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Title: Portfolio Oversight and Management Support
Business Unit: Client Operations
Location: Charlotte, NC
Job Summary
Barings Global Public Portfolio Services team has an opening for a motivated individual who would like to join our innovative team of financial professionals.
Primary Responsibilities
The candidate will be required to support the following core processes:
Portfolio Oversight and Fund Accounting:
Supporting Structured Credit team within Global Public Portfolio Services in order to meet their main responsibilities including:
- Full ownership and responsibility for a number of CLO funds and/or separately managed accounts including daily oversight and acting as subject matter expert on the funds/portfolios covered.
- Reconcile NAVs, transactions, valuations, management and performance fee calculations, P&L components, and other activity between Barings and the fund accountant/administrator's records on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy.
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with key internal Barings stakeholders including direct exposure to other business lines e.g. Portfolio Managers, Sales, Legal, Compliance, Corporate functions across the organization, both in Europe and US, as well as supporting effective external working relationships through timely communications with a range of related third parties e.g. TPAs, auditors, investors.
- Working effectively with third-party administrators and internal parties to ensure a high level of service. Raising service issues in an appropriate manner and following issues to resolution.
- Maintaining awareness of client mandates, portfolio governing documents and regulatory restrictions
- Prepare relevant portfolio reporting as required
- Demonstrate significant level of expertise of the holdings, terms, and transactions of multiple portfolios to provide intuitive and proactive oversight of these portfolios
- Leverage professional expertise and relationships to contribute to team strategy
Systems and Operational process improvement:
- Identify process inefficiencies and make improvement recommendations; Improve procedures implemented, document manual processes and work with relevant parties to reduce/eliminate.
- Assist with system implementation and testing as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Accounting, Finance, or related business field preferred
- Minimum 3 years Fund Accounting/Portfolio Administration experience
- Advanced Excel skills preferred
- Previous experience with the Aladdin tool would be a benefit; Power BI experience a plus.
- Effective, results oriented team player with strong interpersonal skills; possess very strong organizational and analytical skills; must be very detail oriented
- Ability to handle high volumes of work under tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy
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Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority/Female/Age/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.
Barings offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
CORE BENEFITS & WELLNESS
- Medical (including Virtual Care), Prescription, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Fitness Center Reimbursement Program (Including Online Memberships)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits
FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
- Highly competitive 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with Company Contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) - Health Care & Dependent Care
- Retirement Health Reimbursement Account
LIFE INSURANCE
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Spouse and Child Life Insurance
TIME OFF, DISABILITY AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- Paid Vacation, Sick Days and Annual Holidays
- Paid Leave of Absences (Maternity Leave, Parental Leave, Caregiver Leave, Bereavement Time)
- Short and Long Term Disability Plans
- Paid Volunteer Time
OTHER BENEFITS
- Education Assistance Program
- Charitable Matching Gifts Program
- Commuter Reimbursement Program
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement Program
