Company: Orion Advisor Services, LLC

Posted: 5/9/2008

Job Description and Details:

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Summary of Work Environment and Work Performed:

CLS Accounting Analyst work will entail retrieving electronic transaction and position files from various data providers for the databases maintained for CLS Investment Firm, LLC (“CLS”).  When there are errors in the data files the team member will be responsible for cleaning up the data to ensure our database reflects accurate and up to date information.  The team member will also be responsible for keeping up to date tables of when transaction and position files are received and processed.  CLS is constantly looking to receive more data electronically; therefore, the team member will be responsible for working with fund complexes and representatives to ensure new and existing data feeds are operational. 

 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

·         Retrieve and import transactions for all downloaded accounts.

·         Clean positions files in a timely manner as they are received.

·         Maintain daily checksheet as files are applied to database.

·         Maintain Trade Confirmation grid in a timely manner based on a T+3 schedule.

·         Responsible for maintaining the correct share balances, run balance checks (daily, monthly, and quarterly) and make corrections to accounts if necessary.

·         Run asset compares monthly to ensure all data is being received.

·         Complete assigned data scrubs as necessary.

·         Work with fund family representatives in order to keep data feeds in working order.

·         Run maintenance programs as needed or requested.

·         Work additional time during quarter end to ensure statements go out in a timely manner.

·         Help out with calling and fixing of non-downloaded assets for quarterly statements.

·         Complete special projects as needed/assigned.

 

CLS Accounting Analysts are responsible for data integrity in the CLS database.  The team members run audits of the data and have discretion to fix noted exceptions.  Team members are expected to use their knowledge and experience to resolve data discrepancies.  The Accounting Analysts are directly responsible for having accurate information being displayed in our system and on our website, as well as reports sent out by our firm.

 

Education, prior work experience, and specialized skills and knowledge:

Qualified candidates should have a Bachelor of Science \ Business Administration or equivalent experience, and good working knowledge of PC’s.  The ability to plan and carry out goals in an organized manner is essential.  Candidates should be creative problem solvers, have good oral and written communication skills and generally have the desire to learn a unique position while adding value to a rapidly growing company.

Company: Constellation Trust Company, LLC

Posted: 5/9/2008

Job Description and Details:

Purpose:

Develop and implement Collective Investment Fund plans, service goals, and operations objectives. Establish procedures and assures all operations are done in accordance with company policy and applicable laws. Oversee clients and grow product line.

 

Essential Functions:

·         Promote products and represent company at customer meetings

·         Maintain client relationships

·         Coordinate Collective Investment Fund board meetings

·         Oversee accounts and service providers

·         Ensure all materials are available to meet requirements

·         Maintain knowledge of the Collective Investment Fund recordkeeping and trust industry and legal changes

·         Ensure Collective Investment Funds follow fund governance and IRS rules

·         Coordinate regular audits and exams

 

Knowledge/Skills:

·         Initiative

·         Detail oriented

·         Strong oral and written communication

·         Creative problem solving skills

·         Visionary thinker

·         Ability to handle multiple deadlines with limited oversight

·         Thorough understanding of Collective Investment Funds including how they are set up

 

Education*:

·         Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

·         Certified Trust and Financial Advisor certification

 

Experience*:

·         Five or more years experience working with Collective Investment Funds

·         Previous experience working in Accounting or Legal

Company: Gemini Fund Services, LLC - NY

Posted: 5/8/2008

Job Description and Details:

 

Purpose:

The Business Analyst is the liaison between our software developers and our end users.  This position will ensure all project specifications and timelines are properly documented and evaluated.  For larger projects the business analyst will evaluate and analyze the income stream, operational cost, cost savings, IT development, testing time and ongoing maintenance of a given project.  This position is responsible to make sure projects remain on track with timelines and end user requirements which will include all Quality Assurance testing, bug tracking list, training of new program and roll out into production.

