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Operations Specialist

Sharp Decisions, Inc
  • Buffalo, NY
  • $28 Per Hour
2 days ago

Job Description

Banking Operation Specialist -- Pay -- $28/hr. on W2

Key Responsibilities

  • Data Entry & Documentation: Perform high-volume entry of financial information into mainframe and brokerage systems while maintaining precise, clear, and auditable case notes.
  • Transaction Coordination: Liaise with front-office personnel to coordinate and track cash and security transfers, asset movements, fund/model changes, liquidations, and account terminations.
  • Quality Assurance: Review and analyze operational reports and system documents for accuracy, escalating gaps or anomalies to the appropriate teams to mitigate monetary, regulatory, and reputational risk.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Build and maintain strong working partnerships with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Trust Officers, Legal, Tax, and external vendors.
  • Process Improvement: Identify operational bottlenecks during daily activities and propose solutions to streamline processes and improve efficiency.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Core Administrative Skills: Proven typing speed and accuracy, along with strong data entry skills.
  • Meticulous Attention to Detail: Ability to identify errors in detailed documentation and maintain impeccable records.
  • Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective cross-departmental coordination.
  • Agility & Organization: Exceptional planning, prioritization, and time-management skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
  • Technical Proficiency: Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word, and the ability to quickly learn proprietary mainframe and brokerage databases.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical administrative experience.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)

  • Previous exposure to banking, brokerage operations, trust services, or securities products is a plus but not required.

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Numbers & Facts

LocationBuffalo, NY
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1990

About Company

For over two decades, Sharp Decisions has provided superior, award-winning service in strategic business and technology consulting services to government agencies at all levels, as well as domestic and global corporations. With subject matter expertise in Investment Banking, Finance, Healthcare, Media & Telecommunications, and Manufacturing, Sharp Decisions is well equipped to serve your needs.

Established in 1990 with headquarters in New York City, and locations in Princeton, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Europe and Canada, Sharp Decisions has been the technology backbone for a client portfolio that includes an array of well-known companies. As a Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise and approved vendor, Sharp Decisions offers a powerful, cost-effective advantage. We actively partner with other MBEs to add value and meet diversity program requirements.

Sharp Decisions is also committed to hiring and training post-9/11, tech-savvy U.S. armed forces veterans through our V.E.T.S.â„¢ (Vocation, Education and Training for Service members) Program, but we cannot do it alone. Companies like EmblemHealth, Freddie Mac and Experian have stepped up to bring aboard our highly qualified and skilled veterans. We need more companies like them to take a stand and bring our veterans aboard. Our clients have told us that our veterans are more effective than their college hires because two weeks on the job for them equates to 2-3 years of experience! Learn more at www.sharpdecisions.com/vetsprogram.

Skills

  • Administrative Skillsunmatched
  • Alliance/Partner Managementunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Banking Operationsunmatched
  • Brokerageunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Data Entryunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Mainframe Computerunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Operational Auditunmatched
  • Operational Improvementunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Process Developmentunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Quality Assuranceunmatched
  • Record Keepingunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • Securitiesunmatched
  • Security Monitoringunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Typingunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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