Location: Hybrid in Toronto (York Mills)
The total target compensation (TTC) range, including salary and target bonus, is $78,480 - $125,350. This TTC range is applicable to permanent roles only. The actual base salary offered within this range will be determined by the successful candidate’s skills and experience, as well as internal equity.
Empire Life is looking to hire an Intermediate Investment Monitoring & Reporting Analyst to join our Investment Finance team! We are actively seeking candidates to fill a current, open position.
Why pursue this opportunity
The environment - we understand the importance of work-life balance and strive to provide a supportive work environment that allows our employees to achieve both personal and professional goals.
Impactful work - get the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that have a positive impact on our customers, our company, and society as a whole.
Deliver excellence - provide a personal, accurate, professional, and courteous service and resolution to our customers.
Have your voice heard - with a fresh perspective, we welcome those that can highlight opportunities for improvement. We encourage creative and innovative thinking and welcome candidates who are not afraid to challenge the status quo.
What you’ll be working on
Develop and Maintain Monitoring Frameworks:
Participate in establishing and maintaining comprehensive procedural documentation, job aids, and internal control documentation to ensure current and accurate investment monitoring and reporting processes.
Regulatory Adherence and System Programming:
Assist in the ongoing maintenance of an inventory of relevant investment policy limits as well as measuring against regulatory and investment guideline limits.
This involves programming, maintaining, and annually testing investment monitoring rules within the trade order management system and investment administration system, as well as within offline monitoring tools outside of the systems, to ensure their ongoing accuracy, completeness, validity and operational integrity.
Stakeholder Consultation and Reporting:
Support stakeholders, including portfolio managers, by providing analytical insights and answers regarding investment monitoring rules, warnings, and violations/breaches.
Participate in preparing and/or supporting required regulatory filings and generating daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly investment restriction monitoring reports, ensuring clear and consistent communication.
Investment Reporting:
Assist in the development, maintenance and preparation of various financial, management and Board reports on investment activity, holdings, attributes and company assets under management.
Execute analytical reviews of investment results and other investment-related quantitative measures to validate accuracy/reasonability of reported figures.
Participate in the ongoing rationalization of the inventory of programmed reports in the investment systems, as well as the programming, maintenance/updates and required testing of system-based reports to ensure they appropriately capture changes to investment portfolios, holdings/security types and/or the business.
Support the maintenance of a system of controls over programmed and other key investment-related reports to ensure only appropriately authorized changes are made to reports and reports are consistently accurate and complete.
Broker Relationships:
Provide support to the portfolio management team, legal and compliance area or other areas within Investment Finance with respect to investment data requirements, establishing/refreshing broker relationships, market openings, etc. and assist in maintaining a document repository of all relevant agreements and correspondence.
Vendor Interactions:
Business Continuity:
Coaching:
Responsible for sharing knowledge with and coaching peers and other team members and staff on relevant policies, procedures, workflows and core investment monitoring and reporting concepts and approaches.
Process Optimization and Data Integrity:
Required Knowledge:
An understanding of investment monitoring principles, regulatory limits, and reporting requirements.
Proficiency in reconciliation controls and data integrity best practices.
Familiarity with investment systems and databases, including their programming and reporting functionalities. Knowledge of the EZE OMS and SS&C Technologies Portia would be an asset.
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years of relevant investment experience at a financial institution.
Experience working in an investment compliance function or team with related responsibilities is a differentiating asset.
Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining detailed procedural documentation.
Proven ability to work with and analyze large, complex datasets.
Experience in identifying and/or implementing process improvements.
Prior experience in programming and testing investment compliance rules and/or investment-related reports within financial systems is highly advantageous.
Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new systems and team structures, with a focus on becoming a super user for critical applications.
Education:
A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
If you are applying for a position which is open to applicants across Canada, unless otherwise indicated in the position, language proficiency in English is required for communicating with customers, advisors, or employees across Canada.
Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results.
For permanent full-time positions, Empire Life offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes:
Hybrid work model
Competitive salaries with annual pay increases
Annual bonus program, which recognizes both strong company performance and individual contributions, for non sales positions
Access to learning & development programs, and education/tuition reimbursement (role dependent), to support your professional growth and career advancement.
Competitive uncapped commission, for sales positions
A comprehensive employer-funded benefits package starting from day one of employment, that includes life insurance, health and dental and a generous health account
Flexible work arrangements and an annual allotment of personal health days.
Four weeks annual vacation from hire date
A defined contribution pension plan with generous employer matching
Top up programs for parental leave and compassionate leave
Employer-sponsored wellness and recognition programs
A cash employee referral program
To learn more about working at Empire Life, visit https://www.empire.ca/workatempire.
Empire life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity, are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and welcome everyone to participate in our application process. We encourage those of all backgrounds and experiences to apply, even if you don't believe you meet each unique qualification outlined. Applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.
Empire Life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to building an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process. If you require a specific adjustment to help you present your best self, please let us know—we are happy to work with you. If you need this job posting in an alternative format or have any accessibility questions, please contact
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