INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a professional to validate, enter, and monitor Fixed Income, Money Market, and Derivatives transactions, acting as the liaison with vendors and supporting automation. Key Highlights: 1. Experience in operational control of investment portfolios 2. Solid knowledge of financial systems and regulations 3. Opportunity to work on process automation and optimization **Do you want to develop your professional career?** BBVA is a global company with over 160 years of history, operating in more than 25 countries, serving over 80 million customers. We are more than 121\.000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with diverse profiles, including finance specialists, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers, and designers. Our people make the difference in our success. **Contract Type:** Regular (Indefinite) **What Are We Looking For?** **Responsibilities:** * Validate, enter, and monitor 100% of Fixed Income (FI), Money Market (MM), and Derivatives (Forwards) transactions, ensuring accuracy of cash flows, available cash, foreign remittance reserves, and instrument P\&L. * Act as the liaison with the pricing provider (PIP) for creation and validation of new instruments, as well as perform daily mutual fund profitability reconciliations. * Monitor material events and support verification of internal and regulatory limits prior to market close. * Generate daily transaction reports and ensure day’s transactions match those handled by Operations and Custody teams. * Manage process automation, collaborating in the design and maintenance of tools that eliminate manual tasks. * Support development and implementation of portfolio monitoring and analysis models and tools. * Assist in collecting financial data and updating regional issuers’ Credit Scorecards. * Validate that each entered transaction has appropriate supporting documentation and authorization per "degrees of freedom", documenting authorizations. * Review monthly operational incident logs to identify processes requiring priority automation. Maintain the Trading Desk Operations Manual up to date and keep records of Investment Committee meeting minutes * **Requirements:** * University graduate in Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or related fields with a strong quantitative component. * 1–3 years of experience in financial institutions, preferably in Asset Management or Investment Banking. * Knowledge of operational control of investment portfolios and validation and monitoring of Fixed Income, Money Market, and Derivatives transactions (ideal). * Solid understanding of financial systems, mutual fund regulations, and operational limits. * Experience in process automation and optimization. **Responsible Banking** --------------------- Our responsible banking model **aims to build a more inclusive and sustainable society.** Because the future of finance is financing the future. We began with the spirit of helping others make the best financial decisions. That spirit remains today and inspires us to move forward, prioritizing innovation and digital transformation, and making the opportunities of this new era accessible to all. **Diversity** -------------- At BBVA, we believe that having a **diverse team** makes us a better bank. For this reason, we **actively support diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity**, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, among others. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that enables everyone to bring forth their best selves. **Our Values** -------------------- **Our values define our identity** and serve as the driving force that enables us to fulfill our purpose and guide all our actions and decisions. **Legal Requirements** If the position you are applying for is located outside the country where you currently reside, you may need to obtain a visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit, and comply with any other requirements imposed by local labor and immigration regulations or applicable professional regulations for the role in that country. In the event you are selected as the final candidate, BBVA may assist you with the corresponding permit/visa application process, provided that, should any circumstance arise—(i.) the relevant visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit is not issued, or (ii.) any other requirements mandated by local labor and/or immigration and/or professional regulations applicable to the role in that country are not met—you will unfortunately be excluded from the position. Likewise, if you already hold a visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit for the relevant country, please indicate this when applying for the position.