Cambridge Associates, LLC was founded in the early 1970s to assist nonprofit institutions with the investment of their endowment assets. Today, we provide investment consulting, financial planning and proprietary capital markets research to over 800 clients, including over 600 endowed nonprofit institutions, as well as family groups and corporate groups. The firm advises on over $900 billion in assets in all asset categories, including equities, bonds, non-US investments, real estate, venture capital, hedge funds, leveraged buyout funds, oil and gas partnerships, and many other types of investments.

We monitor the performance of nearly all major institutional investment managers and provide an advanced monitoring service for our clients to evaluate alternative assets managers such as venture capital and real estate firms. We have currently employ over 800 employees located in seven offices located in Arlington, Boston, Dallas, London, Menlo Park, Singapore and Sydney. We select our employees with great attention to their potential to become valuable members of a collegial, intelligent and hard-working team. Due to continued growth we currently seek to add Investment Performance Associates in our Boston, MA office.

Yes, paid

Summer

Internship Coord: Katherine Moran kmoran@cambridgeassociates.com

Position: Investment Performance Associate
Department: Non-Marketable Alternative Assets Control Group
Status: Exempt, Full-time
Reports to: Director, Non-Marketable Alternative Assets Control Group
Office: Boston
Responsibility: Collect and analyze performance data in support of the Alternative Assets Performance Measurement area.
Principal Duties:
1) Manage the ongoing collection of quarterly financial statements and original source documents from alternative assets partnership managers. Identify and solicit missing data. Each Associate is responsible for monitoring between 150 and 200 funds on a quarterly basis. Funds will consist of venture capital, private equity, oil & gas, real estate, non-U.S. global private equity, distressed securities, and fund of funds ("alternative assets") partnerships.
2) Analyze data relating to fund, member institution, and company from quarterly financial statements or original source documents. Input data into database. Discuss discrepancies with or seek additional information from alternative assets partnership managers.
3) Analyze and verify fund data and run standard single fund analysis reports. Coordinate production with Production Assistant and final delivery with Manager.
4) Maintenance and backfill of fund level, company level, and member institution level data as requested by Manager.
Qualifications:
· Accounting or Finance degree and a demonstrated interest in Finance preferred. · MS Excel required, Access a plus.
· Ability to work under time pressure; strong communication skills; and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, while ensuring accuracy and timeliness of information.
*All candidates should be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship,