Investment Associate

Responsible for supporting and overseeing critical investment operations across reconciliation, trade settlement, private equity administration, data management, and client service. Ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timely processing of investment activity and data, proactively resolves operational issues and exceptions, and partners with investment teams, custodians, service providers, and internal stakeholders to support efficient operations and a high-quality client experience.

What you will do:

• Reconciliation Reconciles client transactions and holdings with custodians daily and/or monthly and resolves daily reconciliation issues. Reconciles holdings on accounting system with trading system daily, investigates differences, and resolves daily discrepancies. Communicates the status of significant account activity such as account funding, contributions, or withdrawals to Portfolio Managers and Client Service. Responds to ad-hoc inquiries for data and/or reports from Portfolio Managers, Marketing, Client Service, and others throughout the firm.
  
  Assists with mandatory and voluntary corporate action workflows, including reviewing event details, coordinating elections with Portfolio Managers, and submitting instructions to custodians within required deadlines.
• Settlement Ensures timely settlement of all trade activity. Processes purchases and sales of fixed income, equity securities, derivatives, private debt, private equity, etc. Works closely with Operations teams to understand impacts of trade activity and assist with issue resolution. Processes daily margining requests for Derivatives.
• Private Equity Reconciles cash for PE Funds. Books transactions and archives supporting documentation for general partner transactions. Creates notifications and facilitates receipt and payment of investor funds along with quarterly investor capital account statements. Reconciles monthly valuations for all underlying investments. Creates and updates client presentation materials for the investor relations team.
• Data Performs daily and monthly pricing for all securities. Responsible for SMF set up in the accounting system for accuracy. Monitors data exceptions through the Enterprise Data Management software and resolves anything that arises. Maintains and creates new reference data as needed. PORT administration and daily reconciliation.
• Client Service Initiates transactions with the Fort Washington LLC investments to meet client cashflow needs, including corresponding with fund accountant and wiring party. Produces regular internal reporting on new and closed accounts as well as cashflows. Completes templated client review materials to facilitate Institutional client meetings. This includes coordinating with investment management, relationship management, compliance and operations to meet timelines. Assists with various client reporting efficiency initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

• Bachelor's Degree In Business Administration or pursuing a degree with commensurate industry experience
  - Preferred
• Commensurate work experience.
  
  - Required
• Must demonstrate strong attention to detail with excellent organizational skills. Expected to cite examples of organization and time management methods used to manage or prioritize workload demands.
  
  - Required
• Basic knowledge of fixed income and equity securities with demonstrated ability to articulate each.
  
  - Preferred
• Demonstrated business knowledge in accounting, operations, customer service and computer systems.
  
  - Preferred
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to convey information, verbally and in writing, to internal and external customers in a…