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Analyst, Investment Performance: Drive investment reporting and data quality in Ameriprise's AWM segment.
Hybrid role in Minneapolis with collaboration across teams, focused on performance measurement and regulatory compliance.
About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.
Job Description
As an Analyst on the Investment Performance team, you will serve a critical function in advancing initiatives within the broker dealer's Advice & Wealth Management (AWM) segment, specifically those related to investment performance reporting. Responsibilities include conducting research, defining and documenting business requirements, and providing analytical and reporting support. Additionally, you will contribute to the development and ongoing maintenance of the infrastructure necessary to sustain and enhance performance reporting capabilities across the AWM segment of Ameriprise Financial.
Key Responsibilities
- In collaboration with other business units (e.g. products, technology, legal, compliance, marketing, training, field implementation, etc.) and vendors, participate in the execution of projects aimed at developing investment products, ensuring compliance, enhancing the quality of the performance data, and improving the front‑end experience
- Provide data quality oversight, escalation support, process and procedure development, and back‑up support to “business and usual” performance reporting operational tasks.
- Maintain or supervise control‑related testing across the various performance tools and processes to ensure a single, cohesive approach to testing/audit protocols of reporting mechanisms and underlying data
- In collaboration with other business units, participate in the performance verification compliance process for third‑party investment manager performance information on the Advisory Platform
- Help maintain business ownership of the performance reporting tools utilized for both client performance reporting and product performance reporting for the Advisory Platform
The team is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Candidates may also sit in the Charlotte, NC or Troy, MI office, with regular virtual collaboration via Microsoft Teams.
Required Qualifications
3+ years of experience in the financial services industry
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Post‑secondary education and relevant work experience may be interchanged to meet the combined total years of minimum required qualifications for education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Investment performance measurement, analysis, and reporting experience in a financial services organization (broker/dealer preferred)
- Knowledge in investment concepts, practices, procedures, management operations and tools
- Experience with both account level performance and product level composite performance.
- Conceptual and practical understanding of money‑weighted and time‑weighted return methodologies, performance characteristic metrics (e.g. alpha, beta), asset allocation, and benchmarking.
- Experience working with performance measurement and portfolio accounting systems (e.g., Pershing X (fka Albridge), First Rate, InvestCloud (aka APL), Informa Profile Producer, Envestnet, Morningstar Direct, & FactSet)
- Certificate in Investment Performance (CIPM) and/or Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, or progress towards
- Understanding of Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) and ability to apply the standards to performance calculations and representations
- Knowledge of practices and procedures of retail‑oriented investment products and financial planning
- Strong communications skills, both oral and written, to interact with team, business partners, advisors, senior management and vendors
- Ability to effectively and efficiently multi‑task between different projects and recurring tasks
- Ability to execute on small to large scale projects with limited supervision
- Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with vendors and across the organization
- Strong leadership skills to effectively guide junior colleagues. This is a leadership role. While it does not include direct people management, the selected candidate will lead through influence, collaboration, and subject matter‑expertise
- Ability to stay current with regulatory requirements and best practices
Visa Sponsorship
Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H‑1B, F‑1 CPT, F‑1 OPT, TN).
In‑Office Collaboration
We are a client‑centric, relationship‑based business. Working together, in‑person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face‑to‑face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in‑office time or different in‑office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.
Base Pay Salary
The estimated base salary for this role is $100,000 - $115,000 / year. We have a pay‑for‑performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long‑term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well‑being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.
Full‑Time/Part‑Time
Full time
Exempt/Non-Exempt
Exempt
Job Family Group
Business Support & Operations
Line of Business
FPPS Wealth Management Solutions
Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.