if possible.
• Adherence to risk frameworks (RCSAs) ensuring appropriate process and procedures are in place and adhered to by all team Expertise :
• Excellent SWIFT knowledge. Must have practical hands on experience with the formatting and interpretation of MT210, MT202, MT103 and other SWIFT messages. Correctly interpreting and formatting complex multitier SSIs is essential.
• Working expertise on multiple asset classes such as CLO, Syndicated, Equity, Fixed Income, Structure Products, Private Assets, Real Estate investments, Collective investments, etc.
• Practical experience of WSO, WSOWeb and other S&P Markit platforms such as Markit Data and ClearPar is essential.
• Experience using BlackRock Aladdin is a significant plus
• An eye for detail and accuracy is Expertise :
• Managing a team of 9+ employees with a mixture of Managers / Senior Analyst like roles.
• Excellent written and oral communication and analytical skills
• End to end ownership of the processes and issue resolution.
• Leading team meetings and undertaking regular one to ones and performance reviews with all team members.
• People management and conflict management.
• Strong drive and delivery, committed to achieving results and delivering on time
• Strong analytical thinking and a critical evaluator of information and issues
• Curious and continually looking to seek out improvements and not just accepting the status quo.

Note : Role will require the individual to work in EMEA shift hours, starting 12 : 30 PM Skill Set :

(ref : iimjobs.com)