Vice President, Client Solutions

Wilshire Advisors LLC

$110K — $175K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 8 years in client services or relationship management within financial services
  • Strong understanding of investment products and financial markets
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to handle multiple projects with strong organizational skills
  • Experience in wealth and retirement sectors preferred
  • Proficient in investment performance metrics and data manipulation in Excel
  • Interest in using AI tools to enhance productivity while adhering to policies

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary point of contact for assigned clients
  • Foster strong client relationships by understanding their investment needs
  • Retain and grow client assets by providing tailored solutions
  • Serve as liaison between internal teams and clients for seamless communication
  • Participate in fund launches or restructurings as necessary
  • Coordinate with marketing and compliance teams for accurate client materials
  • Manage client onboarding, ensuring timely documentation processing
  • Prepare investor-specific reporting including performance and fees
  • Stay informed on market trends to provide relevant client insights
  • Promote a client-centric culture by sharing insights with internal teams

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model in Santa Monica, Pittsburgh, Chicago, or New York
  • Generous PTO policy
  • 401(k) matching
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Reimbursement for CFA and other professional memberships
  • Collaborative work environment
Full Job Description
Job Description

Wilshire's Client Solutions team serves as the interface between the firm and its clients, responsible for ensuring exceptional service delivery, maintaining client satisfaction, and fostering long-term client relationships. The role works across asset classes, spanning both public and private markets, with a primary focus on wealth and retirement channels. Responsibilities include coordinating with internal stakeholders, managing client activities, staying informed about market trends and providing thought leadership, and advocating for clients within the organization. The Client Solutions team also supports underlying investors in Wilshire's alternatives products across hedge funds and private markets. Client reporting and deliverables often requires the ability to parse large data sets and deep analytical skills.

What you'll do:
  • Act as the primary point of contact for assigned clients, ensuring their needs are understood and addressed in a timely manner
  • Foster strong relationships with clients by demonstrating a deep understanding of their investment objectives, preferences, and expectations
  • Retain and grow client assets by providing excellent service and offering solutions tailored to their individual needs and goals
  • Serve as the liaison between internal departments and clients, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration
  • Participate as necessary in fund launches or restructurings
  • Coordinate with marketing, legal, and compliance teams to develop client and product materials, presentations, DDQs, and investment reports, ensuring accuracy
  • Be knowledgeable of compliance with regulatory requirements and coordinate documentation and filings to comply
  • Manage client on-boarding, initiating KYC and following through to ensure documents are processed in a timely manner
  • Assist with the regular investor services task to be performed with our fund administrator, ensure production and validation of all monthly trade activity from investors
  • Stay informed about market trends, industry developments, and competitive landscape to provide clients with relevant insights and opportunities
  • Prepare investor specific reporting on performance, correlations, fees, percentage ownership of underlying positions, etc.
  • Promote a client-centric culture within the organization by sharing client insights, feedback, and success stories with internal teams and stakeholders


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 8 years of experience in client services, relationship management, or similar role within the financial services industry
  • Strong understanding of investment products, financial markets, and industry regulations, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to clients effectively
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build rapport, influence stakeholders, and resolve conflicts
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously by showing good organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Experience in the wealth and/or retirement space, including knowledge of key firms, trends, and products utilized across the intermediary space is preferred
  • Proficiency with calculation and interpretation of standard investment performance metrics; ability to manage and manipulate data quantitatively utilizing excel
  • Interest in leveraging approved AI-enabled tools to streamline work processes, enhance productivity, and support high-quality outputs, while applying sound judgment, attention to detail, and adherence to firm policies


Additional Information
  • This position will work on a hybrid model out of our Santa Monica, Pittsburgh, Chicago, or New York office
  • We offer a comprehensive benefits package including a collaborative work environment, generous PTO, 401(k) match, affordable & comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance, CFA and other professional membership reimbursement, and more.

The pay range for this position is $110,000-$175,000. However, base pay will be determined on an individual basis considering various factors, including location, qualifications, skills, and experience. The total compensation package includes eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus and a full range of health and financial benefit offerings, which will be provided in conjunction with an offer of employment.

Visit www.wilshire.com for additional company information.

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