Consultant, Client Solutions, Integrated Portfolio Services (IPS)

About the role

The Consultant supported by a team of Data/Client Solutions partners will be responsible for investment data administration and providing clients with the holistic data sets which they need to fulfil their various stakeholder requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Acts as daily point of contact for operational queries including accounting and general operational queries.
• Acts as point of initial review for all investment data. Includes review of (but not limited to):
  • Investment transactions
  • Investment valuations
  • Manager estimates
  • Plan income / expense items
  • Plan contributions / spending withdrawals
  • Underlying manager exposure data
  • Benchmark data
• Responsible for supporting data management with respect to transactional impacts on accounting, realized gain/loss, cost, etc.
• Responsible for secondary review of all investment reconciliations. Includes reconciliation of cash, positions, performance, transactions and unfunded commitment.
• Supports client onboarding including initial client discovery sessions, project planning, setting client expectations and facilitating continuous client updates throughout the onboarding process.
• Assists in training new FOS partners in the accounting and operational space.
• Participates in ongoing process improvement discussions.

Required knowledge & skills

• Experience working with complex asset owners in one or more of the following fields:
  • Performance measurement (attribution, liquidity, and exposures)
  • Alternative asset or private equity operations
  • Investment operations (fund or investment accounting)
• Demonstrated understanding of private equity transactional impacts on unfunded commitments, market value, cost, and other metrics typically associated with private equity (TVPI, DPI, PIC, etc.).
• Understanding of accounting/reporting methods, including IBOR, ABOR, TrueNAV, to support complete and accurate data capture.
• Understanding of instances when issues need to be escalated to a supervisor.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft suite of applications.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and perform effectively under deadlines.

Qualifications

• College or University degree.
• Completion (or progress towards) of advanced credentials (CFA, CAIA, CIPM, MBA) preferred.
• Client servicing experience, comfortable communicating directly with clients and client advocacy.
• Genuine desire and capability to work in a fast-paced, professional, inclusive environment which requires teamwork, well-honed problem-solving skills, frequent re-prioritization, deadline management, ongoing and comprehensive communication, constant attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement and best practices.

Pay & benefits

• Salary range: $66,700 – 113,300 USD.
• Comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits.
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Work authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. No sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa.