Hybrid Investment Operations Analyst

at Cascade Asset Management Company

• Job title: Investment Operations Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $85,000 - $105,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: SQL, VBA
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Kirkland, United States

About the role

• Investment Operations Analyst at Cascade Asset Management responsible for global investment operations. Ensuring accurate execution of day-to-day operations across diverse asset types in a dynamic team environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure seamless confirmation and settlement of trade activities with counterparties and custodians, leveraging systems such as Blackrock’s Aladdin, CTM, Acadia, and other industry tools
• Validate, confirm, and instruct initial margin and variation margin (IM/VM) margin call activity related to bilateral and cleared over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange-traded-derivatives (ETD) positions
• Manage Prime Broker activity including validation of risk margin calculations and posting of sufficient collateral
• Ensure accuracy of cash and investment positions within the Investment Book of Record (IBOR)
• Setup and maintain critical reference data and asset information across all asset classes, including publics, privates, and derivatives
• Interface directly with the trading desk, legal, and other internal/external teams to facilitate issue resolution
• Complete timely new account and market request activities within internal and external systems
• Effectuate changes from corporate or class actions, validating, communicating, and processing updates to systems
• Mentor junior staff, facilitating operational excellence and helping foster a culture of continuous learning
• Identify and assess risks across the trade lifecycle and escalate accordingly to management
• Develop and implement training and educational materials for new hires on core responsibilities; participate in knowledge sharing and learning opportunities
• Support the definition, collection, and reporting of operational metrics tied to data quality and operational excellence
• Collaborate on critical initiatives, process improvement roadmaps, and innovative ideas to improve service delivery and standards
• Provide project support in collaboration with other teams

Requirements

• 2+ years of financial services or securities experience required, preferably within a middle or back-office investment operations role
• Undergraduate degree preferably in finance, accounting, economics or related field; CFA a plus
• Basic understanding of fixed income and equity markets, foreign exchange (FX), derivatives, and collateral management
• Ability to multitask and balances priorities against ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Possesses a keen eye for details, superlative accuracy, with a no-tolerance approach for data inaccuracy
• Driven by process efficiencies and system improvement; approaches day-to-day operational data optimization with passion
• Able to present ideas and plans clearly, using available resources, in order to foster understanding across a multitude of stakeholders at various seniority levels
• Applies statistical and graphical techniques to raw data to discover useful information. Clearly drafts documents, reports, and presentation materials
• Proficiency in Excel required
• Expertise with SQL and VBA strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to learn new applications/systems quickly with previous Aladdin experience preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of the project management lifecycle
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with an empathic style, improving partnership and cross-group collaboration skills

Benefits

• A generous annual performance-based discretionary bonus program