Firm Overview:
Cambridge Associates (“CA”) is a leading global investment firm. CA’s goal is to help endowments & foundations, pension plans, and ultra-high net worth private clients implement and manage custom investment portfolios that generate outperformance so that they can maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, and investment consulting.
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, CA has offices in key markets in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Our worldwide teams ensure our clients benefit from decades of global presence, local expertise, and relationships with the top global investment managers across the world. For more information, please visit www.cambridgeassociates.com.
Job Description Summary:
The Manager Research Information Associate’s primary role will be to support the fast-paced environment of financial research data aggregation, analysis, and project management. Working within a group that is both collaborative and independent, the role requires strong communication across a variety of time zones, adaptability, exceptional organizational skills, and critical thinking across a variety of tasks. Additionally, a successful candidate will have highly analytical instincts, strong attention to detail, and a deep understanding of creating and maintaining processes.Job Description:
- Oversee central coordination across Cambridge Associates’ private investment, hedge fund, and long-only research information
- Collaborate with other team members to triage incoming information, assign appropriately, and complete tasks against a variety of deadlines
- Manage large scale operational processes for Research Teams across all asset classes within the broader Manager Research group
- Manage a variety of inboxes, including team-specific questions, Asana workplans, asset-class specific asks, and other one-off requests
- Create and run queries and reports from multiple databases in response to information requests from across the firm, supporting management, research, client, and marketing needs
- Facilitate large scale communications between the Manager Research Operations team and the individual Manager Research teams
- Create, maintain, and troubleshoot a variety of long-standing, regular, and one-off reporting needs
- Interact regularly with a variety of different stakeholders, with the professionalism required for a range of different settings
- Oversee and populate multiples databases regularly with information, requiring the ability to evaluate data and use judgment to draw appropriate conclusions and propose solutions
- Contribute to and/or help lead Manager Research and Manager Research Operations with a variety of projects and initiatives
QUALIFICATIONS
- BA/BS with 2+ years of experience in a corporate setting
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong communication skills across a variety of roles within the team and the organization
- Ability to approach tasks with flexibility and an understanding of changing priorities
- Ability to identify errors and incongruencies in a variety of datasets
- Solutions-oriented with an ability to multi-task against competing deadlines
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail in a deadline-driven hybrid environment
- Highly motivated, independent, and the ability to re-prioritize when necessary
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion with sensitive information
- Strong knowledge of Excel, Outlook, Word, and Asana platforms
- Working knowledge of SQL
Base salary range for this role:
Pay Range Minimum:
63700Pay Range Maximum:
82800In addition to the listed salary range, this position is eligible for an annual performance-based bonus and a comprehensive, competitive benefits package. Actual placement within the stated salary range will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as internal equity.
The firm is committed to the concept and practice of equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status. It is expected that all employees will follow a similar policy toward their co-workers.
Skills Required
- BA/BS with 2+ years of experience in a corporate setting
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong communication skills across a variety of roles
- Ability to approach tasks with flexibility and manage changing priorities
- Ability to identify errors and incongruencies in datasets
- Solutions-oriented with ability to multi-task against competing deadlines
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail in a deadline-driven hybrid environment
- Highly motivated, independent, and able to re-prioritize when necessary
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion with sensitive information
- Strong knowledge of Excel, Outlook, Word, and Asana platforms
- Working knowledge of SQL
Cambridge Associates Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cambridge Associates and has not been reviewed or approved by Cambridge Associates.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with plans that cover nearly everything including alternative medicines. The broader health, dental, and vision offering is positioned as generous and locally competitive with substantial employer support.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is positioned as fully paid upon hire, alongside broad leave and time-off policies. Backup child, elder, and pet care adds practical support for caregiving responsibilities.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include employer contributions, with references to matching in some plan descriptions. Employer-paid life and disability coverage further strengthens the financial protection portion of the package.
Cambridge Associates Insights
What We Do
We are a global investment firm and aim to help endowments & foundations, pension plans, and high net worth private clients implement and manage custom investment portfolios that generate outperformance and enable them to maximize their impact on the world. Working alongside its early clients, Cambridge Associates pioneered the strategy of high-equity orientation and broad diversification, which since its inception in the 1980s has been a primary driver of performance for institutional investors. Today, we deliver a range of portfolio management services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, investment staff extension, and asset class mandates. Cambridge Associates maintains offices in major financial centers across the globe, with headquarters in Boston, MA. Working with some of the world’s most sophisticated institutional investors, we bring a deep knowledge of portfolio management best practices to the clients we serve, and select our colleagues with great attention to their potential to become a valuable member of a collaborative, intelligent and hard-working team.
