What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transition Manager position at Midwest Institutional Trust Company?
Description
The Transition Manager works with MITS personnel, clients and their current service providers to develop and implement conversion plans to transfer client’s assets and records from a prior provider(s) to MITS and works with MITS personnel and de-converting clients to transfer assets and records to a successor provider.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities to be performed with or without accommodation
· Develop and present custody and defined benefit conversion action plans to clients and their providers
· Establish custody, master custody, and defined benefit trust accounting structures with clients and code trust accounting system
· Prepare and obtain necessary documentation from transitioning clients
· Ensure accurate plan asset transfer and re-registration process with prior provider(s, client, investment providers, and reconcile transferred assets
· Coordinate process for expense and benefit payment processing with the client during the conversion process
· Develop and manage de-conversion timeline with clients that are leaving MITS
Other Duties/Responsibilities
· Review and issue initial trust financial report to interested parties
· Coordinate process for receipt and wiring of cash from and to the custody client
· Analyze processes, recommend improvements, and implement new procedures
· Educate clients and their auditors in understanding our trust accounting reporting formats and transactions
· Other duties as assigned
Requirements
Experience, Education, Certifications, Licenses required to perform essential functions
· Finance, Business, or Accounting Degree
· Two to four years prior experience as a Conversion Financial Reporting Representative I or equivalent experience at another similar provider
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities required to perform essential functions
· Strong Knowledge of trust accounting and systems usage, including performance measurement and master trust
· Knowledge of investment products and security characteristics, including pricing and accrual methodologies
· Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel or equivalent products
Preferred Qualifications
· Ability to communicate clearly with internal and external parties concerning positive and negative issues encountered during the conversion process
· Organizational skills and ability to work on multiple priorities within a fixed period of time while delivering accurate information
· Strong project management skills and ability to develop conversion project plans
· Ability to lead client meetings, including material development
· Attention to detail and analytical skills including accounting skills for determining impact on trust accounting transaction processing
· Ability to work in a team environment and manage work performed by those team members without a direct reporting structure