Client Portfolio Analyst

Waldron Private Wealth; Wayne (PA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Waldron Private Wealth is seeking a client portfolio analyst to support investment portfolio management, help with trades, rebalancing, and day-to-day client portfolio oversight. The role emphasizes performance analysis and risk management to ensure portfolios align with investment objectives and firm guidelines.

You will collaborate with the Wealth Advisory and operations teams to execute trades and monitor client portfolios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field.
• At least 1 year of experience in financial services.
• Pursuing CFA charter, CFP designation, or equivalent.
• Registration eligibility within 3 months of start date (e.g. CFP®, CFA, Series 65/66).

Responsibilities

• Support portfolio construction, asset allocation, and rebalancing.
• Oversee cash and client activity reports, trade reconciliation, and settlement reviews.
• Prepare trade recommendations and maintain target portfolios per firm guidelines.
• Analyze alternative investments and reconcile related fund data.
• Monitor performance against benchmarks and report drivers to Wealth Advisory.
• Assist in scenario testing, stress/drawdown analysis, and compliance with objective letters.

Skills

Financial services experience

CFA/ CFP progression

Registration eligibility within 3 mos

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in finance or related field

Job description

Waldron Private Wealth (Waldron) is seeking a client portfolio analyst to provide investment portfolio management services, assist with the preparation of trades,rebalancing, and day-to-day management of client portfolios. The role will have a key focus onperformance analysis and risk management that seeks to ensure a client’s portfolio aligns with theirinvestment objectives, risk tolerance, and firm guidelines as well as maintenance of internal systemsand reporting.

In this role you will:

1. Support client portfolio managers in portfolio construction, asset allocation, and rebalancing.
2. Support the operational functions of the portfolio management team by overseeing the completion of cash reports,client activity reports, trade reconciliation and settlement reviews, and other regular tasks.
3. Prepare trade recommendations for client portfolios and assist with maintenance of target portfolios relative to firmguidelines.
4. Develop an understanding of alternative investments and use that knowledge to assist with inputting alternativeinvestment data accurately and the reconciliation of capital calls, distributions, and other fund-level data as needed.
5. Monitor portfolio performance relative to benchmarks.
6. Assist with the development and communication of drivers of investment performance of client portfolios to internalteam members and the Wealth Advisory team.
7. Assist with scenario, stress, and drawdown analysis.
8. Review portfolio compliance with investment objective letters.
9. Develop an understanding of the structure of client portfolios as it relates to wash-sale groups, related accounts,lifestyle vs legacy assets, and related factors.
10. Assist in portfolio transitions for new clients and manager changes.
11. Collaborate with the operations, research, and Wealth Advisory teams to ensure accurate execution of trades.
12. Learn and assist in the trading process.
    • Assisting with and trusted to execute the trading process with little to no supervision.
    • Demonstrated understanding of the Waldron portfolio construction and management process through thedelivery of client allocation and trade recommendations and knowledge of available investment options that may be utilized to assist in tax planning, concentrated position management, and other unique situations.

Experience/Education Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in finance or related field required.
2. Minimum of one (1) year of experience in financial services industry preferred.
3. Progression towards the CFA charter, CFP® designation, or other approved designation,targeting to start prior to the end of first year.
4. Registration eligibility required within 3 months of start date. (e.g. CFP®, ChFC, PFS, CFA, CIC,Series 65, or Series 66).