Orion & Addepar Reporting Analyst

Cerity Partners•Chicago, IL

4d•$90,000 - $110,000

About The Position

The Orion & Addepar Reporting Analyst is a member of the operations team and supports the Orion client performance reporting system. The role involves account setup, daily updates and reconciliations, alternative-asset reporting, monthly performance updates, monitoring system integrity and data accuracy, and developing custom templates and summary reports. The analyst serves as a point of contact for operational issues and maintains an understanding of reporting metrics, calculations, workflows, and end-to-end platform maintenance. The analyst also supports onboarding new advisors to Orion, including establishing clients and accounts, linking custodians, converting and reconciling historical transactions, balances, and performance, populating custom attributes, and creating and testing client packages. The position helps maintain internal controls and regulatory compliance, documents and improves procedures, participates in requirements gathering and user testing for system updates, and contributes to improvement, ad-hoc, and research projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; a degree in business or financial services is preferred.
Experience using Salesforce.
Five to seven years of experience in portfolio reporting and performance management software; Orion experience is specified.
Experience supporting client portfolio reporting, investment data management, or portfolio oversight in a wealth management or financial services environment.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a self-starter in a remote or virtual environment with a distributed team.
Ability to manage up and have direct, open, and progressive conversations with management and partners across the firm.
Analytical problem-solving ability and a solutions-oriented approach.
Team-oriented approach and willingness to receive feedback for continuous improvement.
Detail orientation and strong verbal and written communication, professional presentation, and organizational skills.
Demonstrated ability to apply AI or advanced analytics tools to optimize reporting workflows and enhance decision-making.
Willingness to undertake whatever tasks are necessary to complete work on time.
Technology and application proficiency, including Excel.

Nice To Haves

Business or financial services degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Support Orion for client performance reporting, including new account setup, coding, custodian linking, and ensuring investments are reported correctly.
Perform daily updates and reconciliations, monitor alternative-asset reporting and integration, and complete monthly performance updates.
Monitor dashboards to help ensure system integrity and data accuracy.
Develop custom templates and summary reports as needed.
Serve as a point of contact for operations issues involving advisor teams, custodians, and third-party solution providers.
Maintain working knowledge of reporting metrics, calculations, user workflows, and operational processes for the reporting platform.
Document system-support processes, participate in requirements gathering for system updates, and help facilitate user integration and acceptance testing.
Support integration of new advisors onto Orion by establishing clients and accounts, linking custodians, converting historical transactions, balances, and performance, reconciling converted history, populating custom attributes, and creating and testing client packages with users.
Help ensure adequate internal controls and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Assist with improvement and ad-hoc projects and complete assigned research projects.
Maintain written procedures and continuously identify potential solutions and efficiencies.