Senior Portfolio Operations Analyst
Location: Remote with travel to Georgia
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Bonus: 10% - 15%

Job Summary
Our Client is seeking an experienced Senior Portfolio Operations Analyst to support day-to-day fund operations across a diverse range of asset classes and investment strategies. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely trade processing, settlements, reconciliations, margin and collateral management, and operational support for portfolio management teams. The ideal candidate brings strong buy-side investment operations experience, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and takes ownership of resolving complex operational issues while collaborating across internal teams and external counterparties.

Key Responsibilities
Start-of-Day Controls & Data Validation

• Perform daily validation of pricing, reference data, yield curves, corporate actions, and other portfolio data.
• Monitor automated operational processes, investigate data exceptions, and resolve or escalate issues to ensure accurate downstream reporting and valuation.

Trade Processing & Cash Activity

• Oversee daily trade booking and processing, ensuring all activity is accurately reflected in portfolio accounting systems.
• Process cash activity including subscriptions/redemptions, FX transactions, distributions, management fees, and miscellaneous cash movements.
• Coordinate with custodians and fund accountants to resolve trade or cash discrepancies.

Margin, Collateral & Corporate Actions

• Manage daily margin calls and collateral movements.
• Monitor corporate actions, submit required elections and instructions, and validate post-event cash and position updates.

Reconciliations & Settlements

• Perform daily cash and position reconciliations between portfolio systems, custodians, and fund accounting records.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks related to pricing, FX, accruals, trade booking, or settlement timing.
• Monitor trade settlements and proactively resolve failed or delayed settlements with brokers and custodians.

Broker & Custodian Support

• Maintain relationships with brokers and custodians.
• Assist with custody account openings, onboarding activities, and operational support for new investment products.

Operational & Process Improvement

• Support month-end close, NAV production, portfolio reporting, audits, and regulatory reporting requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational workflows, automate processes, strengthen controls, and maintain operational documentation.
• Collaborate with technology and investment teams to enhance systems supporting portfolio management and trading.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field (MBA preferred).
• 5+ years of investment operations, fund operations, portfolio support, fund accounting, or middle/back-office experience within the asset management industry.
• Strong understanding of securities processing across multiple asset classes.
• Experience with portfolio management and fund accounting platforms such as Bloomberg AIM, SimCorp, Geneva, Advent, SS&C, or similar systems.
• Hands-on experience with trade settlements, cash management, reconciliations, and corporate actions.
• Experience supporting derivatives, including futures, options, swaps, and related lifecycle events.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Working knowledge of Python, SQL, or similar tools for automation and data analysis is preferred.
• Familiarity with multi-asset portfolios and ETF creation/redemption processes is a plus.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across global teams.
• Highly detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $100000.00/Yearly - $110000.00/Yearly.