Analyst - Pricing

Our Analyst in Performance & Data Recon is a team expert responsible for managing our processes and data of security level pricing for the purpose of accurate reporting.  The reporting includes advisor/client reporting, firm-level financial reporting, and risk reporting.  The analyst is knowledgeable in transactions, securities, pricing, reconciling, and account valuation with the use of various systems including Portia, BETA, Access, Excel, and other internal supporting applications.  The analyst is experienced with investment data and able to resolve discrepancies by working with internal business units and external parties such as mutual fund companies, alternative investment sponsors, variable annuity carriers, and DTCC. 

Responsibilities:
•    Support manager/or AVP on multiple and possibly overlapping projects to develop both client-facing and internal applications
•    Data flow management and quality control to ensure all investment data is processed into downstream systems.
•    Validating corporate actions transaction posting
•    Work effectively and efficiently with other business units (internal and external) to resolve investment data-related issues
•    Work with Advisory Accounting to troubleshoot reconciliation and performance issues reported by advisors, including BETA and Portia
•    Gather metrics and create reports to support trend analysis and RPMs
•    Summarize, expense, and report unresolved discrepancies to Risk Management and the LPL Finance department.
•    Update and maintain department procedures

Qualifications/Skills:
•    5+ years in the brokerage, accounting, or financial services industry with transaction accounting and reconciliation experience preferred
•    Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or similar preferred 
•    Strong understanding of managing pricing data
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail 
•    Knowledgeable of a wide range of financial investment vehicles including but not limited to Mutual Funds, Fixed Income Products, Options, Common Stocks, and Variable Annuities.
•    Advanced skills with Excel and Access and the ability to use these tools to assist with reconciliation  
•    Working knowledge of Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
•    Basic understanding of time and money-weighted performance calculations
•    Ability to maintain external vendor relationships
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills
•    Ability to perform under pressure to meet deadlines
•    Strong customer service skills
•    FINRA licensing not a requirement but a plus

Why LPL? 

At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential.

We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

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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 @lpl.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 (800) 877-7210.