Purpose: The Income Processing Associate is a member of the Income team, within our Trade Processing group. Individual would be responsible for the understanding and accurate processing of all security income for assets held at our custodians, bond calls and maturities, money market interest, unique asset trading and income, shadow accounting, and pricing while providing superior customer service to our clients through effective operational system support.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Reconcile daily mutual fund rates and accruals
Research and resolve mutual fund discrepancies
Update mutual fund and money market rates on varying cycles
Ensure all client forms, files, and instructions are processed timely and accurately
Reconcile and process all income payments including dividends, interest, and principal paydowns
Reconcile and settle with various custodians on a daily basis
Research and resolve all reconciliation outages between accounting system and custodians
Monitors daily pricing reports to ensure accurate client reporting and fee calculations.
Offers exceptional client service by providing timely analysis, research and resolution to client or CSR inquiries and issue resolution
Create, update, and ongoing review and testing of procedures and daily checklists
Monitor group distribution emails and ensure responses within the stated guidelines
Cross train and maintain working knowledge of the procedures to provide effective backups during peer absences
Understand the income forms and reports that clients use and respond to inquiries
Assist in the implementation of new clients and the training for new and existing clients
Other Duties/Responsibilities:
Reconciles and clears cash and custodian daily exceptions with the reconciliation group
Provides a timely response to client or staff inquiries or issues
Contacts custodian/clients/vendors for problem resolution
Maintain effective working relationships by handling peer and management interactions in a positive and cooperative manner
Prepares and distributes status reports and project updates per schedule to manager and Executive Management.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned
Test custom and release software enhancements related to job duties
Participate in both internal and external disaster recovery tests
Responsible to keep manager informed of issues impacting team
Knowledge, Skills, Experience:
2-3 years of investment operations experience.
Traditional trust accounting and income experience is preferred, but certainly willing to engage and work with candidates that have other operational experience and are willing to learn a new function.
We are looking for a collaborator. A contributor that enjoys being part of a close-knit and cross-functional team, working alongside peers and leadership to deliver high-quality outcomes
Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical and accurate data entry skills.
Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse client base of financial professionals
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
Ability to work in a high-volume situation with time constraints with minimal supervision
Education or Formal Training:
· Bachelors degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or equivalent experience.
Working Environment/Physical Activities:
Opportunity of 2 days a week from home (performance dependent)
Work on a personal computer 80% of day
Work weekends, holidays and overtime, as needed
Must be located in the Overland Park, KS office
Trust Sourcing Solutions is an equal opportunity employer
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