Data Reconciliation Analyst Job at LPL Financial in Tempe

Overview

The Data Reconciliation Analyst plays a critical role within the Performance and Data Reconciliation (PDR) team, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of performance and client reporting data across LPL’s platforms. This role serves as a strategic partner and escalation point for complex data reconciliation issues, driving resolution through analytical expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous process improvement. The Data Reconciliation Analyst is expected to lead initiatives that enhance data quality, mitigate risk, and elevate the overall advisor experience. This position requires a strong blend of technical acumen, business insight, and customer-centric focus to support advisors and internal stakeholders with timely and accurate reporting solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead resolution efforts for complex data discrepancies and performance reporting escalations, ensuring timely and accurate outcomes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on client reporting applications, performance calculations, and transaction accounting.
• Analyze firm-wide investment activity to identify trends, anomalies, and reconciliation gaps.
• Validate and audit performance figures, proactively identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with technology, operations, and product teams to address systemic issues and improve data workflows.
• Drive process improvements by identifying inefficiencies, proposing solutions, and leading implementation efforts.
• Document and communicate data quality issues, performance metrics, and resolution strategies to stakeholders and leadership.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to elevate team capabilities.
• Contribute to risk mitigation strategies by enhancing controls and ensuring compliance with data governance standards.
• Support strategic initiatives related to reporting enhancements, platform upgrades, and advisor experience improvements.

What are we looking for?

We want strong collaborators who can deliver world-class client experience. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented, and can execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• 2+ years in financial services with client-facing or operations experience (industry knowledge of mutual funds, ETF, AI, etc.)

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
• Capable of performing under pressure and adapting to changes in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and listening communication skills.
• Strong understanding of managing investment performance data, including time-weighted and money-weighted return calculations.
• Knowledge of portfolio and investment sleeve transaction accounting and reconciliation.
• Ability to interpret data and analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.

Preferences

• Proven experience in data reconciliation, performance reporting, or financial operations.
• Excel experience (macros)
• SQL or Alteryx experience
• Lean Six Sigma Belt certification preferred
• SIE preferred
• Series 99 preferred

Pay Range

$25.64-$42.73/hour

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace, LPL supports over 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth-management practices of 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $1.9 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 7 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way, and the freedom to manage their client relationships because they know their clients best.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

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