Senior Portfolio Specialist Location: IN-Carmel-46032 Post Date: 10-29-26 Full / Part Time

Goelzer Investment Management, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Training & development

Vision insurance

401(k)

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Free food & snacks

Job summary

Goelzer Investment Management, Inc. is seeking a Senior Portfolio Specialist to lead the firm’s trading function, ensuring efficient execution and strong controls that align with investment strategy.

You will work closely with portfolio managers and operations to support high-quality outcomes across equities, mutual funds, and fixed income. The role requires 5+ years of trading or investment-management experience, experience with portfolio accounting and Tamarac, and a proven ability to manage

Qualifications

• 5+ years in equity, mutual funds, or fixed income trading or investment management.
• Experience in wealth management or related financial services.
• Operational level experience with portfolio accounting, reporting, and rebalancing software; Tamarac Portfolio Center preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute and oversee trading across client accounts and households.
• Manage block trading, trade aggregation, and allocations.
• Ensure timely and accurate trade execution aligned with investment strategy.
• Assist with internal operational reviews related to trading activity, system behavior, reporting processes, and investment data accuracy.
• Escalate operational risks, data integrity concerns, or system limitations to leadership.
• Maintain required trade documentation and order records.
• Identify and resolve trade exceptions and error corrections; maintain audit trails and records.
• Support trade reviews, execution quality analysis, and pricing validation as directed.
• Own and maintain trading workflows, procedures, and controls.
• Drive improvements in trading efficiency and scalability.
• Develop and maintain integrations across portfolio-management systems, third-party strategy providers, and custodians.
• Partner with portfolio managers and operations on trading alignment.
• Coordinate trading activity with custodians.
• Communicate risks, issues, and constraints to leadership.
• 5+ years of relevant operational and trading experience; degree in finance or related field.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Professionalism and confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Tamarac Portfolio Center

Tamarac suite

Job description

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Free food & snacks

The Senior Portfolio Specialist (SPS) serves as the primary expert and administrator of the firm’s trading functions. This position requires 5 or more years of equity, mutual fund and fixed income Trading or Investment Management experience. The SPS ensures that the firm’s trading systems facilitate accurate and efficient trade execution and timely and reliable monitoring of client accounts. The SPS will also serve as the primary contact point with custodians to ensure data integration and integrity.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for leading the firm’s trading function, ensuring efficient execution, strong process controls, and alignment with investment strategy. This role partners closely with portfolio management and operations to support high-quality investment outcomes.

Trading Execution & Oversight

• Execute and oversee trading across client accounts and households
• Manage block trading, trade aggregation, and allocations
• Ensure timely and accurate trade execution aligned with investment strategy
• Assist with internal operational reviews related to trading activity, system behavior, reporting processes, and investment data accuracy.
• Escalate operational risks, data integrity concerns, or system limitations to appropriate leadership in a timely manner.
• Maintain required trade documentation and order records

Trade Quality & Risk Management

• Identify, document, and assist in resolving trade exceptions and error corrections, as necessary
• Maintain required documentation, audit trails, and order records
• Support trade reviews, execution quality analysis, and pricing validation as directed.

Process Ownership & Improvement

• Own and maintain trading workflows, procedures, and controls
• Drive improvements in trading efficiency and scalability
• Develop and maintain integrations across portfolio-management systems, third-party strategy providers, and custodians,

Collaboration & Communication

• Partner with portfolio managers and operations on trading alignment
• Coordinate trading activity with custodians
• Communicate risks, issues, and constraints to leadership

Work Experience & Knowledge

• 5 or more years of professional working experience preferred.
• Relevant experience in wealth management or related financial services is required.
• Operational level experience with portfolio accounting ,reporting, and rebalancing software. Administrative experience with the Tamarac product suite, including Tamarac Portfolio Center, preferred.

Skills & Personal Attributes

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including advanced lookup and reference functions, as well as the ability to extract and integrate data between different applications.
• Superior communications skills (both verbal and written), a strong orientation toward detail, and focus on accuracy.
• Ability to produce high-quality work in a demanding, often time-constrained environment.
• Dedication to professionalism and confidentiality.

Education

• Minimum Required: 5 years of relevant operational and trading (equities, mutual funds, individual bonds) experience with a bachelor’s degree in finance or related field.