ASSOCIATE, INVESTMENT DATA & REPORTING RECONCILIATION
Chicago, IL, United States3d ago
Key details
- Salary
- $75K–$85K/yr
- Location
- Chicago, IL, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Entry level
- Experience
- 2–5 yrs
- Function
- Finance & Accounting
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 3d ago
Skills
About the role
About Cresset
Cresset is a firm built by clients, for clients. As an independent, award-winning multi-family office and private investment firm, we are reimagining the way wealth is experienced. Our purpose is to help ensure that both wealth and life are fully optimized**—integrated, intentional, and aligned with each client’s vision of success.
We provide access to the caliber of talent, ideas, and investment opportunities typically available to the largest single-family offices and institutions. Our approach is personalized, entrepreneurial, and client-first.
Cresset was built to endure. We are creating a 100+ year firm—one focused on delivering an exceptional experience, not only for the families we serve but for the team that serves them. Recognized by Barron’s among the nation’s top multi-family offices,* Cresset is guided by long-term relationships, shared success, and a belief that wealth should serve a life well lived.
Job Description
The Associate, Investment Data & Reporting Reconciliation is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of investment data across internal systems, custodians, and reporting platforms. This role serves as a critical data quality control point, reconciling information between source systems and downstream trading, performance, and client reporting platforms. The Associate will identify and resolve data discrepancies, help maintain consistent and timely information across systems, and support the delivery of accurate investment and client reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Reconcile daily positions, cash, transactions, and account data.
- Identify, research, and resolve reconciliation breaks and data discrepancies.
- Validate portfolio performance data, returns, market values, cash flows, fees, pricing, and benchmarks.
- Investigate unusual or unexpected performance results.
- Monitor data feeds and identify missing, stale, or inaccurate data.
- Review data across multiple systems to confirm consistency of account, security, transaction, and performance information.
- Track and escalate exceptions that may impact trading and client reporting.
- Partner with Operations, Trading, Reporting, Technology, and custodians to resolve issues.
- Maintain clear documentation of reconciliation procedures, controls, issue resolution, and escalation processes.
- Contribute to the development of automated controls and scalable reconciliation processes as the organization and data environment grow.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field preferred.
- 2+ years of experience in investment operations, reconciliation, performance reporting, or financial services preferred.
- Working knowledge of investment concepts, including positions, cash, transactions, securities, pricing, and portfolio performance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail and a focus on data accuracy.
- Ability to research discrepancies, identify root causes, and resolve issues across multiple systems and data sources.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills; experience with investment management or reporting platforms, including Charles River and Addepar, is a plus.
- Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
What We Offer:
At Cresset, we focus on people first. As a service business, our people are our assets. Engaging our clients and employees is our highest priority. Starting salary is $75,000 - $85,000. Salary will be based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, licenses/certifications, industry knowledge, and geographic location. Cresset offers a competitive compensation package including an annual incentive and a benefits package to all full-time employees including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, health savings accounts, short and long-term disability insurance, voluntary critical and accident insurance, and pre-tax parking and transportation programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of Cresset to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, or related conditions), national origin or ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a parent, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. It is Cresset’s policy to comply with applicable laws concerning the employment of persons with disabilities, including reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees with disabilities.
Everything Starts With Culture.
Our Vision
We exist to optimize wealth and elevate life—giving clients the time, clarity, and trusted partnership to pursue what matters most.
Our Values
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