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The Securities Operations team supports the creation, maintenance, and oversight of securities and related analytics data. This includes security master, analytics, valuation, corporate actions, and proxy voting. The candidate will correspond and interact with Trading, Compliance, Client Service, Technology and other internal teams at Brandywine Global, as well as with vendors and other third party data providers. Participation in meetings directly related to these tasks is expected.
This position requires an individual who possesses the personal attributes and the professional experience consistent with the Firm’s high standards of conduct and performance. In performing the job, the individual must demonstrate behaviors consistent with the company core values including:
Act with Integrity:
Demonstrates values and ethics aligned to BGIM and is looked to for guidance on standards and norms
Follows through on commitments
Viewed as direct and truthful
Shows consistency between words and actions
Keeps confidences
Take Ownership:
Feels a sense of personal responsibility in seeing tasks to completion
Works and thinks like a team member – owns their responsibilities while also considering the enterprise impact
Takes personal accountability for decisions, actions and outcomes.
Takes an active role in managing their own career development
Be Curious. Challenge Conventional Thinking:
Introduces new ways of looking at problems
Experiments and finds new solutions
Has the courage to push back and ask questions that advance the group’s thinking
Debate with an Open Mind:
Uses compelling arguments in representing own interests while actively seeking to understand different perspectives
Steps up to address difficult issues, says what needs to be said
Champions an idea or position despite dissent or political risk
Build Strong Diverse Relationships:
Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. This includes diversity in the broadest sense – diversity of thought and functional expertise in addition to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation.
Builds effective formal and informal relationships inside and outside the organization – including co-workers, clients, vendors and parent company, Legg Mason.
Draws upon multiple relationships to exchange
ideas, resources, and know-how
Embraces the spirit of collegiality, mutual respect and teamwork
Strive for Balance:
Prioritizes business needs with an understanding personal reality
Understands and considers competing agendas and priorities within the firm when making decisions
Maintain and update security reference data on multiple platforms including the accounting platform & Order Management Systems used by the firm.
Adhere and exercise firm valuation policy and procedures
Process day-to-day securities pricing, pricing challenges due to outliers, corporate actions data feeds, and security master file and analytics integrity, investigating any exceptions, raising issues to the appropriate stakeholders
Liaise with Pricing Vendors, Operations, Performance, Investment Teams and Traders, Valuation Council & Custodians to create solutions to complex challenges
Govern the Proxy Voting process, working within the proxy system as well as directly with front office personnel and legal teams
Work within established processes to communicate voluntary corporate actions with the front office teams as well as custodians and process within the accounting platform & Order Management Systems
Assist with oversight of benchmark providers, engaging in exceptions as well as sourcing and implementing new data when necessary
Mentor and assist in the training of new employees
Maintain all valuation related documentation and supply such information for internal and external audits/inquiries in a timely fashion
Update and manage securities analytics values within the accounting platform in accordance with Brandywine's approved analytics hierarchy.
Constantly improve data quality frameworks and best practices
Assist in user acceptance testing, documentation, implementation, data quality processes, and controls
Pro-active team orientation, with above average oral and written communication skills
Strong analytical, mathematical, and fast learning skills
Ability to problem solve within complex processes
Experience with various security types including pricing, analytics and corporate actions
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Must possess a high attention to detail to recognize discrepancies
Education/Experience:
5+ years' experience working with equity, fixed income or derivatives markets and financial data
Strong knowledge of investment products and services and information systems
Experience in Back or Middle Office Operations with an emphasis on securities markets
Knowledge of various securities processing platforms
Knowledge of fixed income instruments and valuation inputs
Requirements:
This position requires an individual who possesses the personal attributes and the professional experience consistent with the Firm’s high standards of conduct and performance. In performing the job, the individual must:
Always act in the best interests of clients,
Continuously evaluate and escalate areas of risk to the Firm,
Work cohesively and effectively with people across all functions, and
Comply with all Firm policies and procedures. Accordingly, it is expected that the individual is of high moral character, well-organized and self-directed, with strong interpersonal skills and an ability to execute work objectives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Work Shift Timing - 8:30 PM - 5:30 AM IST
Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!
Our culture is shaped by our diverse global workforce and strongly held core values. Regardless of your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.
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By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have them covered.
Highlights of our benefits include:
Professional development growth opportunities through in-house classes and over 150 Web-based training courses
An educational assistance program to financially help employees seeking continuing education
Medical, Life and Personal Accident Insurance benefit for employees. Medical insurance also cover employee’s dependents (spouses, children and dependent parents)
Life insurance for protection of employees’ families
Personal accident insurance for protection of employees and their families
Personal loan assistance
Employee Stock Investment Plan (ESIP)
12 weeks Paternity leave
Onsite fitness center, recreation center, and cafeteria
Transport facility
Child day care facility for women employees
Cricket grounds and gymnasium
Library
Health Center with doctor availability
HDFC ATM on the campus
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Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.
Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need an accommodation or adjustment to search for or apply for one of our positions, please send an email to accommodations@franklintempleton.com. In your email, please include the accommodation or adjustment you are requesting, the job title, and the job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only accommodation requests will receive a response.