About the Role
The Estates Administrator is responsible for the review, preparation, settlement and taxation filing of client estate accounts. This role reports to the Supervisor, Operations and is a 16-month contract.
Responsibilities
- Performs estates settlements, journal processing, and issuance of tax documents for estates accounts.
- Addresses estate-related inquiries and issues per internal deadlines.
- Ensures all information and request channels are current and up to date.
- Proactively offers assistance and maintains a positive attitude as a member of the team.
- Works closely with other Operational teams.
- Reviews current processes of CIRO (formerly MFDA and IIROC) estate settlements and makes recommendations for improvement.
- Ensures training checklist is up to date and current.
- Provides regular status updates and immediately highlights any backlog items.
- Reviews and ensures the currency of CIRO (formerly MFDA and IIROC) checklists, departmental procedures, and manuals per trustee or regulatory changes.
- Actively participates in IIAC Committee meetings.
- Remains current on CRA, RQ, HRSDC and trustee regulations through review of legislation, press releases, and industry information bulletins.
Requirements
- Post-secondary education.
- Minimum of 2 years’ financial industry experience, preferably in Estates, Registered Plans or Operations.
- Industry knowledge of CIRO (formerly MFDA and IIROC), CRA and RQ rules and regulations preferred.
- Pro-active in problem solving with strong analytical skills.
- Extremely detail oriented and accurate with a focus on quality assurance.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Outstanding customer service focus.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet time deadlines.
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills in Word, Outlook, Excel.
- Experience with Dataphile is an asset.
- Fluent communication skills in English are required.
- Bilingual skills in French are an asset.
Skills
- Problem solving
- Analytical skills
- Detail oriented
- Accuracy
- Quality assurance
- Customer service
- Time management
- Organizational skills
- Working under pressure
- Meeting deadlines
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
Location
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Montreal
Work Type
- Full-time
- Contract
Experience Level
- Minimum of 2 years’ financial industry experience
Education Level
- Post-secondary education
Salary/Compensations
- $55,000 - $65,000 CAD annually
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Excellent health, dental and insurance benefits
- Generous vacation time
- Fitness benefit
- Parental leave top-up options
- Matching contributions to our retirement program
- Continuous improvement through learning & development
- Education assistance program
- Regular social events
About the Company
- Aviso Wealth is a leading wealth management and investment services supplier for the Canadian financial industry.
- Over $120 billion in total assets under administration and management.
- Over 1,000 employees.
- Building a technology-enabled, client-centric wealth management ecosystem.
- Trusted partner for nearly all credit unions across Canada.
- Provides solutions to partners, advisors, and investors.
- Supports thousands of investment advisors through its investment dealer, mutual fund dealer, and insurance services.
- Owns NEI Investments, specializing in responsible investing.
- Operates Qtrade Direct Investing®, an online brokerage.
- Offers Qtrade Guided Portfolios®, a fully automated investing service.
- Aviso Correspondent Partners provides custodial and carrying broker services.
- Has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.
- Backed by the collective strength of credit union Centrals, Co-operators/CUMIS, and Desjardins.
- Dedicated to improving the financial well-being of Canadians.
- Committed to leadership, innovation, partnership, responsibility, and community.
- Offers a dynamic and inclusive culture that rewards innovation and celebrates success.
- Dedicated to employee success and career development.
Equal Opportunity
- Aviso Wealth welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including persons with disabilities.
- Accommodation will be provided to meet needs in all stages of the hiring process.
