Investment Operations Analyst

Summary

Symetra Investment Management is an investment advisory firm managing the company's investment portfolio. The Investment Operations Analyst will provide day-to-day derivatives operations support across middle- and back-office functions, including trade lifecycle management, confirmations, settlements, collateral and margin activities, reconciliations, reporting, and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support the derivative trade lifecycle, including trade capture, allocations, settlements, and lifecycle events
• Manage the derivative confirmations process, ensuring trades are accurately confirmed, affirmed, and processed within required timelines
• Coordinate the derivative settlement process, including pre-settlement confirmation, wire booking, and post-settlement monitoring
• Provide oversight of collateral and margin activities, including margin calls, collateral movements, substitutions, returns, reclaims, and dispute resolution
• Perform reconciliations and resolve exceptions across internal systems, custodians, counterparties, and accounting records, including breaks related to trades, positions, cash, collateral, and margin
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including portfolio managers, traders, counterparties, brokers, custodians, accounting, risk, compliance, and technology teams
• Support derivatives reporting, audits, and documentation, ensuring accurate and timely information is provided to internal and external stakeholders
• Provide client support by responding to derivatives-related inquiries and ensuring investment information is communicated accurately and timely
• Participate in special projects and process improvement initiatives, including automation, control enhancements, reporting, audit requests, and other ad hoc operational activities

Skills

• This is a remote role with required travel to the Farmington, CT office for in-person events a few times per year
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 2-5 years of cumulative, relevant experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates attention to detail while being analytically oriented
• Ability to multi-task and to work both independently and in a team environment
• Continuously exhibit a high level of motivation and initiative. Results focused
• Occasional nights and weekends will be required
• Ideal candidate must have versatility and flexibility to assist with coverage of other team members
• Candidate is expected to look at policies and processes and provide recommendations for improvement and automation
• Candidate must have a strong technology focus and have interest and ability to use technology to automate repetitive tasks
• Bloomberg or other trade order management system experience
• Simcorp Dimension or other investment accounting system experience
• Good Excel skills
• Previous experience working with investments including fixed income, alternative assets, loans and/or derivatives
• PowerBI or similar reporting application
• High school diploma required
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company

Qualifications

Must Haves

• This is a remote role with required travel to the Farmington, CT office for in-person events a few times per year
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 2-5 years of cumulative, relevant experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates attention to detail while being analytically oriented
• Ability to multi-task and to work both independently and in a team environment
• Continuously exhibit a high level of motivation and initiative. Results focused
• Occasional nights and weekends will be required
• Ideal candidate must have versatility and flexibility to assist with coverage of other team members
• Candidate is expected to look at policies and processes and provide recommendations for improvement and automation
• Candidate must have a strong technology focus and have interest and ability to use technology to automate repetitive tasks
• Bloomberg or other trade order management system experience
• Simcorp Dimension or other investment accounting system experience
• Good Excel skills
• Previous experience working with investments including fixed income, alternative assets, loans and/or derivatives
• PowerBI or similar reporting application
• High school diploma required
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Self-Managed Time Away along with paid holidays
• Company matching to double employees' charitable contributions
• Remote work arrangement with required travel to the Farmington, CT office for in-person events a few times per year