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Job Description Summary

Hybrid Work Environment: This position follows our hybrid-friendly schedule, so you get the best of both worlds – flexibility and collaboration. In office days will be 3 per week averaging 12 days per month in our Southfield, MI Corporate Office.

Mutual Funds is looking to for a Sr Security Setup Support Associate. In this role you will be reading through documentation and translating changes needed in our system. You will execute standard banking transactions for specific units or operating/processing departments in accordance with administrative and operational processes. Process a range of specialized and non-standard transactions that usually require some research or investigation. Specific functions include the update and maintenance of mutual fund product characteristics as well as fund family rules and trading requirements within Raymond James’ back office system. These updates impact both client fees and multiple facets of Mutual Fund Trading.

Job Description

Responsibilities

+ Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.

+ Carry out operational tasks by following established processes. This will involve adjusting multiple settings or parameters to meet performance standards.

+ Reviews, interprets and applies incoming correspondences from various fund families related to the update and maintenance of mutual fund product characteristics as well as fund family rules and trading requirements.

+ Performs a variety of operational procedures within the department, related to the update and maintenance of mutual fund product characteristics as well as fund family rules and requirements including but not limited to new fund set up, fund maintenance, fund trading restrictions and Corporate Actions (mergers, liquidations).

+ Prepares various forms of written communication in regards to fund updates to both internal and external audiences.

+ After sufficient training, assist in the quality assurance peer review of daily workflow to ensure accuracy and compliance with established procedures.

+ Serves as a back-up in cross-functional responsibilities as needed.

+ Produce, update, and provide best practice support on Microsoft documents, databases, and other departmental systems. Tasks may include purchasing materials, entering budgetary information, and recording time and expenses.

Knowledge of

+ Operations and systems of assigned functional area.

+ Process flows within specific assigned functional area.

+ General accounting procedures.

+ Regulations for specific assigned functional area.

+ Basic investment concepts, practices and procedures used in the securities industry, principles of banking and finance and securities industry operations and/or financial markets and products, as required by assigned functional area.

Skills

+ Monitor, interpret and understand policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives.

+ Plan, organize, prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet objectives.

+ Review and evaluate recommendations and requirements and to develop appropriate plans or deliver actions required.

+ Operate standard office equipment and use required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and databases.

+ Organize, manage, and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.

+ Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicate effectively, both orally and writing, with internal associates and external contacts at all levels.

+ Effectively gather all relevant information in order to analyze, research, and resolve business issues in order to make decisions.

+ Analyzing data to identify discrepancies.

Education

High School (HS) (Required)

Work Experience

General Experience - 3 to 6 years

Certifications

Travel

Less than 25%

Workstyle

Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to:

• Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same

• Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes

• Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind

• Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter

• Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.

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