Quality Assurance Analyst

Fulcrum Consulting, an LRS company, is seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst . This contract opportunity is ideal for someone with strong analytical skills, investment operations knowledge, and exceptional attention to detail. In this role, you will support a growing Direct Indexing platform by conducting independent reviews of portfolio analyses and validating critical data before client accounts advance through onboarding, transition, and trading activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed quality control reviews of high-value and complex Direct Indexing transition analyses.
• Validate portfolio holdings, market values, portfolio weights, cash positions, restrictions, and gain/loss calculations.
• Review analysis outputs for accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness.
• Identify discrepancies, calculation errors, missing information, and unusual results prior to delivery.
• Escalate material issues and exceptions to appropriate stakeholders.
• Reconcile portfolio data across multiple sources to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Analyze portfolio characteristics and underlying assumptions to validate results.
• Apply established quality control procedures and maintain a strong risk management mindset.
• Document findings, exceptions, and corrective actions.
• Assist in developing and enhancing quality control procedures, standards, and review checklists.
• Contribute to initiatives that improve scalability, consistency, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to identify subtle discrepancies across large and complex datasets.
• Strong mathematical and quantitative skills, including portfolio weights, market value calculations, gain/loss analysis, reconciliations, and reasonableness testing.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to work efficiently with large datasets and portfolio information.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting abilities.
• Strong understanding of investment portfolios, securities, trading, portfolio rebalancing, and investment operations.
• Ability to independently investigate issues, analyze results, and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple time-sensitive priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy.
• Experience supporting Direct Indexing, separately managed accounts (SMAs), portfolio management, investment operations, or trading environments is strongly preferred.
• Experience performing portfolio analysis, quality control reviews, or investment operations oversight.
• Experience reviewing account onboarding, portfolio transitions, or trading-related workflows.
• Familiarity with wealth management, asset management, or institutional investment environments.
• Experience working with large datasets, reconciliations, and investment reporting tools.