Job Description
O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is owned by Franklin Templeton, a diversified firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents, you’ll get exposed to different cultures, people, and business development happening around the world.
O’Shaughnessy Asset Management is a research and money management firm based in Stamford, Connecticut operating autonomously and backed with global, enterprise resources. Their approach to managing money is transparent, logical, and completely disciplined, leading to long‐standing relationships with clients. OSAM is a leading provider of Custom Indexing services via its Canvas® platform which offers financial advisors an unprecedented level of control and ease in creating and managing personalized separately managed accounts (SMAs) that target improved after-tax outcomes.
For more firm information, please visit www.osam.com
Portfolio Implementation Operations Specialist
O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is looking to hire a full-time Portfolio Implementation Operations Specialist as a member of the Portfolio Management Team. The candidate will work closely with our investment management team to assist in implementation of the firm’s investment strategies across client accounts.
Key responsibilities of the position include:
Assist in the Implementing investment decisions for separately managed & unified managed accounts.
Daily monitoring of portfolio positioning, trade executions, cash management and compliance within client guidelines.
Reconcile daily transaction data and confirm trades were executed correctly.
Monitor asset allocation guidelines, model drift & dispersion along with annual tax budgets for tax sensitive portfolios.
Exposure to our CANVAS customized portfolio interface.
Facilitating client requests and events throughout the client's lifecycle, such as account openings, cash flows, rebalances and tax harvests.
Daily interaction with back-office operations to ensure proper & timely processing of client onboarding and requests.
Liaising with other departments internally, including Portfolio Management, Research, Compliance, Sales and Marketing, Trading, and Operations.
Identify & implement any areas of improvement.
Familiarity with Archer/XIP/Fix Flyer OMS/EMS desirable.
Qualifications:
Series 65 or ability to obtain licensing upon hire.
Minimum experience in a similar role - 2 years.
Trading experience desirable
Knowledge of financial markets and portfolio management.
Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work effectively under a high standard.
Detail-oriented with strong quantitative and analytical skills that can be leveraged to evaluate portfolios.
Proactive towards new challenges and problem-solving.
Strong excel skills and knowledge of Bloomberg.
Compensation/benefits:
To include salary, discretionary bonus, health insurance, vacation, and industry training.
Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards—monetary and non-monetary—designed to support the whole person and to recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, other compensation is offered such as a discretionary bonus, 401k plan, health insurance, and other perks. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation. We expect the salary for this position to range between $91,000 - $107,000.
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