Senior Investment Operations Analyst

Osaic; Merrifield (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Osaic is seeking a Senior Investment Operations Analyst in the United States (Virginia/Merrifield area) on a hybrid schedule requiring four days in office. You will build and automate investment infrastructure, support portfolio management, and enhance reporting accuracy.

The role partners with Advisory, Investment, Service, Technology, and Compliance teams to scale operations and mitigate risk. You will develop Power BI dashboards, manage data across systems, and lead process improvements to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, accounting, business preferred; HS diploma or GED required.
• 4–6 years in investment operations, portfolio accounting, or related analytical role.
• Advanced Excel and working proficiency in SQL; experience with BI tools.
• Experience with BI dashboards (Power BI, Tableau) and automation (Python/R/VBA).
• Familiarity with core wealth management apps (Black Diamond, Salesforce, CAIS, YCharts).

Responsibilities

• Lead daily reconciliation across custodians and portfolio systems; resolve exceptions.
• Research and resolve complex cash, position, performance, and transaction discrepancies.
• Manage portfolio implementation workflows, including rebalancing support and tracking.
• Validate data integrity across systems for reporting, CRM, and investment platforms.
• Prepare compliance and audit documentation tied to trading and controls.
• Develop Power BI dashboards, Excel models, and analytical tools for insights.
• Analyze portfolio trends, liquidity, cash flows, and private investment reporting.
• Identify risks, root causes, and propose practical solutions to management.
• Design processes that automate manual workflows and detect anomalies.

Skills

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Economics/Accounting/Business

High School Diploma or GED required

Tools

Black Diamond

Salesforce

CAIS

YCharts

Job description

Wealth Management Opportunity in Financial Services

Senior Investment Operations Analyst

Osaic has returned to the office on a hybrid schedule requiring a minimum of 4 days weekly in the office.

Role Type: Full time

Summary:

The Senior Investment Operations Analyst plays a critical role in building, automating, and scaling the firm’s investment infrastructure. This position leads complex operational analysis and supports portfolio management, reporting, data integrity, and systems integration across investment and advisory platforms. The role partners closely with Advisory, Investment, Service, Technology, and Compliance Teams to optimize workflows, strengthen reporting accuracy, and drive automation across the investment lifecycle. The Senior Investment Operations Analyst serves as a subject matter resource, independently resolves escalated issues, and contributes to strategic initiatives that improve operational efficiency, mitigate risk, and support scalable growth.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee daily reconciliation processes across custodians, portfolio accounting systems (e.g., Black Diamond), and internal records to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of exceptions.
• Independently research and resolve complex cash, position, performance, and transaction discrepancies in coordination with custodians and internal stakeholders.
• Manage portfolio implementation workflows, including rebalancing support, account-level execution tracking, and escalation of operational exceptions.
• Monitor and validate data integrity across systems to ensure consistency among reporting, performance, CRM, and investment platforms.
• Prepare and maintain compliance- and audit-related documentation tied to trading, portfolio operations, controls, and issue remediation.
• Develop advanced Power BI dashboards, Excel-based models, and other analytical tools to deliver actionable investment and operational insights.
• Perform in-depth analysis of portfolio trends, liquidity, capital calls, cash flows, and private investment reporting.
• Identify trends, root causes, control gaps, and operational risks, and recommend practical solutions to management and business partners.
• Design and implement process improvements that automate manual workflows, including anomaly detection across cash flows, performance data, and account activity.

• Lead or support system integrations across CRM, portfolio accounting, reporting, and investment platforms, including requirements gathering, testing, and validation.
• Build and maintain scalable reporting dashboards, data models, and analytical tools that enhance decision-making and operational transparency.
• Establish repeatable processes and controls to normalize, structure, validate, and govern investment data.
• Contribute to data schema design, data optimization, platform enhancements, and other strategic initiatives.
• Lead operational workstreams supporting the integration and transition of acquired firm investment, account, and performance data.
• Provide guidance, knowledge sharing, and quality review support to team members; perform all other duties as assigned.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or a related field is preferred. High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) is required.

Basic Requirements:

• 4-6 years of experience in investment operations, portfolio accounting, financial services, or a related analytical role.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze and resolve complex operational, data, and investment-related issues with exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong experience working across technology platforms, translating business needs into practical process or system solutions, and adapting quickly to new tools.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working proficiency in SQL, including complex formulas, pivot tables, data analysis, and data validation.
• Experience developing and maintaining business intelligence and reporting solutions using tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Experience using Python, R, VBA, or similar tools for automation, data preparation, or analytical workflows.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience across core wealth management applications is strongly preferred (e.g., Black Diamond, Salesforce, CAIS, Preqin, YCharts, and Powder).
• Experience with private investment reporting, capital activity tracking, and alternative investment data, including platforms such as CAIS.
• Experience serving as a subject matter resource and partnering with advisors, clients, custodians, technology teams, or internal stakeholders in a platform- or systems-focused role.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Osaic is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and we hire the most qualified candidates without regard for age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, language differences, nationality or national origin, family or marital status, physical, mental, and developmental abilities (or the perception of a disability), genetic information, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, skin color, social or economic class, education, work and behavioral styles, political affiliation, military service, caste, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Eligibility

Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Osaic.

Unqualified Applications

Osaic does not consider applications from candidates who do not meet the minimum qualifications stated in the job posting.

Recruiting Agencies

Osaic only accepts candidates from contracted recruiting firms and only for searches approved prior to submissions. Fees will not be paid for unsolicited submissions.