Associate, Investment Operations Recon

About Kuvare

Kuvare is on a mission to serve hardworking consumers overwhelmed by the complexities of retirement and is built from the ground up to do so. Our unified financial hub protects the retirement of everyday Americans and the distributors, carriers and investors that serve them. We create life insurance and annuity products that protect consumers’ retirements, and are simplified for distributor partners and financial professionals to sell and service.
Kuvare family of companies:
Retail Annuity and Life Insurance Solutions:
- United Life Insurance Company
- Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company
- Lincoln Benefit Life
Institutional Insurance:
- Kuvare Life Re
Bespoke Insurance Solutions:
- Ignite Partners

About the role

The Associate, Investment Operations Recon is responsible for the daily cash and asset reconciliations posting on the Aladdin application. The Associate will work closely with the investment teams, back-office internal departments, and external counterparties

What you'll do

• Knowledge of the trade life cycle and responsible for accurate and timely completion of assigned asset and cash reconciliations that consist of reconciling custodian and accounting records to the Aladdin application
• Identify and investigate exceptions within established time parameters.
• Escalate and work closely with Trading Desk, Investment Accounting, Treasury, and Custodian banks to ensure timely resolution of exceptions.
• Ability to effectively manage, research/resolutions/follow-ups for closure of open items, cash and position breaks.
• Collaborate with internal teams such as the Trading Desk, Portfolio Analysis, Investment Accounting, Tax, and Legal to support cross-functional initiatives and to optimize operational processes.
• Frequent interaction with management and directors using an effective communication style.
• Maintains documentation and support for any cash or position changes, regulatory, transfer and Internal Audit requests.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor degree with a concentration in Finance, Accounting, or Economics. 
• 5+  years’ experience in financial services operations, preferably in insurance industry.
• Experience with systems related to area of responsibility (Bloomberg, Aladdin, and Bank Portals required).
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Solid analytical skills and attention to detail required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with key partners and business leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results in a tight timeframe; excellent organizational and planning skills needed.
• Advanced knowledge and application of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel advanced functions including Pivot Tables, vLookups, etc.