Portfolio Consultant III

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The Portfolio Consultant III will drive investment management services for Wealth Advisors. The role serves as a main point of contact for Wealth Management for investment and portfolio management. Primary responsibilities include meeting with Advisors to consult on portfolio strategy, objectives, and ensuring accurate completion of investment implementations. This role is deeply involved in the investment process, serving as a point person for newly acquired firms assimilating to our investment platform and models.

In addition, this role is pivotal in supporting the firm’s organic growth by developing investment deliverables for prospective clients. Collaborating closely with Wealth Advisors, Operations, Portfolio Management, Compliance, and Trading departments, this role ensures strategic alignment and delivers exceptional service. This role provides excellent opportunity for career acceleration and advancement to many areas within the company including Portfolio Management, Investment Operations, and Wealth Management.

Communicate investment philosophy and available investment strategies clearly and effectively. Provide status updates on portfolio implementations proactively and timely. Deliver an excellent experience to our Wealth Advisor Teams in developing and implementing investment strategies Must have the ability to work both independently as well as within a team on multiple time-sensitive projects with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

Lead presentations on various investment topics to Wealth Advisor teams. Knowledge of Investment Management Support new Portfolio Consultants with developing core competencies within investment platform. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of capital markets and portfolio design & management. Ability to effectively match Advisor implementation goals with available investment strategies. Expertise in complex investment vehicles, models, and platform, including public and private markets.

Drafting, supporting, and auditing analytics, proposals, and deliverables for Wealth Management Teams.

Strong grasp on overall process & workflow to help troubleshoot portfolio inquiries. Collaborate with key central teams to coordinate process improvement. Responsible for managing standardized workflows and investment processes Manage portfolio implementations concurrently to meet or exceed Service Level Agreements Audit implementations to ensure outcome is consistent with target portfolio objectives Lead the training of new hires, ensuring the team is well-prepared to deliver exceptional investment management…