Our Company
Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $140 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2020. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm has over 1,000 employees and offices in 19 cities worldwide.
For additional information please visit our website at www.oaktreecapital.com .
Responsibilities
The position of Sr. Analyst, Assistant Vice President is within the Accounts Payable / Expense Allocation Group of the Fund Accounting & Operations department. This resource will lead the effort to design and implement reporting and analytics for senior management as well as departments across Oaktree.
Typical responsibilities include:
- Design and implement the following reports for Senior Management and Portfolio Managers:
- Total cost of ownership of funds and investment accounts:
- Measure and report on all administrative costs to support investment vehicles including analytics by support category, vendor
- Create benchmarking measurements to align and compare TOC across similar strategies and sized vehicles
- Develop expense forecasting models to facilitate pricing on new funds and accounts
- Vendor Expenditures
- Measure total expenditure by vendor to assess key vendor relationships
- Develop rate cards to facilitate pricing negotiations
- Benchmark vendors within common categories
- Collaborate with counterparts at Brookfield Asset Management to identify discount opportunities
- Develop Internal Support Metrics
- Measure internal effort by function and investment vehicle type to seek inefficiencies
- Develop benchmarking by investment vehicle category to forecast incremental support costs for proposed Investment Funds/Accounts
- Benchmark internal / external support costs versus peer set
- Perform periodic assessment of outsourcing, onshore and offshore models
- Total cost of ownership of funds and investment accounts:
- Collaborate with Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance and Treasury groups
- Analyze Corporate expenditures by component and facilitate assessment of expense forecasting, including modelling to inform decision making
- Develop a cash forecasting model to minimize liquidity needs to support vendor and fund expenditures
- Provide support for annual expense budgeting for Corporate Expenditures and monitor ongoing actual vs budgeted amounts by category and department
- Perform Quality Control reviews of Expense Management & Analytics, Operations
- Develop throughput metrics, error ratios, and other productivity measures
- Monitor for compliance with internal policy mandates
- Work closely with leadership and resources within the team to continuously improve process and data quality standards within the group.
Qualifications
- 7 – 10 years business analysis experience within the financial services industry, preferably in the investment management industry.
- Experience in “Big 4” type organizations (or comparable), in consulting or audit
- Track record in business analysis and process improvement;
- Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems;
- Experience with large sets of data including data manipulation in logical data structures and reconciliations;
- Expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
Personal Attributes
- Relationship Building; works effectively with strong, diverse teams of people with multiple perspectives, talents, and backgrounds. He or she is known for doing what is best irrespective of politics and is comfortable with consensus building (at multiple levels) and soliciting constructive feedback; ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of participants including upper management, clients, other departments, and 3rd party providers.
- Communication; strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills; ability to present complex material.
- Independence & Collaboration; experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; must be able to drive work effectively with limited supervision (at times) while representing department and executive management interests and concerns.
- Work Ethic; focus on continual development, performance, accountability and self-motivation.
- Flexibility & Organization; adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities; proven ability to multi-task and efficiently manage time across competing activities/resources; able to effectively prioritize, execute tasks, and thrive in a high-pressure fast paced environment.
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Our Company
Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $140 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2020. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm has over 1,000 employees and offices in 19 cities worldwide.
For additional information please visit our website at www.oaktreecapital.com .
Responsibilities
The position of Sr. Analyst, Assistant Vice President is within the Accounts Payable / Expense Allocation Group of the Fund Accounting & Operations department. This resource will lead the effort to design and implement reporting and analytics for senior management as well as departments across Oaktree.
Typical responsibilities include:
- Design and implement the following reports for Senior Management and Portfolio Managers:
- Total cost of ownership of funds and investment accounts:
- Measure and report on all administrative costs to support investment vehicles including analytics by support category, vendor
- Create benchmarking measurements to align and compare TOC across similar strategies and sized vehicles
- Develop expense forecasting models to facilitate pricing on new funds and accounts
- Vendor Expenditures
- Measure total expenditure by vendor to assess key vendor relationships
- Develop rate cards to facilitate pricing negotiations
- Benchmark vendors within common categories
- Collaborate with counterparts at Brookfield Asset Management to identify discount opportunities
- Develop Internal Support Metrics
- Measure internal effort by function and investment vehicle type to seek inefficiencies
- Develop benchmarking by investment vehicle category to forecast incremental support costs for proposed Investment Funds/Accounts
- Benchmark internal / external support costs versus peer set
- Perform periodic assessment of outsourcing, onshore and offshore models
- Total cost of ownership of funds and investment accounts:
- Collaborate with Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance and Treasury groups
- Analyze Corporate expenditures by component and facilitate assessment of expense forecasting, including modelling to inform decision making
- Develop a cash forecasting model to minimize liquidity needs to support vendor and fund expenditures
- Provide support for annual expense budgeting for Corporate Expenditures and monitor ongoing actual vs budgeted amounts by category and department
- Perform Quality Control reviews of Expense Management & Analytics, Operations
- Develop throughput metrics, error ratios, and other productivity measures
- Monitor for compliance with internal policy mandates
- Work closely with leadership and resources within the team to continuously improve process and data quality standards within the group.
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Qualifications
- 7 – 10 years business analysis experience within the financial services industry, preferably in the investment management industry.
- Experience in “Big 4” type organizations (or comparable), in consulting or audit
- Track record in business analysis and process improvement;
- Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems;
- Experience with large sets of data including data manipulation in logical data structures and reconciliations;
- Expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
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Personal Attributes
- Relationship Building; works effectively with strong, diverse teams of people with multiple perspectives, talents, and backgrounds. He or she is known for doing what is best irrespective of politics and is comfortable with consensus building (at multiple levels) and soliciting constructive feedback; ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of participants including upper management, clients, other departments, and 3rd party providers.
- Communication; strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills; ability to present complex material.
- Independence & Collaboration; experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; must be able to drive work effectively with limited supervision (at times) while representing department and executive management interests and concerns.
- Work Ethic; focus on continual development, performance, accountability and self-motivation.
- Flexibility & Organization; adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities; proven ability to multi-task and efficiently manage time across competing activities/resources; able to effectively prioritize, execute tasks, and thrive in a high-pressure fast paced environment.
- Intellectual Curiosity; energized by learning new things and engaging across a wide range of issues; must have strong problem-solving skills; adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products; displays a technical aptitude that lends itself to learning and mastering new technologies.
- Driving Results; sets aggressive timelines and objectives to drive results, conveys a sense of urgency, and drives issues to closure; is a self-starter committed to achieving results and has a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.
- Judgment; makes recommendations and decisions that balance a variety of factors.
Education
Bachelor’s degree required.
Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.
This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors.
Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.
This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors.
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