Analyst, Investment Liaison - Private Asset Management (PAM)

Role Summary

The Private Asset Management (PAM) group provides customized investment counseling and discretionary portfolio management for individuals, trusts, endowments, foundations and other institutions. The PAM Analyst supports the PAM Investment Staff through proactively identifying and addressing all client and investment operational needs, offering and developing solutions to optimize the client experience related to client on-boarding, offboarding and lifecycle events in between.

Responsibilities

• Uses discretion and broad expertise to direct the ongoing operational and client relationship activities associated with portfolio management of average 150 client portfolios varying in complexity and develops custom approaches for clients based on individual needs, Example activities include; researching and analyzing investment and performance data; ensuring coordination of responses on corporate action events; resolving pre-trade compliance issues; maintaining strategy-level data, benchmarks, and performance composites; processing discretionary trade orders, liaising with relevant business contacts (internally and externally) to coordinate service to the client.; and resolving investment, client and custodian related operational issues independently. May act as a resource for junior members while helping them complete operational activities.
• Ensures operational readiness to support investment management activities for a variety of products, separate accounts, and/or investment types through all stages of the client lifecycle. This requires liaising between all internal and external stakeholders to ensure all documentation and operational requirements are fulfilled prior to inception/effective date.
• Uses discretion to compose portfolio manager and client response on ad-hoc and recurring requests. Collaborates with others to compose portfolio manager responses to quantitative investment-related data inquiries posed by internal teams, clients, consultants, and prospects.
• Responsible for review of final materials before delivering to end client and investment staff (ex. Client meeting presentation, client reporting, portfolio manager meeting materials)
• May represent department leveraging broad knowledge and expertise to lead departmental initiatives to increase efficiencies, scale, reduce risk, new capabilities and/or adhere to regulatory mandates
• Responsible for owning and/or completing PAM Business deliverables (ex. Quarterly Billing, ADV Annual Mailing, RFPs, Client mailings, Audits, etc.)
• Maintains accurate and complete procedural documentation for assigned processes, participates in cross-training exercises and provides operational coverage as needed for peers and investment staff. Under the direction of senior team members and management, participates in training new employees on policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND
• 2+ years of total relevant work experience

Preferred:

• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Possesses a positive, problem-solving oriented attitude to both internal and external client interactions
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills
• Possesses excellent organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, flexible
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, accuracy, and deadlines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization
• Highly motivated with demonstrated initiative
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and ideas to non-technical audience
• Ability to navigate through internal and client organizations for decisions and sign-off
• Ability to identify potential issues and escalate accordingly

Finra Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to one day per week from home.