BNY Mellon powers individuals and institutions to succeed in the global economy providing investment management, investment services and wealth management. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK).

With a dedicated business presence on six continents and in 35 countries, BNY Mellon delivers global scale at the local level.

The Global Delivery Centre in Wroclaw is a growing location, predominately providing support services to BNY Mellon entities in the areas of fund accounting and investment operations.

Team overview

HedgeMark (“HM”), a BNY Mellon company, specializes in supporting institutional clients in the development and operation of their own private hedge fund dedicated managed account platforms (“DMA”).  HM supports clients information and structuring of their private vehicles, negotiating fund documents and counterparty agreements, and project managing each fund’s launch.  Post-launch, HM provides risk and performance reporting, transparency and investment guideline monitoring to the client. 

HM is also responsible for performing operational and accounting functions which provide independent oversight and controls to the process. 

The HedgeMark Project Management Team is responsible for the following functions:

• Manage new client relationships, new fund launches and additional counterparty agreements
• Lead introduction calls with Investment Managers to explain HedgeMark's managed account model and roles and responsibilities
• Work closely with structuring team to ensure all fund documents are negotiated and executed in a timely manner to meet project deadlines.
• Take the lead on establishing counterparty trading agreements - requesting new documentation from counterparties, ensuring drafts are received and negotiated, populating account opening forms, requesting daily reporting from counterparties from all relevant parties, and ensuring accounts are set up timely in order to launch new funds.
• Serve as a point of contact for clients and investment manager queries.  Work with internal and external contacts to ensure queries are addressed in a timely manner.
• The Project Manager will work closely with senior staff in New York and Everett, MA and junior staff in Poland to support onboarding functions; in particular the process of counterparty agreements and account opening documentation.

Your role

• Support the Fund Structuring and Project Management teams on new Hedge Fund structures.
• Request documentation from counterparties and deliver counterparty documentation requirements.
• Documentation administration - open counterparty accounts. Complete documentation, liaise with Fund governance provider for execution and update all relevant parties.
• Track status of all counterparty documentation and project plan items, update internal systems with all statuses.
• Follow up with counterparties on document and account opening status.
• Ensure proper file maintenance.
• Keep meeting notes and update onboarding status.
• Interface with service providers including Administrators, Counterparties, Legal counsel etc.
• Special Projects. 

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience in business management or related field is required.
• 7-10 years of work experience is preferred in a project management, administrative or legal role.
• Ability to prioritize workload, provide project status updates and complete account application information in a timely fashion.
• Ability to understand and keep track of key differences in client and fund structures. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and excellent organizational skills.
• Enthusiastic attitude; enjoy working in a fast-paced, high performance team environment.

Our offer

• Full time contract of employment
• City Centre locations close to main railway station and flexible working arrangements
• Flexible benefits package, including life and medical insurance, health screening, fitness discount programme, employee assistance program
• Award-winning Wellbeing Program supporting you with your unique health and wellbeing needs
• Pension scheme
• On-site childcare and a parental buddy programme
• Exciting opportunities for career and global mobility
• Diverse and inclusive environment
• Employee Referral Program
• Recognition programmes
• A multitude of opportunities to get involved in charity projects and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)