 

Essential Functions:

·          Ensure all project specifications/requests are entered into Department Manager 

·          Develop solutions for requested projects by gathering data

·          Graphically draw up solution or specifications, diagram each step in the process and include any documentation and supporting materials

·          Fill out written functional specifications & text describing all aspects of the requested project using the project specification template

·          Review to ensure technical specifications match functional specifications

·          Improve Department Manager entry request templates to reduce the number of small projects that have to go back to the user for review

·         Help to define the projects Net Present Value of the project for the business

·          Meet with IT Staff to determine time range for projects

·          Present project timelines by setting priorities and scheduling

·          Schedule meetings during development to review progress and involve the user to be sure that the project is on track

·          Coordinate user testing to shore up any small details or obvious flaws

·          Ensure output meets functional specifications and that program changes are properly documented within the program

·          Implement new program into a staging environment to allow the users to test (UAT-User Acceptance test) 

·          Coordinate with users to execute the needed scripts and follow standard testing procedures and planning 

·          Perform regression testing to make sure other legacy programs were not affected by the change

·          If errors are found, provide detailed explanations back to the programmer, restart the testing process

·          Ensure any post-implementation issues are resolved

·         Work with team managers to ensure proper training and documentation is available for the users

 

Knowledge/Skills:

·         Strong knowledge of Mutual Fund Administration & Accounting

·         Ability to plan and carry out goals

·         Strong organizational skills 

·         Candidates should be creative problem solvers

·         Good oral and written communication skills

 

Education*:

·         Qualified candidates should have a Bachelor of Science/Business Administration/Information Systems degree

 

Experience*:

• Minimum of 3 years experience with Northstar Financial Services Group, LLC or previous business systems/analyst experience

Company: CLS Investment Firm, LLC

Posted: 4/18/2008

Job Description and Details:

CLS Investment Firm, LLC is seeking a person to work as a New Accounts Specialist to process and prepare clients’ accounts to be placed under management.  This job requires a person who can work independently with the ability to prioritize and manage their responsibilities.  Furthermore, the position requires a person who can follow through on their work to completion and have the ability to tolerate a substantial amount of data entry and phone work. 

 

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

1.       Process and follow up on new account paperwork & asset transfers for brokerage firms, trust companies, annuity companies, and 401(k) plans.

2.       Work with vendors, reps and/ or internal clients to resolve issues regarding the processing of new accounts

3.       Complete various operational duties & projects  (data entry, mailings, processing checks, etc.) that the New Accounts Manager may assign

4.       Attend all necessary meetings

 

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
• Working knowledge of PCs
• Good oral and written communication skills 
• Problem solving skills
• Careful attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment to reach goals and deadlines

 

Company: Orion Advisor Services, LLC

Posted: 4/16/2008

Job Description and Details:

Job Summary:
The PT Caller will be a strategic opener to the sales process at Orion. The caller will contact potential Orion prospects and introduce Orion in order to get the prospect to take a web tour. The Caller will assist the External Wholesaler and the Internal Wholesaler with their sales efforts to promote Orion and its service bureau offering.


Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Contact prospects with goal of getting them on a web demo of the Orion system.
Profile prospective clients
Schedule Web-Ex demos; follow up calls, for internal and external wholesaler.
Proactive calls to promote Orions services in territory.
Maintain Wholesaler database and sales funnel utilizing CRM.
Perform other related duties as assigned by Wholesaler.

Qualifications:
At least 6 months customer service/inside wholesaler experience required
Basic computer skills
Excellent telephone skills, customer service skills and interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education:
College Education - Junior level or above

Company: Gemini Fund Services, LLC - Omaha

Posted: 4/2/2008

Job Description and Details:

Job Description:  

As a Senior Fund Accountant, the primary responsibilities will revolve around ensuring the daily NAV calculation for Mutual Funds are completed accurately and are sent to various reporting agencies on a timely basis.

Specific Duties will include, but are not limited to:

·         Accounting of all transactions in order to determine daily prices and yields whenever necessary

·         Assist Manager with daily review process

·         Assist in the training of fund accountants

·         Perform daily and monthly review procedures as directed by the fund accounting Manager

·         Communicate as needed with management, transfer agency and the fund's custodian

·         Perform tasks assigned by Manager to ensure the accuracy of fund records

·         Ensure the completeness and timeliness of reporting to clients

·         Communicate ideas and contribute to the development of the department

·         Performing all duties of a fund accountant as necessary

·         Perform other position duties as may be required

Qualifications Include (but are not limited to):

·          Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or business

·          2 - 3 years of Mutual Fund Accounting experience.   Must have NAV calculation experience to be considered for the position.

·          Ability to identify and effectively communicate issues affecting assigned funds

·          Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet stringent deadlines without sacrificing quality

·          Strong computer, organizational and communication skills.   Experience with PAM software for Securities/Mutual Funds preferred.

