Investment Data Operations Consultant

Bruin; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Bruin is partnering with a leading investment management organization on a large-scale data remediation initiative. The role focuses on identifying and resolving discrepancies across investment, accounting, and custody records.

You will investigate reconciliation breaks, analyze activity, and drive issues through resolution. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in investment operations, with hands-on experience in reconciliation and a strong grounding in fixed income or private credit.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in investment operations, middle office, or related function.
• Hands-on experience investigating reconciliation breaks and operational exceptions.
• Working knowledge of fixed-income or broader investment portfolios and lifecycle events.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve complex reconciliation breaks across investment, accounting, and custody records.
• Analyze transaction activity and investment data to identify root causes and remediation steps.
• Perform reconciliations across cash, positions, transactions, and income.
• Collaborate with internal teams, custodians, asset managers, and counterparties to close issues.
• Support data-quality reviews and help improve accuracy of investment records.

Skills

Investment operations

Reconciliation analysis

Data analysis

Stakeholder coordination

Financial product knowledge

Tools

Clearwater

WSO

ClearPar

Geneva

Solvas

Aladdin

Job description

We are partnering with a leading investment management organization on a large-scale investment data remediation initiative focused on identifying and resolving discrepancies across investment, accounting, and custody records.

The successful candidate will investigate complex reconciliation breaks, analyze underlying transaction activity and investment data, identify root causes, and work with internal teams and external counterparties to drive issues through resolution. Experience across private credit, fixed income, or broader investment operations is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Investigate and resolve complex reconciliation breaks and data discrepancies across investment, accounting, and custody records.
• Analyze underlying transaction activity, investment documentation, and system data to identify root causes and drive remediation.
• Perform reconciliations across cash, positions, transactions, investment income, and other portfolio activity.
• Work with internal teams, custodians, asset managers, and external counterparties to research and resolve outstanding exceptions.
• Support data-quality reviews, identify recurring issues, and help improve the accuracy and consistency of investment records.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in investment operations, middle office, investment accounting, loan operations, or a related function.
• Hands-on experience investigating reconciliation breaks, transaction discrepancies, and operational exceptions through resolution.
• Working knowledge of fixed-income products, private credit, bank loans, structured credit, or broader investment portfolios.
• Strong understanding of investment transaction lifecycles, cash movements, positions, and accounting records.
• Experience with investment platforms such as Clearwater, WSO, ClearPar, Geneva, Solvas, Aladdin, or similar system is a plus.
• Buy-side, asset management, or insurance investment operations experience preferred.
• Initial 6-month contract with potential for extension.
• Flexible hybrid schedule (1 day in office per week)