Fixed Income Operations Manager-Coupons, Principal & Interest (Hybrid)

Location: Hybrid role based in Newark, NJ, United States

Salary: $105,000–$130,000 USD annually, plus bonus eligibility.

Company

hirify.global provides technology and operations solutions for the financial services industry.

What you will do

• Lead daily oversight of fixed income coupon payments, principal repayments, maturities, amortizations, redemptions, paydowns, and default-related cash flows.
• Oversee calculation, validation, booking, reconciliation, allocation, and settlement of accrued interest, coupon entitlements, principal proceeds, withholding tax, and related fees.
• Monitor event announcements and maintain security terms, payment dates, record dates, rate resets, factor changes, and election details.
• Investigate breaks, failed payments, discrepancies, and aged exceptions with custodians, depositories, fund administrators, brokers, counterparties, and service providers.
• Establish operational procedures, service-level standards, risk indicators, performance metrics, and control improvements.
• Manage, coach, and develop operations staff while supporting audits, regulatory inquiries, client reporting, system implementations, automation, data-quality initiatives, and testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant experience in investment operations, custody, fund administration, or securities processing focused on fixed income income and principal events.
• Experience leading or supervising an operations team.
• Strong knowledge of bonds, notes, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, floating-rate instruments, coupon calculations, accrued interest, day-count conventions, amortization, prepayments, maturities, and redemptions.
• Experience with cash and position reconciliations, exception management, settlement controls, security documentation, market notices, and payment instructions.
• Advanced analytical, organizational, communication, stakeholder-management, and Microsoft Excel skills, with experience using relevant investment operations, accounting, custody, or portfolio-management systems.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting institutional asset managers, banks, hedge funds, or fund administrators.
• Familiarity with SWIFT messaging, custodian platforms, depository processes, and corporate action or income-processing workflows.
• Knowledge of withholding tax, securities lending impacts, and cross-border fixed income payment processing.
• Experience with operational risk frameworks, process automation, and control design.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and inclusive workplace focused on empowering associates.
• Commitment to an environment where employees can be authentic, valued, and supported.
• Bonus eligibility is included for the position.