·          Ability to work both individually and within a team environment

·          Deadline and detail oriented

Company: Gemini Fund Services, LLC - NY

Posted: 3/27/2008

Job Description and Details:

Job Description:

 

This position is responsible for the start-to-finish development in a Rapid Application Development environment of web and Windows based applications.  Duties will include maintenance of legacy applications and development of new applications using .NET technologies and SQL Servers.  Projects will mainly be done independently, but some small team work will be involved as well. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

• Work with team members and end users to develop application systems and related business processes
• Testing of each solution to ensure proper performance and efficiency guidelines are met
• Responsible for all bug fixes in supported systems
• Document programs in accordance with development standards and procedures
• Need to look outside what is currently being done to find new efficiencies in a process oriented environment
• Great importance placed on learning new skills through practice and study

 

Job Requirements:

 

• Experience with C# (1.1 & 2.0), ADO.NET, SQL, and XML
• Experience with ASP.NET, IIS, and Web Services a plus
• Strong knowledge of relational database concepts (Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005) writing stored procedures.
• Experience with reporting products (Crystal, SQL Server Reporting Services) a plus
• Experience with Visual Basic 6.0 and related technologies a plus
• Experience with AJAX technologies a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication required
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask important
• Experience in financial industry a plus

 

Required Education:

 

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or MIS or equivalent experience preferred.

 

Company: Gemini Fund Services, LLC - NY

Posted: 3/26/2008

Job Description and Details:

Job Description:  

Perform the daily pricing functions as needed.  Meet all standards for fund accounting including cash reconciliation, NAV reporting, and maintaining a 99.8 departmental efficiency rate for NASDAQ reporting.

Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):

·        Day to day accounting functions for multiple mutual funds.

·        Update and monitor daily trading, general ledger activity and pricing of funds.

·        Preparation and reconciliation of daily trial balances for assigned funds.

·        Reconciliation of fund records to custodian, transfer agent and portfolio groups.

·        Preparation of weekly and monthly reconciliations, and periodic auditor requests.

·        Assistance with coverage of other funds and projects as needed.

Qualifications Include (but are not limited to):

·        Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or business.

·        Prior mutual fund accounting experience a plus.

·        Ability to identify and effectively communicate issues affecting assigned funds.

·        Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet stringent deadlines without sacrificing quality.

·        Strong computer, organizational and communication skills.

·        Ability to work both individually and within a team environment.

·        Deadline and detail oriented.

Company: CLS Investment Firm, LLC

Posted: 3/14/2008

Job Description and Details:

Job Description:  Represent CLS Investment Firm, LLC (“CLS”) in its sales efforts to promote its asset allocation strategies to Registered Representatives.  Manage territory to meet with qualified representatives and help them place and retain assets under management with CLS.  Be viewed by representatives as a valuable consultant in the field of the fee-based business.  Help representatives maintain existing clients with CLS by extending your services as well as the services of other CLS employees.  Complete regular reporting of activity and expenses.  Consistently meet agreed upon performance goals and stay within budget.

 

Main Responsibilities:

1.        Represent CLS within your territory in a professional manner.

2.        Team playing attributes in working with CLS’ inside sales representatives, portfolio managers, customer service groups, etc.

3.        Travel within territory to meet with qualified representatives interested in CLS’ asset allocation strategies.

4.        Qualify representatives and help them place assets under management with CLS through one-on-one meetings, seminars, training, Excelerate, etc.

5.        Demonstrate excellent knowledge of service and company policies and procedures.

6.        Present CLS strategy in a clear, concise and professional manner to representatives and clients.

7.        Manage territory to ensure focus representatives are receiving excellent customer service and their expectations are being met and managed.

8.        Work with SSR to leverage time within territory so focus can be on meeting with and qualifying representatives.

9.        Share ideas, suggestions, and concerns with associates, fellow wholesalers and supervisors so all can improve.

10.     Attend all meetings.

11.     Complete activity and expense reports on their required basis.

12.     Consistently meet agreed upon performance goals.

13.     Maintain and stay within budget.

 

Qualifications:

1.        College education preferred

2.        Series 6 or 7 and 65 or 66 licenses required

3.        Experience in the financial planning industry preferred

4.        Excellent sales and interpersonal skills required

5.        Willing to travel on a consistent basis and live within specified territory