Senior Analyst, Investment Operations
Acadian Asset Management LLCBoston, Massachusetts, United States · Posted 2 months agoDescription
Acadian Asset Management is a global, systematic investment manager at the forefront of data-driven investing since 1986. Headquartered in Boston, with locations in Singapore, London, and Sydney, we manage over $232 billion on behalf of leading institutions worldwide—including pension funds, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. We harness advanced technology, rich datasets, and multidisciplinary expertise to help clients navigate complex markets and uncover insights that may be overlooked by traditional approaches.
What sets Acadian apart is our people. We foster a collaborative, intellectually curious environment where ideas are tested, diverse perspectives are welcomed, and innovation thrives. We’re united by a shared purpose: delivering effective client outcomes and supporting one another in work that’s both challenging and rewarding. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment, strong benefits, and a casual but focused office culture—all designed to support the meaningful, collaborative work that defines Acadian.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic Investment Operations professional to be a Senior Analyst on our team. The Senior Analyst supports Managers by ensuring data integrity, accurate portfolio accounting and timely reconciliation across custodian, fund administrators, counterparties and internal systems. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical skills, vendor management experience and a deep understanding of investment operations best practices.
Acadian supports a hybrid work environment, employees are on-site in the Boston office 3 days a week.
What You’ll Do:
· Support the end-to-end trade lifecycle for futures, swaps, and credit securities, including confirmation, reconciliation, lifecycle event processing, settlement oversight, and resolution of trade exceptions across global markets.
· Manage relationships with middle-office providers and global custodians to ensure efficient trade settlement, prompt issue resolution, and effective servicing of client accounts.
· Respond to trade, settlement, compliance, and operational inquiries from internal stakeholders, including Trading, Compliance, Portfolio Management, and Global Client Group teams.
· Support the Trading Desk through custody position verification, spendable cash validation, settlement status monitoring, and other trade related activities.
· Maintain and enhance Charles River trading workflows, including trade capture, order management, allocations, amendments, cancellations, and transmission to brokers and custodians.
· Identify opportunities to automate manual controls, improve operational efficiency, and enhance trade processing through system improvements and workflow optimization.
· Perform oversight of the trade lifecycle, identifying and escalating exceptions, breaks, and operational risks to ensure prompt resolution.
We’re Looking for Teammates With:
· A minimum of 4-6 years of operations-related experience, preferably in Investment Management.
· Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Finance, or another financial related degree preferred.
· Experience working with or overseeing fund administrators, custodian banks and outsource providers.
· Strong working knowledge of Charles River, DTCC's CTM, GTSS, and other post-trade platforms with expertise in trade support, settlement oversight, exception resolution, and global market operations.
· Strong understanding of multiple asset classes, including equities, fixed income, futures, swaps, foreign exchange, and credit securities, with knowledge of their trade lifecycle and settlement requirements
· Strong organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills with a team player mentality.
· Must be detail oriented, flexible, able to work within a team-orientated environment, with vendors, as well as independently.
· Demonstrated initiative, problem-solving skills and willingness to assume additional responsibilities within group
The base salary range for this role is $75,000 – $90,000 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and relevant experience. In addition to base pay, this position may be eligible for discretionary incentive compensation and includes participation in Acadian’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes health, retirement, and wellness offerings.
To apply for this position or view Acadian’s open roles, please visit the Careers section of our website at: http://www.acadian-asset.com/careers/Job-opportunities. We will contact only selected candidates. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at recruiting@acadian-asset.com.
Acadian Asset Management LLC is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants. No employee or applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, marital status, pregnancy or parenthood, veteran status, citizenship status, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
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