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Deputy Executive Director, ERFC Investments
Description Assists the executive director with the investment portfolio of the Educational Employees' Retirement System of Fairfax County (ERFC); researches, analyzes, and recommends strategic investment initiatives supported by fiduciary accountability; ensures and maintains compliance with legislation and contracted agreements; provides comprehensive evaluation of current investment manager performance and researches across asset classes to build pipeline considerations that ensure portfolio performance; tracks investment management and consulting costs and provides recommendations on areas of savings; provides qualitative and quantitative documentation, reporting, and presentations; collaborates with investment consultants, fund managers, actuaries, and legal counsel; serves as a liaison to the executive director, Board of Trustees, and School Board. Qualifications Required
- Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, economics, or related field.
- Six (6) years of experience in investment management, retirement benefit design, investment manager compliance, and/or qualitative and quantitative analysis, some of which shall have been in a supervisory or leadership role.
- Advanced degree(s) beyond the minimum degree requirement in a relevant field may be considered for some experience.
- Knowledge of management principles and techniques of investment management, retirement benefit design, investment manager compliance, and/or qualitative and quantitative investment fund analysis.
- Knowledge of federal and state laws governing public employee retirement systems and retirement accounting.
- Ability to analyze, evaluate, and interpret financial statements and provide supported short- and long-term recommendations.
- Ability to coordinate and discuss a variety of policy and pension plan matters between leadership, boards, and trustees.
- Ability to act as a skilled change agent and utilize negotiating skills to manage confidential information and navigate sensitive organizational situations.
- Ability to budget, plan, organize, direct, and supervise the work of personnel and outside vendors.
- Ability to establish and maintain successful collaborative working relationships with diverse personnel and outside vendors to address complicated investment needs.
- Ability to communicate effectively through public speaking, presentations, and business and technical writing.
Preferred
- Master's degree.
- Public pension fund experience.
- Experience in the institutional investment or institutional consulting industry.
- Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
- Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.
- Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification.
- Knowledge of PensionGold, Lawson, Levi Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS), or other pension software applications.
Salary Range $125,538 - $190,976 Salary Grade
[Salary Information] Unified Scale-Schedule C/Grade 005 Contract Length 260-Day Contract Percent Full-Time Full Time Job Type Finance/Accounting |
Fairfax County Public Schools
Jan 15, 2025