Investment Ops Analyst

Principal Financial Group; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Financial Group is seeking an Investment Operations Analyst to join the Custom Investment Operations team in a hybrid role. You will perform daily trading controls, onboarding of investment offerings, and collaboration with internal partners to resolve inquiries and implement process improvements.

A background in accounting/finance and at least 3 years of relevant experience are preferred. Responsibilities include reconciliations, data integrity, and supporting regulatory activities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of accounting, finance or economics experience
• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
• Experience in investment/mutual fund operations helpful

Responsibilities

• Perform daily trading controls and self-identify analysis needs
• Onboard and maintain investment offerings for trading readiness
• Support projects and process improvements through development and implementation
• Coordinate with internal partners to address inquiries/issues
• Provide compliance and regulatory support as needed

Skills

Accounting

Finance

Analytical skills

Independent decision making

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/economics/business

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

What You’ll Do

We’re looking for an Investment Operations Analyst to join our Custom Investment Operations team. In this role, you’ll perform daily trading controls and self-identify analysis needs to ensure financial transactions are handled timely and accurately. You will support the department and internal business partners by answering questions regarding custom investments as well as detect and address advanced problems with minimal mentorship. You will also participate and/or provide support on project initiatives. Your responsibilities include but are not limited to investment onboarding, trade reconciliation, statistical control reporting, compliance evidence reporting, regulatory support activities, supporting system enhancements and/or process improvement initiatives through development and implementation.

• Independently implement and resolve reconciliation problems between recordkeeping, accounting, broker/dealer and/or pricing system with minimal guidance. Identify and resolve issues associated with transactional data, trade variances, settlement variances, and/or compliance breaches.
• Onboard and maintain investment offerings to ensure readiness for trading, client usage and/or pricing process.
• Independently initiate and lead conversations with internal and external business partners, formulate a plan of action to resolve inquiries/issues.
• Support team effectiveness through knowledge transfer and collaboration.
• Support and participate in projects, creation and rollout of new initiatives, process reviews and/or system improvements.

Who You Are

• 3+ years of accounting, finance or economics experience or equivalent, shown through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• A Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent experience in fields such as accounting, finance, economics, or business is preferred.
• Experience in investment/mutual fund operations or related field is helpful
• Strong problem solving, technical and analytical skills along with keen attention to detail.
• A self-starter who is effective with independent decision making and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to balance a full workload across multiple tasks and prioritize with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and facilitate teamwork and communication.
• Strong mentoring, interpersonal and listening skills.

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Experience with recordkeeping and accounting reconciliation, transaction processing and overall WSRS processing knowledge.
• Experience in either investment, fund, accounting, recordkeeping functions, or a similar area.
• Experience with basic Excel functions preferred. SQL background beneficial but not required.

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$58900 - $84000 / year

Salary Details

The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies.

• Des Moines, IA: $58,900 - $79,800 / year
• Charlotte, NC: $62,000 - $84,000 / year

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don\'t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Yes

Location(s)

Currently considering candidates in the Charlotte, NC and Des Moines, IA area.

Work Environments

This role offers a hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek) work arrangement.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

We are not considering applicants who require any type of immigration sponsorship to work in the United States now or in the future. This includes F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, and similar authorizations. For more information about work authorization, please see the following links.

Investment Ethical Guidelines

For Principal Asset Management roles, you must adhere to an Investment Code of Ethics concerning personal and business behavior and trading activities for you and your household members. These rules might also apply to other roles within the company.

Experience Principal

At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re inventing a more purpose‑led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the outstanding experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well‑being. Check out our careers site to learn more about our purpose, values, and benefits.

Posting Window

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Original Posting Date

9/9/2026

Most Recently Posted Date

9/16/2026

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