Investment Operations Specialist: Settlements & Trade Support

Blue Owl Capital; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Owl Capital is seeking a detail-oriented Investment Operations Professional based in Chicago. You will support deal teams in settling both public and private investments, and use BlackRock Aladdin to book trades, maintain records, and monitor activity throughout settlement workflows.

You will collaborate with custodians, portfolio managers, treasury, legal, and investment accounting to ensure timely, accurate settlements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in investment operations.
• Experience supporting public or private credit and alternative investments.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Support deal teams in settling public and private investment transactions.
• Utilize BlackRock Aladdin to book trades, maintain records, monitor activity, and support settlement workflows.
• Coordinate with custodians, portfolio managers, treasury, legal, and investment accounting to resolve operational issues.
• Manage timely processing of capital calls with transaction integrity across platforms.
• Lead complex transfer and re-registration of private credit investments, including pre-transfer reconciliations and post-transfer record maintenance.
• Oversee operational aspects of public markets trading, CTM trade matching, exception resolution, and DTC settlements coordination.
• Serve as central point of contact for ad-hoc inquiries and cross-functional communication.
• Gather, validate, and distribute corporate action information and coordinate timely execution of events.
• Develop, document, and enhance operational procedures to improve efficiency and mitigate risk.

Skills

Investment operations

Public/Private credit

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

BlackRock Aladdin

Job description

Blue Owl Capital is seeking a detail-oriented Investment Operations Professional based in Chicago. You will support deal teams in settling both public and private investments, and use BlackRock Aladdin to book trades, maintain records, and monitor activity throughout settlement workflows.

You will collaborate with custodians, portfolio managers, treasury, legal, and investment accounting to ensure timely, accurate settlements.