INVESTMENT SERVICES OFFICER

The Investment Services Officer is responsible for 1) providing administrative services to the day-to-day account onboarding and management, 2) performing operational support to the offshore clients not limited to trading and loan activities, 3) acts as point of contact for counterparties and custodians for investment related transactions, and 4) is responsible for ensuring efficient and effective pre-settlement processing of investment related transactions.ResponsibilitiesChecks preparation and delivery account onboarding and account servicing documentsReviews completeness and quality of account onboarding documentsReviews pre-checking of AML screening and customer risk assessmentConducts recorded call confirmation of the Customer Risk Profiling QuestionnaireFacilitates necessary account opening and maintenanceConducts periodic review of accounts and AML screeningDoes reconfirmation of Client Risk ProfilingConducts resubmission of W8 forms, if applicableEnsures that original documents are transmitted to the Serviced EntityOversees liaison between BPI and the Serviced EntityReviews client instruction according to BPI IFL’s policies and regulations.Oversees the booking, balancing, and payment processing for trades, placements, and fees among othersEnsures that trade and non-trade instructions are carried out properly, efficiently, and effectively within the Serviced Entity’s own policy, procedures, processes, and strategy as well as within the most current applicable rules and regulations of relevant governing bodiesLiaises between Portfolio Relationship Management, Traders, Operations for troubleshooting of settlementsMonitors and reconciles transaction settlement of all ordersCoordinates trade and non-trade transactions with counterparties and custodians if neededConsolidates primary issuance ordersChecks, approves, signs on all documentary requirements as applicable that are necessary to facilitate implementation of all trade and non-trade related activities of the unit such as tickets, instructions, or reportsChecks and approves all requests of the unit in the Bank’s applicable Electronic Approval Channels that are necessary to facilitate implementation of all trade and non-trade related activities of the unitChecks and endorses all client bookkeeping entries in the applicable Bookkeeping Systems such as but not limited to Investone or AvaloqCoordinates with Portfolio Relationship Management and Operations for necessary actions to be taken on corporate actionsActs as point of contact to Brokers and Counterparties for trade related requirementsProvides requests from counterparties in compliance with regulatory requirementsAssists in establishing and maintaining of custodianship accountsFormulates, evaluates, and implements procedures, process improvements and re-engineering as needed to ensure continued operational efficiency and minimize exposure to operational risksAssesses, initiates, proposes, and implements automation of various transaction and information management processes for cost and time efficiency to increase business capacity as well as improve business output qualityEnsures business continuity management is consistently applied with the goal that “business-as-usual” is maintained in times of incomplete availability of unit personnelEnsures continuous training, skill upgrading, and career development of supervised personnelProvides timely assistance to and applicable monitoring of queries of and/or requests of internal and external clients and counterparties, branches, other units and other groups of the bank with the end goal (where applicable) that queries or requests are successfully fulfilledReviews and sends reports as needed to aid transaction monitoring, reconciliation and ensuring that all processes and controls are followedActs as a System administrator of internal databases and group distribution lists if applicableQualificationsBachelor's degree in finance, business administration, or a similar fieldWith 3-4 years of overall experience in investment operations or banking operationsShould have a macro-level understanding of the overall process