The Johns Hopkins University, one of the world's premier teaching, research and patient care institutions, is seeking candidates for the position of Associate Director - Investment Operations within its Investment Office, reporting directly to the Director of Operations. The Investment Office has responsibility for investing the endowments for the university, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and related endowed entities totaling more than $9 billion, among many other assets.
Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876 and is one of the world?s premier teaching and research institutions with nearly 22,000 students across nine academic divisions. The university attracts the finest undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, post-doctoral and professional degree students and more federal research and development funding than any other university in the United States.
We are seeking an Associate Director ? Investment Operations. This individual will play an integral role on the Investment Operations team and directly supervise the day-to-day work of the operations analysts. A successful candidate in this role will be expected to leverage prior industry experience principally in accounting, performance, derivatives and trade support to execute on core operational processes. The Associate Director ? Investment Operations will be expected to supervise, review and provide training for junior members of the investment operations team, verify the accuracy of portfolio and benchmark performance results and resolve performance-related issues.
For our team, we generally seek and evaluate on the following Skills, Values and Abilities.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Skills
Knowledge of investment accounting, valuation and investment performance processes.
Experience with operational support and considerations for derivative instruments.
Mastery level ability with Microsoft Excel.
Experience implementing data visualization and business intelligence tools (Power BI/Tableau) for reporting.
Self-aware, confident, non-defensive, willing to take risks.
Honest and direct, transparent, ethical, mission driven.
Actively seeks opportunities to increase skills and expertise.
Abilities
Proven success as the leader of collaborative, multi-stage projects.
Logical decision-making process incorporating analysis and judgment.
Creative and intuitive thinking.
Willingness to change one?s mind quickly, absorb and react to new information.
Persistent drive toward conclusions, decisions, and results.
Concise and impactful communication ? oral, written, and presentation.
Strong academic and career achievement are required along with the highest standards of personal and professional ethics, integrity, and judgement.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor?s Degree, preferably in accounting or finance with proven academic excellence.
Minimum of 5 years? work experience preferably in an investment operations and performance reporting role.
At least 1 year of supervisory experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
Public accounting experience, custodian bank or prime broker operations experience preferred.
Master?s Degree, CPA or CFA preferred.
Classified Title: Associate Director Investment Operations Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PG Starting Salary Range: $145,000 - $210,000 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Exempt Status: Exempt Location: JH at Keswick Department name: ???????Investment Management Off of Personnel area: University Administration
Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.