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.

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.

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.

Values

• Proactive with sense of urgency.
• Intellectually curious, relentless lifelong learner.
• Team-oriented, accountable, supportive, conscientious.
• 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