Payroll and Accounting Associate at Faithward Resources LLC – Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Trading
  • Complete daily trade requests accurately and timely
  • Portfolio Rebalancing – Collaborate with wealth management team to analyze and rebalance client portfolios, ensuring alignment with target allocations
  • Follow-up with applicable advising teams within reason to ensure end-client needs are met, especially in regard to discretionary accounts
  • Own the block trading process of order generation, review, and execution
  • Be a SME of trading software to be additive in the conversation of new strategies and operations
  • Maintain a record and provide analysis on block trade execution
  • Reporting: Generate trade confirmations, performance reports, and compliance documentation as required
  • Technology & Systems - Utilize and maintain trading platforms to optimize trade execution and minimize costs
  • Compliance - Ensure all trades and activities comply with SEC, FINRA, and firm-specific regulatory requirements
  • Process Improvement - Identify and implement opportunities to streamline trading processes and improve operational efficiency
  • Own the duties and ask for support from supervisor as needed to resource tasks in which deadlines could be missed and/or additional expertise is needed
• Operational Support
  • Run reports to identify firm risk
    • Drift report: Identifying accounts that have out-of-tolerance asset allocations
    • Run high cash report, and sift through data to identify high cash accounts
    • Reach out to service teams to obtain solutions
  • Work with back-office teams (Operations) to ensure data integrity and efficient workflows
  • Upload daily account restrictions into AdvisorPeak
  • Review Performance Composite Outliers
  • Process 717 Client Agreements
  • Bill 717 Managed Accounts
  • Advisor reporting Requests
  • Act as 717 CSA for Outside Advisors
  • Report on 401k/403b plan investments
  • Report on Annuity investments
• Communications
  • Writing and distributing Daily Market Update each day
  • Drafting Weekly Market Update by EOD Friday each week
  • Own the duties and ask for support from supervisor as needed to resource tasks in which deadlines could be missed and/or additional expertise is needed
• Miscellaneous
  • Respond to phone calls, texts, and e-mails in a timely fashion
  • Follow and adhere to Company policies, procedures, and guidelines
  • Willing to learn the industry and help us maintain and grow our marketplace position
  • Attend business meetings and trainings as required
  • Perform other administrative tasks and special projects as assigned

Experience (preferred or required):

• Associate's degree in business, finance, or a related field required, Bachelor's degree preferred
• 2+ years of experience at a financial services firm preferred
• Knowledge of financial markets and technology required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on process improvement required
• Attention to Detail - Meticulous and accurate in trade execution and reporting required
• CRM software experience preferred; Salesforce preferred
• Portfolio management software experience required, Addepar preferred
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams required

Position Requirements and Skills:

• Maintain a professional attitude and appearance
• Possess the ability to connect with a variety of personalities
• Live out Faithward Formula
• Exhibit strong leadership skills – leads by example and helps motivate others to do their best
• Utilize extremely strong phone skills – high energy and passion for helping others
• Be a team player who thrives working with a tight-knit company where their activities directly affect the bottom line
• Be enthusiastic about providing the best possible customer service for clients and customers
• Possess a roll up your sleeves, and all hands-on deck mentality to cross-functional tasks and assignments
• Be self-motivated and results driven with proven ability to succeed – desire to grow both professionally and personally
• Possess strong relationship management and the ability to drive multiple tasks to completion successfully
• Be a resourceful team player and a positive can-do attitude
• Have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Think and act like an entrepreneur and take an ownership mentality in all that is done in this position
• Be detail oriented and helpful
• Have the ability to perform accurate data entry within specified time frames
• Possess the ability to use or quickly learn specific CRM and other business software
• Exhibit outstanding written, grammar, & verbal communication skills with ability to interact with all levels of an organization
• Possess excellent organization, problem solving, and planning skills
• Demonstrate excellent time management skills and ability to adhere to schedules/deadlines
• Be dependable and safety oriented
• Have the ability to work some nights and weekends as needed
• Produce a negative pre-employment drug screen and have the ability to pass a criminal background check
• Maintain a good attendance record and travel as required