Associate, Back Office Operations (AI)

Location: Westport, Connecticut, United States; onsite four days per week

Salary: $115,000–$175,000 annual wage range, inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. Expected base salary is 80%–90% of this range.

Company

hirify.global Associates is a global institutional asset management firm using technology, investment research, and operational infrastructure to serve sophisticated institutional investors.

What you will do

• Review outsourced partner deliverables for quality, accuracy, and timeliness, escalating and troubleshooting operational issues.
• Produce client, regulatory, risk and control, and management reporting.
• Coordinate between outsourced providers and internal Trading, Front Office, and Client Service departments.
• Support trade lifecycle, portfolio control, investor services, fund accounting, tax, audit, and regulatory processes.
• Identify process inefficiencies and implement streamlined workflows, automated controls, and reporting solutions.
• Contribute to training, testing, and certification of Associates to support cross-training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record from a competitive school.
• 2–7 years of experience in financial services Operations or Investor Services, such as investment banking, hedge fund administration, or operations consulting.
• Proficiency with Excel, SharePoint, and PowerPoint; data manipulation and coding skills are valuable, including pivot tables, macros, Power Query, VBA, SQL, and R.
• Strong problem detection, troubleshooting, logical reasoning, communication, accountability, and process management skills.
• Drive to incorporate AI into daily and long-term strategic workflows.
• Ability to work onsite at the Westport, Connecticut office four days per week.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture centered on excellence, transparency, truth, continuous improvement, and meritocracy.
• Opportunities for professional development, personal growth, and challenging work.
• Competitive employee benefits package.
• Diverse and inclusive environment focused on rigorous inquiry and thoughtful problem-solving.