Investment Operations Analyst

Sequoia Financial Group is a growing Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), headquartered in Northeast Ohio, offering financial planning and wealth management services. At Sequoia, we exist with a singular purpose: to enrich lives. Our values define how we behave and guide us through the pursuit of our purpose to enrich lives. At Sequoia, our core values are:

• Integrity.  We act in the best interests of others by providing an honest, consistent experience for our clients and team. 
• Passion. We pursue our full potential, seeking to continually enhance and evolve our ability to serve our clients and team.
• Teamwork. We subordinate our egos to work together for the benefit of our clients. 

Our promise to team members is that you will grow with us. From experienced advisors to new college grads to transitioning principals, every team member will find Sequoia a place to refine their professional mission, move into new opportunities, go deeper, and lead further. We are built to help you build a career here as a long-term contributor in our work to enrich lives for generations.

Summary of the position

We seek a detailed, motivated, and experienced trader to join our Investment Operations Team. This individual should have in-depth knowledge of financial markets, be a quick learner, and be able to work well in a team as communication within and across departments are key. The position will primarily support the team with daily trade execution and portfolio management operations. 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of trade calculation, execution, and communication with custodians and teammates.
• Reviews all activity for accuracy of account information and adherence to account management standards and internal trading policies and procedures.
• Ensures correct ticket entry and order routing. 
• Maintain communication with team and assists in resolving any settlement problems. 
• Reconcile daily and monthly reports as assigned.
• Monitor portfolio drift to ensure adherence to strategy and client target allocations.
• Support advisors with complex trading requests.
• Executes model-to-model transactions, including analysis of transition impact and coordination of execution. 
• Daily management of routine and ad-hoc trading operations and workflow including, but not limited to, dollar cost averaging, ongoing cash raises, reporting functions, and investment research.
• Ongoing collaboration with back-office, advisory, customer service, and compliance teams to ensure accurate and best practices are being followed.
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive efficiencies within the department.
• Maintains and updates of all the centrally managed models within our trading system.
• Adherence to GIPS policy standards and procedures while preparing and executing trades.

Required Skills/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Enjoys working in fast-paced environment and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across organization through both verbal and written communication.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (run and create functions, pivot tables and charts).

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Quick adaptation to technology
• Trading knowledge
• Strong business acumen
• Ability to work well under stress
• Solid understanding of financial markets
• Excellent analytical skills 
• Experience with portfolio trading/rebalancing platforms and CRM systems (e.g., Tamarac, Salesforce) a plus
• Comfort adopting AI and automation tools to improve trade accuracy and workflow efficiency

Competencies

• Enjoys team environment
• Self-starter who is motivated to learn
• Interest in financial markets