Investment Analyst

Contribute to managing investments that fulfill the visions of generous donors and the dreams of young people through the life-changing opportunity of education at the University of Nebraska.

• Do you enjoy using your relationship building talents, intellectual curiosity and analytical skills to help our investment office grow?
• Are you self-motivated, and eager to develop your investment knowledge to contribute to our mission?
• Are you passionate about the mission of the University of Nebraska Foundation and the difference higher education can make in the lives of others?

At the University of Nebraska Foundation, we grow relationships and resources that enable the University of Nebraska to change lives and save lives. We believe that our strong commitment to inclusion and respect is essential to accomplishing this mission through our values of teamwork, integrity, and passion for mission. We invite, explore, and celebrate differences to increase productivity, spark innovation and most importantly, accomplish our mission.

As the Investment Analyst, you will play a critical role in guiding the Foundation’s investment efforts and have the satisfaction of knowing you are a significant contributor to our mission. This is an opportunity to join an established and growing institutional investment office focused on supporting a leading land grant university with four campuses and more than 50,000 students. Among public universities, the University of Nebraska ranks in the top 25 nationally for both funds raised and endowed assets under management.

You will contribute to an organization with a $4.5B+ balance sheet and investment returns that ranked in the top decile in FY26. With this role you can expect the intellectual freedom to pursue a broad range of investment projects and the opportunity to contribute to our success.

Ways you will make an impact:

• Work closely with the foundation’s CIO, Senior Director of Investments, investment office staff, and foundation staff to manage the investment efforts of multiple portfolios.
• Serve as an investment generalist across multiple portfolios and asset classes and increase body of knowledge.
• Manage research and ongoing due diligence process for several dozen retained and potential investment managers and service providers.
• Quantitative and qualitativeanalysison multiple portfolios.
• Review and refine asset allocation and risk attribution for each portfolio.
• Evaluation of investment opportunities with an emphasis on private markets.
• Assist with various ad-hoc tasks as assigned.

Who we want:

• Intellectually curious individual whose passion for discovering great investments is rivaled by their dedication to the University of Nebraska Foundation’s mission.
• Contributors of impact individually and to our team, someone who makes us all better.
• Compassionate communicators who are driven and energized by the opportunity to build trusted partnerships.
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented individuals who can meet deadlines and value precision and processes.
• Adaptable problem-solving individuals who can effectively prioritize and execute multiple tasks.
• Driven individual who desires to achieve excellence and deliver quality in even the minute tasks.
• Ambitious individual who is looking to take the next step in their career while working alongside and learning from some of the best investors.
• Commitment to excellence while upholding integrity and acting as part of a team.

What you need:

• Minimum Education
  :
  Bachelor’s Degree.
  Preferred Education
  : MBA or business-related master’s degree or CFA/CAIA senior designation strongly preferred.
• Minimum Experience
  : 2+ years of institutional investment experience, including research/diligence related to manager selection, portfolio analysis and management,…