Investment Operations
The Year Up United Investment Operations training program focuses on developing a comprehensive skill set in financial operations, investment operations, and data management and analysis.
Explore below the roles that the graduates of this program are ready for and the competencies they have been trained in.
Role pathways for graduates of the Investment Operations program
Fund/Portfolio Accounting/Administration
- Performing administrative functions for fund clients.
- Recording and reconciling securities, preparing reports, collecting payments, and calculating pricing.
Client Services Support
- Providing operational support to investment clients or client-facing teams.
- Handling tasks like account openings or customized reporting, and coordinating with internal teams for client requests.
Reconciliation Analyst
- Analyzing and remediating exceptions and discrepancies arising from differences between multiple IT systems.
Transaction Processing
- Ensuring accurate delivery of securities and cash during transactions.
- Processing wires and trades, providing related reporting.
- Interfacing with central bodies for clearing and settlement instructions.
Business/Process Analyst
- Supporting the analysis and improvement of business functions and processes.
- Analyzing data, identifying improvement requirements, and communicating these to technology teams.
- Tracking and communicating the progress of change initiatives.
Summary of the key competencies developed during the one-year training
Financial Operations Fundamentals
- Financial Transaction Recording: Skills in interpreting and recording common financial transactions into a general ledger.
- Financial Statement Navigation: Proficiency in navigating and analyzing basic financial statements to communicate insights about a business’s financial health.
- Basic Financial Report Analysis: Using financial analysis techniques (e.g., ratio analysis) to review and interpret the financial status of a business.
Data Management, Analysis & Reporting
- Data Loading, Cleaning & Organizing: Utilizing Excel to prepare and organize business data sets.
- Intermediate Data Analysis: Making business-related inferences by identifying, analyzing, and interpreting data trends and patterns using Excel tools.
- Data Reporting & Storytelling: Developing reports that effectively convey data stories using visualization and business tools such as Tableau, Power BI, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Investment Operations Fundamentals
- Basic Investment Product Presentation: Ability to describe the characteristics, benefits, and risks of basic investment products like stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
- Basic Mutual Fund Analysis: Competence in reviewing online data and prospectuses to interpret the performance of basic mutual funds.
