Monsieur K - Sedona Group

Swiss – 38 years

PROFILE & SKILLS

Participation in the development of a major tool (PMS) dedicated to the external managers of the bank (Project Management)
Analyze business requirements
Coordination between the business (External Asset Managers) and the software provider in the development of the project
First point of contact for business requests linked to the project
Reporting project progress to the Program Management
Participation in the implementation phase of the Avaloq software package used by the Group for the testing part (UAT tests and non-regression tests)
Planning & Pilot Manager: Organization of the planning of the KBU test phases (Release, UAT and NRT) and 2nd level support to the users

Generate new business opportunities using different methods: prospecting, creating a professional network, recommendations, cold phoning
Monitoring and retention of portfolio clients, piloting commercial propositions for our customers
Organizing events to develop the company
Support the Marketing team for the establishment of documentation
Support to the HR team to find new consultants
Setting up a new CRM system

Troubleshooting and participation in process improvements
Improved analysis and report generation processes
Performance monitoring and analysis of the consistency of reports
Maintenance of records in the database
Support the production team Reporting on Simcorp Dimension
Reconciliation of funds on Simcorp Dimension
Provide level 3rd support on Simcorp Dimension (data mining, asset allocation grid, etc)
Coordinated an automation project of weekly and monthly reports to management
Technical support to management team on IT tools used by the bank
Active participation in the activities of the Risk monitoring team (analysis of reports, monitoring of investment limits, etc)
Writing functional specifications and operational flows

Follow-up of portfolios
Coordinate the valuation process of the bank’s funds (e.g. NAV calculations, FX impact, Expenses, etc)
Monitor the monthly processes between custodians and portfolio managers
Update prices, set up instructions to the custodians
Forex exposure calculation and communicated hedging instructions
Reconciliation of the portfolios
Investment Funds billing

Follow-up of portfolios
Coordinate the valuation process of the bank’s funds (e.g. NAV calculations, FX impact, Expenses, etc)
Monitor the monthly processes between custodians and portfolio managers
Update prices, set up instructions to the custodians
Forex exposure calculation and communicated hedging instructions
Reconciliation of the portfolios
Coordinated the migration of portfolios following a new acquisition
Creating procedures and operational flows
Coordination with members of the management team, reporting and performance

Follow-up of portfolios (Gottex Multi Asset Endowment, Tiger, Omega, Horizon)
Coordinate the valuation process of Funds products (e.g. NAV calculations, FX impact)
Monitor the monthly processes between custodians and portfolio managers
Update prices, set up instructions to the custodians
Produce reports and communicate them to portfolios managers
Maintain the general ledger in a daily basis as required by accounting standards
Generating month end balance sheet reports
Troubleshooting and maintain accuracy of accounting system
Maintain accurate supporting records for the entries in the general ledger
Coordination with the other members of the Operations & Finance teams

Monitor standing payment instructions and booking of transactions
Troubleshooting
Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation
Monitor and follow-up of the execution of operations
Set up and monitoring of standing instructions by Euroclear/Fundsettle
Regular contacts with all involved departments of the bank
Monitor and follow-up of the timely execution of subscription and redemption orders for mutual funds and hedge funds
Operation and administrative support to the front office

Setting up the interbank limits file for approval by supervisors
Monitor standing interbank payments and set up and execute instruction transfers by Swift
Review timely and accurate records of corresponding banks, maintain records of account invoices and corresponding banks
Contacts and correspondence with the main counterparties and intermediaries to the bank
Follow-up and resolution of pending issues (troubleshooting)
In charge of mutual fund transfers for 6 months
In charge of 10 corresponding banks client (Business Process Outsourcing)
Operational and administrative support to the department

French 100%

English 90%

*German 30%

*Ongoing refresher courses