Russell Investments US | Operational Due Diligence Analyst

Responsibilities

• This role offers an opportunity to develop specialized ODD expertise while enhancing the team's processes through technology, automation, data analysis, and artificial intelligence.
• The Operational Due Diligence Analyst will support the evaluation of operational risks associated with traditional and alternative investment managers, including hedge funds, private equity, private real estate, and infrastructure.
• Working closely with experienced members of the Global Manager Operational Due Diligence team, this individual will build on their foundational private markets experience while learning to conduct due diligence reviews, analyze investment manager documentation, identify potential risks, and contribute to written reports and recommendations.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate information, identify inconsistencies, and assess potential risks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarize complex information clearly and concisely.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated initiative, curiosity, willingness to learn, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Experience in alternative investments, fund accounting, investment operations, fund administration, audit, compliance, internal controls, operational risk, or due diligence preferred, with experience conducting operational due diligence reviews of investment managers considered a plus.

Russell Investments

Frank Russell started the firm in Tacoma, Washington, in 1936, and Russell Investments is now headquartered in Seattle. It manages money and gives investment advice to institutional investors, financial intermediaries and individual investors in many countries. Along the way it was an early name in institutional investment consulting (from 1969), took on its first outsourced chief investment officer client in 1980 and launched multi-asset portfolios for advisers in 1985. It also builds custom portfolios that mix active, passive and alternative investments, and manages portfolio transitions for large investors.

• Industry: Asset management and investment consulting: multi-asset portfolios, outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) services, portfolio transitions
• Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States (Russell Investments)