Data Integrity & Performance Officer

Data Integrity & Performance Officer The Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico (PERA) is seeking a Data Integrity & Performance Officer. Behind every investment decision at PERA is an operations function that must keep pace with the growth and complexity of a $20.5 billion multi-asset portfolio. We are looking for a Data Integrity & Performance Officer to join our Investment Operations Team and help build the operational infrastructure a modern public pension plan requires.

This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining an independent investment data validation and performance oversight function – and will serve as a key partner to the investment team, our custodian bank (BNY), external investment managers, consultants, and auditors. The position will develop a comprehensive, controlled view of the Fund’s investments across public and private markets by reconciling, validating, and integrating data received from the custodian, investment managers, general partners, and other service providers.

Investment operations at PERA supports the same portfolio growth and complexity as portfolio management, but through many complex stand-alone functions that must each be designed, documented, and monitored independently. We are seeking an experienced professional who has performed this work at another U.S. pension or trust fund and can bring established practices, process discipline, and institutional knowledge to PERA from day one.

At PERA, we highly value our culture, emphasizing collaboration and teamwork. However, we also recognize the importance of individual initiative and the ability to navigate and adapt within a rapid and dynamic work environment. The team is mission-focused, understanding its fiduciary duty and the importance of prudently investing and safeguarding assets to meet its statutory obligations to its members. If you are an operations professional who wants to build something durable rather than maintain the status quo, we would like to hear from you.

Position:
Data Integrity & Performance Officer

Organization:
Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico

Location:

Santa Fe, NM
United States

Salary: $150,000 - $200,000

Posting

Start Date:

10/27/2026

Date Posted: 10/27/2026

• Establish and maintain independent reconciliation procedures for investment positions, transactions, cash balances, valuations, income, expenses, and other investment-related data.
• Develop automated validation controls to identify missing, inaccurate, inconsistent, stale, or anomalous data.
• Investigate discrepancies between custodian records, investment manager reports, general partner statements, and internal records; document root causes and corrective actions.
• Maintain an exception-management framework with defined materiality thresholds, escalation procedures, resolution deadlines, and approval controls.
• Monitor recurring data-quality issues and service-provider performance, escalating material and unresolved issues to management.

• Independently validate investment returns at the manager, mandate, asset-class, and total-Fund levels.
• Reconcile reported performance to underlying holdings, transactions, valuations, and cash flows, accounting for appropriate timing conventions and fee treatment.
• Review benchmark assignments, return methodologies, performance aggregation, and the treatment of external cash flows.
• Investigate material return discrepancies, restatements, and unexplained performance movements; document findings and recommended corrective actions.
• Support the preparation and quality assurance of investment performance reports, risk analyses, and…