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EARNEST Partners

Equities and fixed income asset management

Investment Operations Analyst - Client Results

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Atlanta, GA, USA
In Person
AccountingFinancial Accounting

About the job

Requirements
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate complex information, question assumptions, connect ideas across systems, and use process design, automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence to translate insights into practical, reliable, and scalable improvements.
  • Curiosity about investment management and financial markets, with an interest in learning how investment operations, systems, and data support client outcomes.
  • Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, accountability, and communication skills, with the ability to learn quickly and collaborate across teams.
Responsibilities
  • Build a front-to-back understanding of how investment decisions become transactions, accounting records, performance results, and client reporting, and use that knowledge to improve the flow and integrity of information.
  • Develop expertise in investment accounting, reconciliations, trade settlements, corporate actions, and client reporting, and apply that expertise to independently research, analyze, and resolve issues and exceptions.
  • Progress from executing assigned work to owning and redesigning business processes that reduce repetitive work, improve data quality, and strengthen client outcomes.
  • Build effective working relationships with internal teams and external service providers to understand needs, coordinate solutions, and implement improvements across functions and systems.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with Excel, artificial intelligence, workflow automation, analytics, Python, or Power Query is helpful but not essential.
  • A quantitative or analytical foundation is valued.

About the company

EARNEST Partners is an employee-owned investment management firm that manages assets for public funds, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments, foundations, corporations, and government entities. It invests in global public equities and U.S. fixed income. For equities, it uses a bottom-up stock-picking approach based on fundamental and statistical analysis to choose individual stocks. For fixed income, it relies on credit and fundamental analysis, investing in U.S. Government agency debt, investment-grade debt, mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities. Founded in 1998 and based in Atlanta, Georgia with research operations in China, the firm distinguishes itself through its employee-ownership structure, its global reach, and its blend of quantitative and fundamental research to build tailored portfolios. Overall, the goal is to manage client assets effectively to meet their investment objectives and deliver dependable results for institutional investors.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Atlanta, Georgia

Founded

1998

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What believers are saying

  • January 13, 2026 promotion of Yugeng Sun signals serious private-capital team scaling.
  • EARNEST Partners said it advised over $50 billion as of December 31, 2025.
  • China Merchants Fund partnership broadens international investment reach and research capacity.

What critics are saying

  • Massachusetts settled its Earnest Operations AI-lending case for $2.5 million in 2025.
  • Paul Viera remains the public face and CEO, creating key-person concentration risk.
  • Harbor ETF EPAI ties performance to crowded AI capex trades and rapid sentiment reversals.

What makes EARNEST Partners unique

  • Paul Viera’s Return Pattern Recognition guides EARNEST Partners’ 25-year public-market process.
  • January 14, 2026 Harbor Capital ETF launch expands EARNEST Partners’ distribution into AI investing.
  • EARNEST Partners Private Capital gives the firm growth-equity capability beyond traditional public portfolios.

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Benefits

  • Professional Development Budget
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Company Equity
  • 401(k) Company Match

Company News

Earnest Partners
Jan 13th, 2026
EARNEST Partners Promotes Yugeng Sun to Partner

EARNEST Partners promotes Yugeng Sun to Partner. ATLANTA, January 12, 2026 - EARNEST Partners announced today the promotion of Yugeng Sun to Partner, reinforcing the firm's commitment to its private capital platform and growth equity strategy. EARNEST Partners Private Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EARNEST Partners, has a platform that provides growth equity to companies with proven business models operating in high-growth markets. Since the launch of the strategy, Sun has played a central leadership role in building and scaling the platform alongside a growing investment team, helping establish it as a core pillar of the firm. "Yugeng has been instrumental in shaping and scaling our private capital franchise," said Paul Viera, CEO of EARNEST Partners. "He is deeply entrepreneurial, focused on building durable partnerships, and has demonstrated strong ownership in developing this platform. His promotion reflects both his contributions and our conviction in the opportunity ahead." As Partner, Sun will continue to lead private capital investments, deepen relationships with investors and founders, and expand the firm's presence in high-growth markets. EARNEST Partners Communications About EARNEST Partners EARNEST Partners is an independent, 100% employee-owned investment firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA, with more than 25 years of experience and advising on over $50 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025.

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