DescriptionCetera Financial Group is currently seeking a Senior Advisory Operations Business Analyst for our Advisory Operations team in our company’s office located in Dallas, TX. This is a unique opportunity to join our team to provide support for Cetera Financial Group under Specialty Operations.
This is a hybrid role that requires 2-3 days per week in office. In order to be considered for this position, you must be located within a commutable distance of our Coppell office location.
What you will do:
- Serve as a senior subject matter resource with advanced knowledge of Advisory and/or Brokerage products, operational processes, platforms, and clearing relationships while providing a high level of service to internal and external partners.
- Lead the collection, organization, validation, and analysis of complex operational data to identify trends, capacity concerns, opportunities, and actionable business insights.
- Utilize advanced data and organizational tools, including Snowflake, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and applicable Microsoft Office applications, to organize large data sets, develop reporting, and translate complex information into meaningful insights for Leadership and Executive Leadership.
- Own and enhance metrics, capacity reporting, and data analysis across Advisory, Fee For Service, and Specialty Operations functions, ensuring data is accurate, organized, scalable, and presented in a manner that supports business decisions.
- Apply strong project management and organizational skills to manage multiple initiatives, reporting deliverables, competing priorities, dependencies, and deadlines with limited oversight.
- Lead or coordinate cross-functional projects and initiatives, establishing clear objectives, milestones, responsibilities, risks, and communication plans while driving work through completion.
- Provide senior-level analysis and recommendations to Leadership regarding capacity, workflow, productivity, operational risk, service levels, and resource planning.
- Develop executive-ready presentations and reporting that clearly communicate business performance, emerging trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Partner with Leadership and operational teams to identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and improve processes, including opportunities to improve how operational data is collected, maintained, analyzed, and reported.
- Lead and support new product, platform, program, or process rollouts by coordinating across teams, assessing operational impacts, identifying risks and dependencies, and providing recommendations to Leadership.
- Deliver an exceptional partner experience when working with