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Public Markets Operations Associate Business Area: Operations Place of Work: London Contract Type: Permanent When you join USS, the size and scale of our pension scheme means you will have numerous opportunities to learn and develop your career. Given our size you'll have real autonomy and influence as you collaborate closely with a wide-ranging team of experts. About the role In your role as Public Markets Operations Associate you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset. This role will provide a great opportunity to provide exposure to our end-to-end process of Public Markets Operations working closely with the front office teams and support areas in performing day to day tasks and delivering business readiness for new initiatives impacting the Operations team. Good collaboration with external stakeholders (fund managers, custodians, and fund accounting teams) is a key requirement. The role is within the Public Markets team and is responsible for the day to day core trading support of the scheme, investigation of exceptions and reconciliations which feeds into the NAV process. The Scheme investments cover a broad range of assets and a flexible can-do attitude is required. What you will be doing As a trusted part of the Operations team you will be responsible for: ? Delivery Daily investigation and correction of price exceptions and the stale / static values of assets.Daily investigation and resolution of reconciling items of all cash and positions across the Scheme for internal and external managers.Liaison with the third-party providers for Fund Accounting and Custodian services (JP Morgan and Northern Trust).Working collaboratively with the Middle Office sub-team on daily trade support review and on new onboardings and