30 Oct
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Cypress Capital Management
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Vancouver
30 Oct
Cypress Capital Management
Vancouver
Cypress Capital Management is an investment management firm wholly owned by the AGF Management Ltd. The firm is comprised of nine experienced investment professionals, each having a CFA designation. The firm was formed in 1998.
The sole focus of our business is investment management for Private Clients, Charitable Foundations, Endowments and Institutional Clients. Cypress Capital’s assets under administration total in excess of $5 Billion.
The majority of positions in client accounts are segregated securities traded on Canadian and U.S. stock exchanges. However, where we wish to provide clients with more diversified holdings, we have created pooled funds available only to Cypress Capital Private Clients.
About AGF Management Limited:
Founded in 1957, AGF Management Limited (AGF) is an independent and globally diverse asset management firm. Our companies deliver excellence in investing in the public and private markets through three business lines: AGF Investments, AGF Capital Partners and AGF Private Wealth.
AGF brings a disciplined approach, focused on incorporating sound, responsible and sustainable corporate practices. The firm’s collective investment expertise, driven by its fundamental, quantitative and alternative investing capabilities, extends globally to a wide range of clients, from financial advisors and their clients to high-net worth and institutional investors including pension plans, corporate plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, AGF has investment operations and client servicing teams on the ground in North America and Europe. AGF serves more than 820,000 investors.
AGF trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol AGF.B.
About the Role: Operations Administrator (18-month contract)
The Operations Administrator will join Cypress Capital Management in a hands-on role supporting the accuracy and integrity of its investment operations. Working across trade settlements, reconciliations, corporate actions, security pricing and client reporting, the successful candidate will gain meaningful exposure to private and institutional investment management while collaborating with an experienced team. This opportunity is well suited to a detail-oriented and dependable professional who is eager to deepen their industry knowledge, broaden their operational expertise and build a rewarding career in financial services.
This role is presented as an 18-month contract related to leave vacancy.
In this role you will use your expertise in the following areas:
- Trade Settlements - Institutional and Private Client trades
- Mutual Fund, GIC, Money Market trade processing
- Reconciliation - Holdings and cash for various custodians
- Corporate Actions
- Management fees
- Participate in external/internal Audits
As a member of the Operations team, you will share in the responsibilities of performing transactions that directly affect the integrity and accuracy of the portfolio management database (Harmony).
These transactions may include:
- Setting up individual securities on Security Master
- Processing trades, corporate actions, book value adjustments, ROCs (return of capital)
- Revenue reporting
- Producing client reports: Quarterly, Year-end and Tax Reporting, CRM2 and CRM3 reporting
Other tasks may include:
- Broker/Dealer month-end statements
- Booking FX rates
- Pooled fund support
What You Bring:
Required Experience / Education:
- A minimum of two (2) years' experience in investment operations, portfolio administration, financial services, or a similar setting.
- Working knowledge of reconciliations, corporate actions, proxy voting, trade settlements, and client reporting.
- Familiarity with investment accounts, securities, custodial systems, and financial industry processes.
- Must possess excellent application skills with MS Word, Excel, Outlook (experience with Dataphile, Harmony, Adobe an asset)
Preferable but not required experience:
- Canadian Securities Course (CSC).
- Other CSI or industry courses.
- Post-secondary education in a relevant field such as finance or business administration.
Highly Valued Skills:
- Highly organized.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Professionalism.
- Ability to communicate and work well within teams, and take direction.
- Function well in dynamic, stimulating, or, at times, deadline driven environment.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reconciliation skills.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task, set and meet deadlines.
Highly Valued Personal Characteristics:
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📌 Operations Administrator (Vancouver)
🏢 Cypress Capital Management
📍 Vancouver