Newport Group is has a great opportunity for an Operations Specialist in the Trading group. This employee is responsible for participating in the daily trading and fund change processes within Operations. Qualified candidates should be highly organized with a strong attention to detail and have the ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment with a high degree of accuracy.
The Operations Specialist will participate in the daily trade submission/monitoring process and in a rotation of nightly monitoring of price files imports, releasing of trades, and problem resolution (typically once per week). S/he will complete daily share reconciliation reports for multiple custodians. Will coordinate and perform fund changes. Includes fund review, distributing proper disclosures and the actual completion of the event in our recordkeeping system.
The successful candidate will monitor negative balances, troubleshoot daily trade rejects and settlement issues. S/he will analyze inefficiencies within the team and suggest potential solutions. As well as assess risk in daily operations and escalate when appropriate.
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Newport Group helps companies offer their employees a more secure financial future
We are a leading provider of retirement plans, insurance, and consulting services—with more than $150 billion of corporate retirement and insurance assets, encompassing over 925,000 plan participants from coast to coast. We are committed to meeting the evolving needs of our advisors and plan sponsors while adhering to our most important attributes.
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That’s why, when you join our team we encourage you to strengthen your knowledge by offering professional certification programs and memberships to industry-relevant educational organizations. By utilizing these opportunities – as well as our tuition reimbursement and other training programs – you not only strengthen your skill set, you become more valuable. Then it’s our job to ensure that we recognize that value by providing you career advancement opportunities within our organization.
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