Investment Operations and Fund Accounting Analyst

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About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. People with professional experience prepare examples, review model outputs, write explanations, and evaluate responses so AI systems can become more accurate and useful.

This project focuses on financial operations judgment and written analysis. Your work products will be evaluated against defined rubrics and may help improve how AI systems handle specialized investment operations scenarios.

• Flexible, part-time work under 20 hours per week
• Structured exercises using mock financial operations files
• A chance to apply specialized finance expertise to cutting-edge AI development

The Role

OpenTrain is recruiting an Investment Operations and Fund Accounting Analyst to complete self-contained exercises and produce analyst deliverables for AI training. The work combines investment operations judgment with precise written explanations of reconciliations, NAV movements, trade breaks, corporate actions, and payment exceptions.

This contractor, part-time opportunity is available to candidates in the United States. The listing is marked entry level, but applicants must have at least three years of relevant fund administration or investment operations experience.

• Pay: $75 to $110 per hour
• Time requirement: Less than 20 hours per week
• Work type: Contractor and part-time
• Primary language: English

What You'll Do

You will analyze mock financial operations files and create clear, accurate deliverables. Exercises are self-contained and assessed using rubric-based quality standards, so careful documentation and consistent reasoning are important.

• Reconcile ledgers against custodian or bank statements.
• Isolate residual differences, explain their causes, and prepare reconciliations with adjusting entries.
• Attribute NAV movements, identify components outside tolerance, and write clear variance commentary.
• Investigate breaks between systems, determine root causes, classify breaks, propose corrections, and document investigations.
• Process corporate-action events and calculate account entitlements.
• Handle payment or transfer exceptions.
• Match inconsistent merchant or vendor descriptions to a canonical registry.

Required Qualifications

You should bring at least three years of experience in fund administration or investment operations. Relevant experience may include fund accounting, reconciliations, corporate actions, trade support, middle-office work, or payment operations.

Hands-on experience with the listed financial operations tasks is required. You must also be able to work independently on self-contained exercises and explain financial operations decisions clearly in writing.

• At least three years of fund administration or investment operations experience
• Hands-on experience with ledger reconciliations and NAV analysis
• Experience investigating trade breaks
• Experience handling payment or settlement exceptions
• Strong Excel skills
• Clear, accurate written communication
• Ability to meet rubric-based quality standards independently

Helpful Background

The following experience is advantageous but not required: CPA or IOC credentials, familiarity with fund-accounting systems, and knowledge of SWIFT or settlement systems.

• CPA or IOC credentials
• Experience with SS&C, Geneva, Multifonds, or InvestOne
• Familiarity with SWIFT or settlement systems

How AI Training Projects Work

Modern AI models learn from examples prepared and reviewed by people. In specialist projects like this one, expert judgment and well-documented reasoning help define the standards AI systems need to follow when interpreting complex financial operations work.

OpenTrain brings together opportunities where professionals can contribute their expertise, build a profile, and grow an AI training career. Creating an account is free, and candidates apply through OpenTrain.

• Create or update your free OpenTrain profile.
• Highlight your investment operations and fund accounting experience.
• Apply through OpenTrain and complete the project exercises if selected.
• Produce carefully reasoned deliverables evaluated against project rubrics.