Investment Data Applications & Integration Manager

Job

Location:

Oakland

Full/Part Time:
Unspecified

UC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

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The Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the Regents of the University of California (UC Investments) manages more than $200 billion of endowment, retirement, and working capital assets under the policies, guidelines, and performance benchmarks established by the UC Board of Regents. Our mission and our fiduciary duty compel us to always act in the best financial interests of the University of California and to uphold an agile and creative culture of respect and collaboration.

The 10 foundational pillars of The UC Investments Way, which are outlined on our website and in our annual reports, underpin all that we do in service of the university and its stakeholders. We are long‑term investors and, as such, each of us is a risk manager mindful of helping to ensure the continued vibrancy of our university system and the long‑term financial health and well‑being of our employees and retirees.

Our broad recruitment efforts center on finding the best person for the position.

The Office of the Chief Investment Officer is responsible for managing the University of California's retirement, endowment, working capital, and cash assets under the policies, guidelines, and performance benchmarks established by the Regents. The mission of the Office is to implement those policies and guidelines by selecting, executing, and monitoring investment strategies designed to add value over the benchmarks within a risk‑controlled framework.

The Office adheres to high ethical as well as professional standards in serving the investment management needs of its constituency and the Chief Investment Officer has full investment discretion while the Regents retain responsibility for Asset Allocation and Investment Guidelines.

The Investment Data Operations Manager will report to the Director of Investment Data & Technology Strategy and will work collaboratively with stakeholders across the Office as well as external vendors and partners. The Office of the Chief Investment Officer seeks a Manager that is able to implement a well‑organized, data and process driven, well‑controlled analytical environment. An important job aspect for the Manager is the collaboration with the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Investment Data & Technology Strategy in building and executing a strategy to provide an operational risk framework on data and a robust and connected reporting platform.

40% Data/Applications Management:

• Oversee collection, maintenance, and transformation of data for analysis to support the investment decision making process.
• Design and maintain various custom internal data maps related to accounting, performance, risk, and reporting.
• Develop and manage portfolio data controls and exception handling processes to enable accurate and timely reporting across the OCIO.
• Proactively identify and resolve data discrepancies between third‑party and the internal data mart(s).
• Lead and own all data deliverables, such as data requirements and sources, solutions to enrich data sets, data lineage and quality rules.
• Prepare recommendations for new methodologies to capture and/or enrich mission‑critical investment data for consumption downstream.
• Work to continuously improve the efficiency of data flows as well as the OCIO's data reconciliation capabilities.
• Collaborate with the investments teams and asset class heads on various projects involving data.
• Execute on the OCIO's data governance policy, including the provision of adequate…