What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP, Strategic Operations position at Easterly Asset Management?
Company Overview
Easterly Asset Management and its Strategic Partners provide private wealth and institutional investors with a portfolio of solutions across alternatives, active equity and active fixed income. Founded in 2019, Easterly’s goal is to bring curated solutions to clients that make their portfolios better by partnering with trusted investment teams who have an established track record of delivering value to investors. Easterly enables high-performing managers to operate at scale by delivering best-in-class resources, risk management, operational support, infrastructure and an institutional and wealth distribution team. As of June 30, 2024, Easterly and its Strategic Partners manage approximately $60B of client assets. For more information, visit easterlyam.com.
Position Summary
Easterly is conducting a search for a VP, Strategic Operations. This individual must maintain a strong intellectual curiosity and strive to understand the drivers of business success to support leadership in meeting our objectives. The individual will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day project management of key initiatives across all functional areas of Easterly. The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer and will work collaboratively with the Managing Principal.
Primary responsibilities shall include the following :
- Fast learner and ability to develop a deep understanding of Easterly to quickly distill complex ideas into simple and articulate deliverables.
- Act as an air traffic controller, ensuring the executive leadership team is up to date on everything going on across the company, acting as a trusted advisor.
- Demonstrate the ability to build and cultivate positive relationships with Strategic Partners.
- Effectively project manage and triage request from various stakeholders to ensure executive leadership are responsive in addressing the needs of the business.
- Drive information gathering and project planning with concise, actionable direction, resulting concrete next steps and completion of multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Support each functional area with hands on execution to make sure day-to-day items do not fall to the wayside.
- Concise reporting on key business initiatives to support leadership in making timely and informed decisions.
- Prepare emails, business memos, presentations and other documents as needed, ensuring all materials are accurate and professionally presented.
- Create presentations that effectively tell a story for business partners, current clients, and prospective partnerships.
- Conduct thorough meeting preparation, coordinating prep calls and managing the appropriate follow-up.
- Create management dashboards that identify trends that impact business health.
- Create and maintain systems to streamline operations and communications across departments.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience :
Easterly Asset Management provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law
