Hybrid Portfolio Management & Data Insights Associate

Petra Funds Group; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

HSA contributions

401(k) match

Flexible PTO

Holiday calendar

Hybrid work

Pro-rated funding

Job summary

Petra Funds Group seeks a Portfolio Management Associate to serve as the operational backbone of the Portfolio Management function. You will help build reporting, data, and dashboard infrastructure, and design how the firm sees risk and performance in real time.

This role offers growth as the platform scales, with opportunities to take on broader portfolio and investment work, including quarterly valuations and automated data pipelines, working in a collaborative, detail‑driven environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field required; CFA progress a plus
• 5+ years of experience in portfolio management, credit analysis, fund administration, or a related function within private credit or alternative investments
• Strong data analysis skills and proficiency in Excel, with familiarity with portfolio management or data visualization platforms (e.g., Allvue, Power BI, Power Query, Snowflake or similar)
• Experience with data aggregation workflows and data mapping; exposure to automation tools (Power Automate, Python, VBA, or similar) a plus
• Experience designing or scaling reporting and dashboard systems from early stage — comfortable working in greenfield environments where process and tooling are still being defined
• Hands‑on experience applying AI and large language models (LLMs) to investment processes, including company research, financial analysis, industry monitoring, data synthesis, and workflow automation

Responsibilities

• Run portfolio monitoring and surface material developments and risk breaches for escalation.
• Own the Firmwide credit watch list, keeping it current as positions evolve.
• Stay ahead of amendment activity across the portfolio and prepare summaries for deal team and PM review.
• Aggregate borrower data by fund — consolidating positions, financials, and exposures into a fund-level view.
• Build and maintain performance models at both borrower and fund level — translating data into return, yield, and attribution analytics.
• Stand up the data layer — getting portfolio company financials into the firm's systems so data points are accurate.
• Ensure data integrity across all fund-level and firm-level holdings; identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Drive automation initiatives — building data pipelines and templates that replace manual work.
• Build and run the daily, weekly, and monthly reporting cadence for KPIs, performance, and attribution.
• Assist in building real-time dashboards, then own their accuracy and timeliness for stakeholders.
• Assist in developing new reporting templates and visualizations as needed by internal stakeholders.
• Assist in coordinating quarterly portfolio reviews, including compiling company-level performance packages.
• Liaise with third-party valuation firm to provide required data inputs and track timelines.
• Update valuation models and attribution analyses after quarterly reviews.
• Safeguard investment guideline compliance and allocation targets, escalating deviations in real time.
• Keep alert systems sharp to catch what matters before issues arise.
• Collaborate with Investment, Operations, Finance, Risk, and IT teams to support data flows and processes.
• Prepare ad hoc analyses and presentations as requested.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel

Power BI

Allvue

Power Query

Snowflake

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or accounting

CFA progress

Tools

Python

Power Automate

VBA

Snowflake

Job description

Petra Funds Group seeks a Portfolio Management Associate to serve as the operational backbone of the Portfolio Management function. You will help build reporting, data, and dashboard infrastructure, and design how the firm sees risk and performance in real time.

This role offers growth as the platform scales, with opportunities to take on broader portfolio and investment work, including quarterly valuations and automated data pipelines, working in a collaborative, detail‑driven environment.