Job Description

Location: Atlanta and surrounding area preferred, but remote with frequent travel to GA accepted

Who we are:

Vident Advisory serves as a valued partner to asset managers and sponsors, offering portfolio management, trading, operational, and capital markets expertise across indexed and active strategies. We support ETFs, UCITS, mutual funds, SMAs, hedge funds, and other vehicles across global equity, fixed income, currency, commodity, and alternative markets, including strategies that utilize derivative instruments. Our platform enables clients to efficiently launch, operate, and scale investment strategies across multiple jurisdictions.

What you’ll do:

This role sits in the day-to-day fund operations function, supporting a wide range of asset classes and strategies with a strong emphasis on accurate, timely trade processing and settlement. Buy-side funds operations experience preferred. The Senior Portfolio Operations Analyst is responsible for ensuring the integrity of daily data, accurate and timely post-trade booking, smooth settlement and reconciliation processes, margin/collateral management, and effective support to internal and external stakeholders across time zones. The role requires a solid understanding of investment operations across multiple asset classes and the systems that support them and takes on a greater degree of independent ownership and problem-solving than an entry-level analyst position. The position requires close collaboration within the team and across the organization, emphasizing teamwork, adaptability, and proactive communication.

Key Responsibilities:

• Start-of-Day (SOD) Controls and Data Validation
  • Perform daily SOD checks on pricing, reference data, curves, corporate actions, and other inputs supporting portfolios across asset classes.
  • Monitor automated data pipelines, investigate breaks or missing data, and re-run or escalate processes as needed to ensure accurate downstream reporting and valuation.
• Trade Execution, Booking, and Cash Activity (Bloomberg AIM or comparable platform)
  • Oversee daily trade executions, matching, and booking of T+1 activity into the portfolio/accounting system, including creations/redemptions (cash and in-kind), custody FX trades, distributions, fees, and miscellaneous cash entries.
  • Ensure accurate reflection of position and cash impacts across systems and coordinate with custodians and fund accountants on discrepancies.
• Margin, Collateral, and Corporate Actions
  • Manage daily margin calls and instruct associated collateral movements as needed.
  • Monitor corporate actions, submit elections and instructions as required, and verify post-event position and cash outcomes.
• Reconciliations and Settlements
  • Perform daily position and cash reconciliations between internal systems, custodians, and fund accounting records.
  • Investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks related to pricing, accruals, FX, timing, or booking issues.
  • Support timely settlement of trades, following up on failed or delayed settlements with brokers and custodians.
• Brokerage & Custodial Relationships
  • Maintain existing brokerage and custodial relationships and assist with new account onboardings.
• Ongoing Operational Support
  • Assist with month-end and period-end processes, NAV support, portfolio reporting, and audit or regulatory data requests.
  • Help maintain and build technology to support investment trading and portfolio management, and contribute to process improvements, documentation, and control enhancements as product complexity grows.

Who you are:

• M.B.A./Bachelor's degree in finance (or related major) required.
• 5+ years of experience in the investment management industry with a focus on nvestment operations across multiple asset classes, portfolio support, fund accounting, or middle/back office functions.
• Candidates must be analytical, detail-oriented, and precise with numbers, with a solid understanding of securities/fund industry investment concepts and strategies, and the ability to trace data and cash flows across multiple systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort working with operational data and reconciliations.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with internal teams and external counterparties across different time zones.
• Experience with Bloomberg AIM or other portfolio and fund accounting platforms (e.g., SimCorp, Geneva, Advent, SS&C).
• Experience with derivatives (futures, options, swaps, etc.) and their settlement and lifecycle events.
• Knowledge of Python, SQL, or similar tools used to automate checks, analyze data, or improve operational workflows
• Exposure to multi-asset portfolios or ETF creation/redemption mechanics.
• Team player with strong quantitative, analytical, communication, and organizational skills
• Align with Vident core values of Inspired Collaboration, Honor & Authenticity, Inclusion & Humility, Exceptional Performance and Intellectual Curiosity

What we offer:

• PTO plus 10 paid holidays
• Flexible Working Benefits
• Daily Paid Lunch for Onsite Employees
• Onsite Gym Discount
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• EAP and Telehealth with Mental Health Support
• Short and Long Term Disability
• SIMPLE IRA with up to 3% Match