Portfolio Reporting Team Lead

Cerity Partners•New York, NY

1d•$130,000 - $140,000•Remote

About The Position

The Portfolio Reporting Team Lead will provide day-to-day leadership and guidance for the portfolio reporting function, serving as a key resource for team members using the reporting platforms. This role involves leading or supporting the coordination of reporting workflows to ensure timely and accurate delivery of client reporting, including new account set-up, daily updates/reconciliation, monitoring reporting and integration of alternative assets, and monthly performance updates. The lead will proactively monitor dashboards to ensure system integrity and data accuracy, maintain a working understanding of the reporting platform's metrics and processes, and document required processes for ongoing system support. Additionally, this role supports the integration of new advisors onto the Orion & Addepar systems, which includes establishing clients/accounts, linking to custodians, converting history, reconciling history, populating custom attributes, and creating/testing client packages. The lead will also ensure adequate internal controls and compliance with regulatory requirements, assist with improvement projects, and maintain written procedures while seeking continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

7-10 years of related investment services industry experience preferred
Leadership experience, including leading projects, mentoring team members, or overseeing operational workflows within a reporting, operations, or financial services environment
Proficient in Microsoft Excel
Experience using Salesforce
Proven history of being a “self-starter,” and a track record of working effectively in a remote/virtual environment, with a distributed team.
Ability to “manage up” and have direct, open, and progressive conversations with Management and Partners across the firm.
An appetite for analytical problem-solving and desire to maintain a solutions-oriented approach to addressing opportunities and challenges.
Team player who welcomes feedback with the goal of continuous improvement.
Detail-oriented with strong verbal and written communication skills, professional presentation, and organizational skills.
Attitude that no task is too small and a willingness to do whatever tasks are necessary to make sure that the work is done on time.
Proficiency in technology/applications a must – experience with excel required
Bachelor’s degree required

Nice To Haves

Experience with portfolio accounting and performance management software such as Addepar and Orion a plus
Experience in financial services preferred

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day leadership and guidance for the portfolio reporting function.
Lead or support the coordination of reporting workflows to ensure timely and accurate delivery of client reporting.
New account set-up: including coding, linking to custodians and ensuring proper reporting of all investments.
Daily update/reconciliation.
Monitor reporting and integration of alternative assets.
Monthly performance updates.
Proactively monitor dashboards to ensure system integrity and data accuracy.
Maintain a working understanding of the metrics, calculations, key user workflows, and operational processes involved in end-to-end maintenance of the reporting platform.
Document required processes for ongoing system support, participate in requirements gathering for ongoing system updates, and help facilitate user integration and acceptance testing.
Support the integration of new advisors onto the Orion & Addepar systems.
Ensure the existence of adequate internal controls and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Assist with improvement projects, ad-hoc projects and complete assigned research projects.
Maintain written procedures on all aspects of this position and work to continuously improve initiatives to identify potential solutions and efficiencies.