$125,000-$150,000 compensation with excellent benefits

Our client is a private investment company managing a diversified portfolio across a range of sectors and asset classes. As the organization grows, they are building a dedicated investment operations function for the first time and are seeking a Senior Manager of Investment Operations to lead it from the ground up.

This is a hands-on, builder-focused role for someone who's comfortable creating processes, controls, and infrastructure where none currently exist. You'll own investment operations end-to-end — trade support, reconciliation, valuation oversight, and reporting — across all sectors and asset classes, with treasury and cash management sitting outside the scope of this team. Over time, you'll build out a small team including an Investment Operations Associate and a reporting-focused hire, though the near-term work will be highly hands-on.

Responsibilities

- Design and implement investment operations processes, controls, and systems for a function being built from the ground up.
- Oversee trade support, settlement, and position reconciliation across custodians, fund administrators, and external managers, spanning all sectors and asset classes, both public and private.
- Own valuation oversight and NAV validation, with particular attention to private and illiquid holdings.
- Lead investment performance reporting and analysis, ensuring leadership has timely, accurate visibility into portfolio activity.




- Act as the primary operational liaison to custodians, fund administrators, external investment managers, and auditors.
- Partner closely with the investment team and Treasury to ensure clean handoffs on cash movements and funding activity, while keeping banking and liquidity management outside this team's scope.
- Maintain data integrity across portfolio and accounting systems, and help evaluate and implement new tools as the function matures.
- Hire, onboard, and develop the investment operations team as it's built out, starting with an Investment Operations Associate and a reporting-focused role.

Requirements

- University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. CPA, CFA, or CA designation an asset.
- 7+ years of experience in investment operations, middle office, or fund administration, ideally spanning multiple asset classes (public equities, fixed income, private equity, real estate, etc.).
- Experience building or significantly improving an operations function, process, or control environment from the ground up.
- Comfortable working in a small, hands-on environment without an existing team or established playbook.
- Robust understanding of the trade lifecycle, reconciliation, and valuation processes across both liquid and illiquid investments.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work closely with investment teams, external partners, and senior leadership.

📌 Senior Manager Investment Operations (Toronto)
🏢 Winchesters
📍 Toronto