Associate Analyst, PDR - Pricing Team

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Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview:

The Associate Analyst, Performance & Data Reconciliation serves as a subject matter expert in Security Master and Pricing, supporting the accuracy and integrity of mutual fund trade, pricing, and investment data across advisor reporting, client reporting, financial reporting, and risk management processes.

This role is responsible for analyzing investment data, maintaining security master records, performing quality control reviews, and resolving data discrepancies. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and collaborative, with a strong understanding of investment products, securities, pricing, reconciliation, and account valuation. Success in this role requires the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while partnering effectively with Operations, Trading, Product, Risk, and external business partners.

Responsibilities:

·Perform daily and monthly quality control reviews of security master and pricing data.

·Maintain and validate mutual fund and investment product data to ensure accuracy and timeliness across downstream systems.

·Serve as a subject matter expert for Security Master and Pricing processes.

·Analyze sponsor documentation and update investment data platforms accordingly.

·Investigate and resolve pricing, performance, reconciliation, and valuation discrepancies.

·Partner with internal and external stakeholders to address investment data issues and identify root causes.

·Support advisor and client reporting by researching and resolving escalated inquiries.

·Develop metrics, trend analyses, and reporting to support operational performance and risk monitoring.

·Assist with technology and process improvement initiatives, including client-facing and internal applications.

·Maintain department procedures and support continuous process improvement efforts.

·Review industry announcements and implement required updates to investment data records.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements:

·2+ years in financial services with client facing or operations experience (comparable experience may be considered)

Core Competencies:

·Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

·Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

·Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and deadlines.

·High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and quality.

Preferences:

·Knowledge of investment products, securities, pricing, transactions, and reconciliation processes.

·Experience using investment operations platforms and tools such as DataScope, BETA, BSTS, PDD, Excel, and related applications.

·Ability to interpret data and analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports

·Working knowledge of SQL Studio and willingness to learn

·Experience communicating with internal teams and external partners

·Strong attention to detail and quality control experience

·SIE, Series 99 preferred

 

Pay Range:

$20.85-$34.71/hour

 

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

 

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum.  During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card.  Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.

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