Sr. Associate, Data Operations

NFP Corp•Springfield, MA

About The Position

The Senior Associate, Data Operations will be a senior member of Wealthspire’s Data Operations Team and will partner closely with other members of the Wealthspire Data Operations Team as well as with members of the Investment Operations team, including the Head of Trading, Portfolio Managers, and Compliance. This position requires advanced quantitative ability, strong attention to detail, and honed organizational and leadership skills to successfully own and manage a broad set of operational responsibilities, set standards across the team, and mentor junior staff.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
At least six years of relevant work experience, including experience in a lead or supervisory capacity
Hands-on experience with Addepar (or comparable portfolio accounting/reporting platform)
Working knowledge of private investment structures, capital calls, distributions, and valuation practices
Numerical accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to prioritize competing initiatives, manage projects end to end, and work in a team environment
Professional appearance and manner
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort presenting to senior stakeholders

Nice To Haves

experience with Canoe or similar alternative investment data platforms strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as a liaison with Addepar for data maintenance and platform governance of the firm’s Addepar instance
Own and administer security settings and permissioning standards
Design and maintain account groupings, saved views, templates, reports, and dashboards
Manage population of account and group attributes for new accounts and clients
Validate accuracy of client performance and capital flows, and resolve escalated discrepancies
Verify that security, portfolio, transaction, and pricing data from custodians and other sources is accurate
Lead broader database maintenance, data quality and data flow automation initiatives
Maintain database back-up files and supporting controls
Support trading operations within Addepar and related trading tools
Own alternative and private investment data operations, including administration of Canoe for document ingestion, capital call and distribution capture, and statement processing; oversee private investment valuations, commitment and cash flow tracking, and reconciliation of alternative holdings across custodians, fund administrators, and the reporting platform
Review, update, and improve overall processes/procedures; document and enforce best practices