Analyst, Collateral Management

Job Description

Experience: Entry Level

Salary: $90,000 - $100,000 per year

Analyst, Investment Operations — Collateral Management

New York, NY

Our client is a leading global alternative asset management firm with a multi-decade track record, tens of billions of dollars in assets under management, and investment and operational teams located around the world. The firm invests across a broadly diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, real estate, and market solutions, and its approach is driven by collaboration, innovation, and inclusion.

Its teams combine deep product and sector experience with broad capabilities and expertise to develop differentiated insights and add value for fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams, and communities.

The firm's success depends on its people. It builds and sustains a world-class team by creating an inclusive, supportive culture that seeks excellence and encourages humility and transparency. The quality of its investments and its ability to build great companies depend on the originality of its insights. Reaching the firm's full potential means supporting every team member to bring the fullness of their unique perspective to their work and to the broader community.

The firm is committed to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace to foster diversity of thought and reflect the breadth of its limited partners and portfolio companies.

The firm is seeking a motivated and talented individual to join its New York Investment Operations team as an Analyst, supporting the firm's Credit and Real Estate strategies. This person will work within a small team responsible for daily collateral management and credit derivatives support within the wider Operations group. The ideal candidate will possess strong problem‑solving and critical thinking skills, demonstrate initiative, and excel both independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment.

This role requires commitment to identifying inefficiencies and recommending process improvements, with opportunities to contribute to larger strategic initiatives beyond daily responsibilities.

• Manage daily margin movements for cleared/bilateral derivatives, repos, and prime brokerage accounts
• Maintain the firm's collateral management system to ensure that it meets all control policies
• Book cash movements to meet obligations and ensure excess exposure is returned to funds
• Set up and maintain all collateral agreement reference data
• Reconcile cash collateral positions daily and investigate breaks
• Oversee offshore collateral team to ensure daily collateral processing deliverables are met
• Interface with counter party, prime broker, custodian, and fund admin contacts and maintain account relationships
• Test and implement cash and collateral system enhancements
• Automate manual processes using AI and workflow applications (e.g., Alteryx)
• Analyze data and operational risk; build out controls to mitigate such risk
• Review and validate regulatory reporting metrics (e.g., UMR) and onboard ISDA funds to Counter party Manager
• Support cleared/bilateral derivatives transaction processing

• Undergraduate degree
• Minimum 2 years of relevant Investment Operations experience
• Knowledge of collateral management preferred but not required
• Strong background in Excel (must know lookups, pivot tables, conditional logic, macros, etc.)
• Intermediate-level experience in at least one of:
  Power BI, Alteryx, or Python
• Experience with Geneva (GL), collateral management systems, VBA, or SQL is a plus
• Project management experience preferred but not required
• Must be a team collaborator, take ownership of work, and be an excellent communicator
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Must be motivated, adaptable, and proactive

Conventional work schedule, with 4-5 days per week expected in the office. Candidates must be flexible to work additional hours as needed, especially during busy periods and when deadlines need to be met.

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