What are the responsibilities and job description for the Investment Operations Associate position at W3Global?
Position Summary
We are seeking an Investment Operations Associate to support the daily execution of the firm's investment operations and portfolio reporting functions.
Reporting to the Investment Operations Manager, this role helps to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of trading workflows, portfolio reporting, billing processes, and investment data management. The Associate works closely with the Investment Operations team, Investment team, and Wealth Management advisors to support operational workflows and maintain the integrity of investment data across firm systems.
This role is ideal for a detail-oriented operations professional who enjoys working with investment data, improving processes, and developing deep expertise in portfolio operations within a collaborative advisory firm.
Qualifications
Our investment operations team works with a range of industry platforms including:
We are seeking an Investment Operations Associate to support the daily execution of the firm's investment operations and portfolio reporting functions.
Reporting to the Investment Operations Manager, this role helps to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of trading workflows, portfolio reporting, billing processes, and investment data management. The Associate works closely with the Investment Operations team, Investment team, and Wealth Management advisors to support operational workflows and maintain the integrity of investment data across firm systems.
This role is ideal for a detail-oriented operations professional who enjoys working with investment data, improving processes, and developing deep expertise in portfolio operations within a collaborative advisory firm.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in investment operations specifically dealing with trading platforms such as portfolio rebalancers
- Series 65 license or willingness to obtain within the first 90 days
- Experience working with custodians such as Fidelity or Schwab
- Strong attention to detail and process discipline
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and Excel
- Ability to troubleshoot operational issues and work effectively across teams
- 2 years of Financial Services experience
- Experience working in an onsite setting
- Support daily trading workflows in alignment with portfolio models and client account guidelines
- Monitor trading systems, cash balances, and account drift to ensure portfolios remain aligned with investment strategy
- Assist in resolving trade exceptions, corrections, and custodian inquiries
- Support reconciliation of custodial data and portfolio accounting systems
- Prepare and reconcile client and model performance reports
- Maintain firm-wide portfolio reporting standards, including preparation and validation of GIPS-compliant monthly performance analysis
- Assist with preparation of reports and analysis for Investment Committee and internal leadership meetings
- Assist with quarterly asset-based billing processes
- Audit fee calculations and support reconciliation of billing outputs
- Coordinate with operations and advisory teams to resolve billing discrepancies
- Assist in preparation of proposed investment analysis
- Maintain various investment reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly)
- Maintain historical investment spreadsheet
- Assist portfolio managers with client projects and security research
Our investment operations team works with a range of industry platforms including:
- Black Diamond
- YCharts
- Custodial trading and reporting platforms (e.g., Schwab Advisor Center)
- CRM systems and internal operational reporting tools (Salesforce)
- Microsoft 365 and Excel-based reconciliation and reporting workflows
Salary : $75,000 - $90,000