Investment Operations Analyst

Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, National Christian Foundation (NCF) is a 501(c)(3) charitable grantmaking ministry that provides creative giving solutions and inspires biblical generosity among Christian families, advisors, and charities. NCF has received more than $33 billion in contributions and made more than $25 billion in giver-recommended grants to 90,000 charities. NCF is an industry leader in accepting gifts of appreciated assets such as stocks, real estate, and business interests, which enable givers to save taxes and maximize charitable gifts.

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Position Overview

The Investment Operations Analyst supports NCF's investment function by maintaining accurate, complete, and reconciled investment data, activity, reporting, and account records across internal and external systems. This role supports investment operations, data reconciliation, performance analysis, manager reporting review, and coordination with Finance & Accounting, external investment managers, custodians, and reporting platforms.

The Analyst maintains reliable investment operations processes, processes cash transactions, validates Clearwater investment activity against manager and custodian records, and helps ensure data integrity. The Analyst also produces timely, decision-useful reports for investment leadership and helps identify and resolve discrepancies, data issues, and operational process gaps.

This position requires strong attention to detail, investment and accounting literacy, analytical judgment, and effective collaboration with internal teams and external partners.

This position is hybrid based out of our office in Alpharetta, GA.

Reports to:Vice President, Investment Offerings

Management/Supervision:None

Duties & Responsibilities

Investment Operations

• Reviews pool cash allocations and coordinate cash movements with Finance & Accounting
• Coordinates all cash transactions, including capital calls, distributions, and house cash transactions
• Updates Giver-recommended alternative investment balances quarterly in internal systems
• Supports monthly, quarterly, and yearly investment reporting by coordinating data collection, validation, review, distribution, and follow-up with relevant stakeholders

Investment Data and Performance Reconciliation

• Reconciles investment analytics between Clearwater and investment managers, consultants, custodians, and internal records
• Validates Clearwater investment activity, performance results, benchmarks, and supporting data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency
• Identifies, researches, and helps to resolve reporting discrepancies between managers, consultants, and Clearwater

Pools and Giver-Recommended Alternatives Accounts Onboarding & Documentation

• Oversees the end-to-end process of opening new investment accounts across various pools and Giver-recommended Alternatives
• Ensures all required documentation is accurate and complete
• Coordinates with accounting on all new account activity
• Facilitates the execution of Investment Management Agreements (IMAs) and related legal documents
• Verifies the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of onboarding paperwork with internal policies and external regulations
• Monitors the funding status of new accounts

Alternative Investments Pool (AIP) Operations

• Oversees the entire process of new investment requests into AIP
• Validates that the fund is eligible to allocate to AIP
• Verifies required documentation is received to process allocation
• Coordinates all cash transfers to AIP with accounting
• Communicates with RMs and Directors on status of allocations
• Processes withdrawal requests only after confirming the lock-up…