Analyst, Investment Liaison Equity

Role Summary

Supports investment teams through all stages of the client life cycle by managing investment-related, operational activities. Acts as a conduit for investments by leveraging foundational business and technical knowledge to manage complex investment-related, operational activities.

Responsibilities:

• Under the general guidance of senior team members and management, supports the ongoing operational activities associated with portfolio management of multiple investment strategies of low to moderate complexity. Example activities include: researching and analyzing investment and performance data; generating bespoke investment-, risk-, and performance-related reporting, providing operational support for model portfolios, ensuring coordination of responses on corporate action events; resolving pre-trade compliance issues; maintaining strategy-level data, benchmarks, and performance composites; processing discretionary trade orders; and resolving low to moderately complex investment-related operational issues independently. May act as a resource for junior members while helping them complete operational activities.
• Uses some autonomy in decision-making to ensure operational readiness to support investment management activities for multiple low to moderately complex investment strategies, products, separate accounts, and/or investment types. Example activities include: reviewing prospectus language, proposing investment guidelines, instructing opening of foreign market trading accounts, establishing standing instructions with internal and external parties, etc.
• Uses some discretion to coordinate portfolio manager responses to ad hoc and recurring quantitative investment-related data inquiries posed by internal teams, clients, consultants, and prospects. Drafts response to complex requests for review by more experienced managers.
• Reviews content and sources standard investment data for use in client meetings, marketing materials, client reporting, and internal investment committee meetings. Develops content as directed by investment staff and senior team members.
• With guidance and oversight from senior team members and management, serves as project participant on investments-initiated projects. Develops use cases and testing plans and participates in unit testing as requested to ensure successful outcomes.
• Maintains accurate and complete procedural documentation for assigned strategy(ies), participates in cross-training exercises and provides operational coverage as needed for a defined subset of investment strategies. Under the direction of senior team members and management, participates in training new employees on policies and procedures.

Typical Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND
• 2+ years of total relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Investment operations or financial services industry experience preferred
• Advanced Excel Skills
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement process improvements
• Applies consultative approach when interacting with customers and peers; position requires interaction with associates at all levels
• Ability to coach and influence peers without direct Supervisory oversight
• Passion for Investment Data. Completion of or progress towards a CFA or MBA
• Intellectually curious and enjoys solving problems
• Ability to think strategically and creatively

FINRA Requirements: FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility: This role is eligible for remote work up to two days a week.