Portfolio Associate

City

Nashville

Job Type

Full Time

Country / State

United States - Tennessee

Function Category

Business management, administration and support

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

Your team

You’ll be working as part of Parham | Deidiker Family Wealth Advisors, based in Nashville, TN, within Wealth Management Americas. Our team supports ultra-high net worth individuals and families through comprehensive planning and disciplined portfolio management. As a Portfolio Associate, you’ll play a key role in meeting preparation, investment execution and trading, and ongoing portfolio and risk management support for the team.

Role purpose
A Portfolio Associate supports the team by preparing investment analysis, executing portfolio and trading activity, and partnering with the Investment Committee and Financial Advisors to implement disciplined, client-aligned portfolio recommendations.

Your expertise

• Meeting prep, financial planning support, and coordination on insurance, annuities, and alternatives.
Business development
• Participate in client and prospect events.
Service / Support and Account Set Up and Maintenance
• Review service cases and process multiple times per week.
• Review daily branch reports and alerts and process accordingly.
• MTP set up and assistance/monitoring; input into FGA.
• Provide Addepar information monthly.
• Investment consulting support.
• Lead team meeting rotation.
Appointment preparation and conducting
• Prepare client reports and analysis for all client meetings; refresh all reports day-of as necessary.
• Recommend trades and asset allocation updates for all tiers in advance of meetings.
• Identify opportunities to move from brokerage and PMP to Access/HouseView and other more turnkey strategies.
• Execute trades and update the asset allocation in meeting agendas, etc., after review.
• Own follow-up recap, tasks, and actions following designated client meetings.
• Take meeting notes as necessary.
Trading
• Serve as backup trading support to the senior trader.
• Input orders as part of meeting prep and meeting follow-up.
• Handle paperwork and trading processes for annuities, insurance, and 529 activity as needed.
• Double-check that all capital calls are funded and have gone out properly.
Portfolio management & planning
• Conduct regular asset allocation reviews and make recommendations per schedule and as needed; rebalance after CIO review.
• Create and maintain client groups on balance sheet and 360 views.
• Make asset allocation recommendations as part of meeting prep and implement trades once reviewed.
• Perform insurance and annuity analysis.
• Mitigate and reduce investment and accounts violations.
• Prepare quarterly statement recaps in partnership with the trading team and deliver to CIO.
• Assist in preparing tax summaries.
• Own alternative investment client workflow from CLRF to investment execution, tracking calls/distributions, and tax reporting.
• Input data into financial planning tools and call out observations and recommendations.
• Support institutional consulting needs and coordination.
• Support portfolio management with due diligence evaluations on current and potential investments for the investment committee.
• Perform business analytics to support growth of the business (business planning, identifying client opportunities, etc.).

Key deliverables
• Client meeting materials: accurate, timely reports, analysis, and agendas refreshed as needed
• Trade implementation: clean execution aligned with approved asset allocation updates and client constraints
• Portfolio monitoring: asset allocation reviews, violat