Financial Strategies Associate

About the role

HilltopSecurities is seeking a Financial Strategies Associate - Fixed Income Portfolio Accounting to join a dynamic strategies team. The role involves supporting fixed-income bond accounting analytics and reporting, automating workflows, validating data, and delivering professional client materials.

Responsibilities

• Monthly processing of investment portfolios using the Portfolio Manager (accounting) models for assigned financial institutions, ensuring accurate execution, quality control, and timely delivery of accounting reports and analytics.
• Quality-check results and reports; log, track, and resolve discrepancies with documented root-cause notes.
• Support new client onboarding, including data intake, system setup, and walkthroughs of the platform.
• Provide client-facing support, troubleshooting issues, offering technical guidance, and delivering ongoing assistance.
• Proactively perform investment portfolio analysis to surface insights and risks that will inform internal and external clients.
• Create client-ready slides and memos that present complex topics clearly and professionally; proofread for accuracy, consistency, and target objectives.
• Collaborate with Financial Strategy Team (FST) Analysts through knowledge-sharing, training support, recurring team activities, and timely handling of ad-hoc requests.
• Contribute to SOPs (standard operating procedures), data dictionaries, and documentation that support scale, onboarding, and handoffs; standardize templates to support team alignment for reports and offer sheets.
• Build and maintain processes for data validation and transformation; resolve issues independently and implement basic unit checks for reliability and accuracy.
• Analyze and generate monthly reporting on client trade activity; summarize implications for fixed-income portfolios and upcoming client discussions.
• Aid in preparation of materials for SOC 1 Type 2 annual audits.
• Track, record, and monitor client billing, ensuring timely delivery of both invoices and payments.
• Reconcile portfolio positions and transactions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Math/Stats, Data Science, or related field.
• Licensing: SIE + Series 7 + Series 63 (or obtained within firm-mandated timeline).
• Knowledge of fixed-income securities, analytics, amortization, accretion, paydowns, and GAAP required.
• Strong Excel skills required, including advanced formulas, data validation, and professional formatting for client deliverables.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg Terminal and fixed income security modeling.
• Investment Accounting and Asset/Liability Management knowledge a plus.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team environment with client-facing etiquette & reliable follow-through.
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Python, VBA, .NET, and/or databases (SQL) a plus.
• Experience with QuickBooks a plus.

About Us

HilltopSecurities is dedicated to building noble and collaborative relationships that enrich the financial future of individuals, businesses, and communities. We offer a broad range of investment banking and related financial services, supported by a nationwide presence in 400 locations across 44 states. Our Fixed Income department manages over 2,000 Tier I institutional and middle market clients, focusing on municipal, taxable, and securitized products, and supports various investment products and services.

About The Team

The Fixed Income department at HilltopSecurities has over 2,000 Tier I institutional and middle market clients in all 50 states. We focus on three classes of fixed income investments—municipal, taxable, and securitized products—and participate in syndication and primary issuance, as well as three types of sales and trading—fixed income, securitized products, and investment grade and high yield. Our capabilities include supporting the primary issuance of negotiated and competitive securities, HFA pooled securities, and state HFA CMOs.