Job Description

The salary range for this role is $65,000–$75,000/year commensurate with experience.

Start your next chapter helping grow and safeguard a mission-driven endowment.
The Indiana University Foundation is seeking an Investment Analyst for the Investment Department to support thoughtful portfolio stewardship through research, analysis, and clear reporting.

You will help manage the IU Foundation’s Pooled Long-Term Fund and participate in every stage of the investment process, including due diligence, data analysis, and preparation of materials for internal and external audiences. In this role you will monitor managers across public and private markets, contribute research on new strategies, collaborate with accounting, custodians, consultants, and investment managers, and join introductory meetings with firms.

Day to day, you will build presentations on asset classes, liquidity, and market topics, maintain quarterly summaries in the research management system, coordinate and document manager meetings and onsite visits, support the annual audit with timely data, and review monthly pricing reports. As you progress, you will take primary coverage for a subset of managers, lead onsite diligence, assist with manager searches from outreach through evaluation, and help source new opportunities that strengthen the portfolio, creating a path toward increasing autonomy and future leadership.

You will gain broad, hands-on exposure to a $4 billion endowment across public and private asset classes, learn from experienced mentors who prioritize teaching, and build the judgment and ownership needed to advance in your career.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required, preference for finance, economics, business, or a related field.
• 2 or more years of investment experience at an endowment, pension, OCIO or consultant, or wealth manager preferred.
• Enrolled CFA candidates preferred. If not already enrolled, it is an expectation that you will enroll in the CFA program upon being hired and that you will complete the program during your tenure at the IU Foundation. IUF will support your continuing education by funding course and certification materials.
• Experience with Excel and PowerPoint required
  • Familiarity with Tableau or other data visualization tools preferred.
• Experience with investment analytics or portfolio reporting platforms, such as MSCI Total Plan, or a research management system preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong grasp of investment concepts, including portfolio construction, asset allocation, liquidity, and risk management across public and private markets.
• Proficiency analyzing manager materials and financial statements, with the ability to evaluate fund performance and valuation metrics accurately.
• Advanced analytical and quantitative skills, comfort building dashboards, custom reports, and ad hoc analyses for surveys and peers.
• Tech-forward mindset with interest in learning new tools, including reporting systems, data visualization, and AI platforms, and willingness to become a subject-matter expert in key platforms.
• Clear and concise communicator with strong writing and presentation skills for internal and external audiences, including Investment Committee materials.
• Organized self-starter who manages multiple priorities independently while meeting time-sensitive deadlines.
• Collaborative teammate with sound judgment, professionalism, and discretion.
• High ethical standards, intellectual curiosity, proactive problem solving, and a growth mindset.

Additional Information

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule after a successful on-site onboarding period. The hybrid work schedule includes a bank of 60 days/year to be used as remote days on Tuesdays or Thursdays only. This position is located in our Indianapolis, Indiana, office.

We anticipate that this position will involve traveling up to 30% of the time to participate in conferences, manager onsite visits, and investment meetings with the team.

A cover letter further highlighting your interest in the role is highly encouraged.

** The IUF is committed to providing a safe, respectful, and professional work environment that is free of Discrimination and Harassment. The IUF will not tolerate any form of Discrimination or Harassment based on the Individual’s race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by law.**

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