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About the Position

The Analyst, Investment Liaison acts a key catalyst for growth and collaboration within Global Investment Operations. In this dynamic role, you will serve as the primary bridge between investment management and various operational teams, actively enhancing your subject matter expertise through on-the-job learning and mentorship. As an Investment Liaison, you'll play a vital role in supporting portfolio management operations, representing our investment strategies to internal groups, and facilitating effective communication with the investment staff. You'll contribute to team building, knowledge sharing, and spearhead departmental initiatives such as new system development, testing, and working group support. The Investment Liaison organization emphasizes the opportunity to grow, innovate, and drive positive change in a collaborative and dynamic environment.

Role Summary

Supports investment teams throughout the entire client life cycle, managing pivotal investment-related and operational activities. Act as a vital link for investments, utilizing your foundational business and technical expertise to navigate complex operational challenges. Requires conceptual understanding of theories and practices in your discipline, working within established procedures to achieve goals and meet deadlines. Take ownership of your contributions, ensuring that your work consistently meets team objectives for quality and timeliness. While you'll operate within established guidelines for daily tasks, you'll also have the opportunity to receive guidance as you tackle new and exciting assignments.

Responsibilities

• Under the general guidance of senior team members and management, supports the ongoing operational activities associated with portfolio management of multiple investment strategies of low to moderate complexity. Example activities include: researching and analyzing investment and performance data; generating bespoke investment-, risk-, and performance-related reporting, providing operational support for model portfolios, ensuring coordination of responses on corporate action events; resolving pre-trade compliance issues; maintaining strategy-level data, benchmarks, and performance composites; processing discretionary trade orders; and resolving low to moderately complex investment-related operational issues independently. May act as a resource for junior members while helping them complete operational activities.
• Uses some autonomy in decision-making to ensure operational readiness to support investment management activities for multiple low to moderately complex investment strategies, products, separate accounts, and/or investment types. Example activities include: reviewing prospectus language, proposing investment guidelines, instructing opening of foreign market trading accounts, establishing standing instructions with internal and external parties, etc.
• Uses some discretion to coordinate portfolio manager responses to ad hoc and recurring quantitative investment-related data inquiries posed by internal teams, clients, consultants, and prospects. Drafts response to complex requests for review by more experienced managers.
• Reviews content and sources standard investment data for use in client meetings, marketing materials, client reporting, and internal investment committee meetings. Develops content as directed by investment staff and senior team members.
• With guidance and oversight from senior team members and management, serves as project participant on investments-initiated projects. Develops use cases and testing plans and participates in unit testing as requested to ensure successful outcomes.
• Maintains accurate and complete procedural documentation for assigned strategy(ies), participates in cross-training exercises and provides operational coverage as needed for a defined subset of investment strategies. Under the direction of senior team members and management, participates in training new employees on policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND
• 2+ years of total relevant work experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex topics for diverse audiences

Preferred:

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement process improvements; advanced Excel skills; familiarity or interest in utilizing Python and SQL
• Applies consultative approach when interacting with stakeholders and peers; position requires interaction with associates at all levels
• Intellectually curious and ability to apply critical thinking skills
• Ability to think strategically and creatively
• Ability to coach and influence peers without direct Supervisory oversight
• Completion of or progress towards a CFA or MBA

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to one day per week from home.

Base Salary Ranges

Please review the job posting for the location of this specific opportunity.

$69,500.00 - $118,000.00 for the location of: Maryland, Colorado, Washington and remote workers
$76,500.00 - $130,000.00 for the location of: Washington, D.C.
$87,000.00 - $148,000.00 for the location of: New York, California

Placement within the range provided above is based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills for the role.  Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package.  Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all. 

Benefits

T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.