Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the facilitation of all client events including client on-boarding, terminations, custody transfers, in-specie transfers and other related transition activities.

• To provide daily support to a suite of clients for queries ranging from reporting to investment decisions.

• Provide oversight for the set up and maintenance of new and existing custody, fund accounting and transition manager relationships.

• Act as single point of contact for both internal and external parties, including, clients, sales, portfolio managers, legal, compliance, risk, operations, custodians and other appointed client service providers.

• Facilitating regular internal client event meetings, ensuring all functional groups have the appropriate level of information and that they are performing the required tasks.

• Working in close cooperation with outsourced operational functions to ensure timely and accurate completion of account set up and modification on all appropriate systems.

• Close liaison with sales and the client to ensure that client expectations are understood and accomplished.

• Strong relationship with legal and compliance to understand the requirements of, and provide feedback on, investment management agreements and all other associated documentation.

• Work with Product Development, Fund Administration and the Funds Client Service group to set up new MSIM proprietary vehicles.

• Writing clearly defined procedures for new business post implementation.

• Ensuring all procedural documentation is up to date and accurate.

• Obtain sign off from all parties prior to funding, transition or termination of client accounts.

• Provision of appropriate documentation for SSAE18 audits.

• Provide and implement recommendations for process improvements, including workflow and technology.

• Working proactively with counterparts on a global basis, in making recommendation for process improvement and consistency.

• Using strong business sense and judgment to identify potential risk areas; making appropriate recommendations and highlighting those risks via the appropriate escalation channels.

Skills Required:

• **Investment Management Operations, Custody, Fund Accounting, and Client Service experience**

• Working background in all aspects of Investment

• Management Operations, preferably with a focus upon transition events.

• Relevant experience of 5-7 years

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent organizational and project management skills

• Strong business sense and excellent judgment

• Thorough knowledge of the custody environment Strong communicator Strong risk awareness

• Has proven ability to interact with multiple internal and external functions including clients, legal, compliance, fund managers, sales, client service and other functional operations teams.

• Comfortable dealing with senior individuals and management across these functions

• Aladdin, Charles River, Bloomberg, MS Office suite

About ASK: ASK Consulting is an award-winning technology and professional services recruiting firm servicing Fortune 500 organizations nationally. With 5 nationwide offices, two global delivery centers, and employees in 42 states-ASK Consulting connects people with amazing opportunities.

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