Grant Thornton

Structured Products Manager

Grant Thornton • $110K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, IT, MIS, or related field; Master's preferred
  • 5+ years in consulting or financial services, especially with securitized products
  • Professional license/certification related to finance or accounting
  • Experience with cashflow/waterfall modeling is a plus
  • Strong understanding of asset classes like RMBS, ABS, CLO
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with team members on AUP report creation and delivery
  • Become proficient in AUP product lines such as cashflow modeling
  • Create and manage project data rooms for efficient workflow
  • Train and mentor junior team members
  • Identify and propose improvements for existing processes
  • Document procedures to ensure accuracy and efficiency
  • Communicate effectively with clients and internal teams to meet objectives

Benefits

  • Supportive work environment to foster professional growth
  • Opportunities to work with Fortune 500 clients and major financial institutions
  • Access to resources for skill development and training
  • Potential for travel to meet client needs
  • Engagement in a specialized team focused on structured products
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Structured Products Manager, you will have the opportunity to grow and contribute to our clients' business needs by providing strategic, financial, and operational support to deliver effective and rapid results-all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. Grant Thornton's Structured Products Practice is a specialized team that provides Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) reports to a variety of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, investment banks, and asset managers.

Your day-to-day may include:
  • Work closely with Grant Thornton associates, managers and partners on all aspects of the AUP report creation and delivery process and coordinate this work with all internal and external parties involved
  • Become proficient in one or more of our AUP product lines: tape to file, circle ups, cashflow modeling, and payment date reporting
  • Create and manage project data rooms
  • Help to train and coach new and junior team members
  • Identify process gaps and propose improvements
  • Document procedures and workflows to ensure efficient and accurate deliverables
  • Communicate externally with clients and internally with all levels of the organization to successfully accomplish firm objectives
  • Contribute to developing new client proposals and understand/manage firm risk
  • Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
  • Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, or related field degree required, Master's degree a plus
  • Minimum 5 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice, financial services organization or function servicing securitized and structured products valuations, Buy-side or Sell-side experience is a plus
  • A related professional license/certification
  • Prior relevant consulting experience preferred
  • Cashflow/waterfall modeling experience preferred
  • Strong technical background including an in depth understanding of one or more of the following assets classes: RMBS, ABS, CLO, and similar securitized and structured products
  • Well-versed in interpreting legal documents, including offering memoranda, franchise agreements, loan agreements, funding memoranda, etc.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word)
  • Strong problem-solving skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and multitask on simultaneous projects in a rapidly growing practice
  • Can travel as needed

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About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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