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Wealth Management & Trust Operations - Investment Management Manager

Deloitte

Chicago, ILJob$135–265K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$135–265K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Deloitte’s Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps clients address risk and regulatory challenges using data, AI, emerging technologies, and industry insights. The Investment Management Manager leads risk assessments and governance work in wealth management and trust operations, oversees operating model and control deliverables, and leads project delivery. The role also includes mentoring junior practitioners and supporting proposals and client presentations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Independent WorkCollaborationWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationAttention to DetailRelationship BuildingProject LeadershipTask PrioritizationInterpersonal SkillsDeadline ManagementMentoringProject Workstream LeadershipRisk and Control DeliverablesGovernanceOperating Model DevelopmentInvestment Management OperationsAsset ManagementWealth ManagementHedge FundsPrivate EquityOperational Risk and ControlsTrust OperationsTransaction ProcessingAccount OnboardingDigital Asset AdministrationFinancial Advisor SupportRecordkeepingClient ReportingTax ReportingRegulatory ReportingCRM SystemsPortfolio Accounting PlatformsTrust Investment AccountingClient PortalsReconciliation ToolsData WarehousesProposal DevelopmentClient Presentations

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree5+ Years Financial Services or Consulting ExperienceDaily Commute to Assigned OfficeUp to 50% TravelUS Work Authorization Without SponsorshipJunior Professional Mentoring or Project Team Leadership

Full job description

Enterprise Operations & Risk - Wealth Management and Trust Operations - Investment Management Manager

Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organization. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.

Work you'll do

As a Wealth Management and Trust Operations - Investment Management Manager on the Enterprise Operations & Risk team, you will be responsible for...

  • Lead assessments of business, operational, regulatory, and technology risks in wealth management and trust operations.

  • Guide governance, control ownership, issue management, escalation, and reporting across internal and third-party teams.

  • Assess automation and artificial intelligence and machine learning effects on controls, data quality, and process resilience.

  • Oversee operating model assessments, process maps, control inventories, key risk indicators, service-level and operating-level agreements, vendor oversight artifacts, and procedures.

  • Lead project delivery, mentor junior practitioners, and support proposals and client presentations.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team

  • Effective written and verbal communication skills

  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product

  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships

  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams

  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor

  • Ability to meet deadlines

  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The team

Our Enterprise Operations & Risk offering enables clients to achieve profitable growth and competitive advantage by optimizing "heart of the business" operations. We leverage deep domain expertise to extend enterprise resilience, agility and remediation. Our professionals address client needs which span the organization and impact strategy, operations, performance and reputation.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree

  • 5+ years of experience in financial services or consulting with exposure to investment management operations, such as asset managers, wealth managers, hedge funds, private equity, fund administrators, custodians, prime brokers, or related service providers.

  • Experience leading project workstreams and developing risk, control, governance, or operating model deliverables

  • Demonstrated knowledge within asset management, wealth management, hedge funds, private equity, and/or operational risk and controls in investment management.

  • Understanding of wealth management and trust operations such as transaction processing, account onboarding, digital asset administration, financial advisor support, recordkeeping, client, tax and regulatory reporting, etc.

  • Experience with wealth management and trust operations systems, technologies, and tools such as customer relationship management (CRM) systems, portfolio and trust investment accounting platforms, next-generation client portals, reconciliation tools, data warehouses, etc.

  • You must reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required, without the need for overnight accommodations.

  • Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

  • Experience mentoring junior professionals or leading project teams

  • Experience developing proposals or delivering client presentations

  • Experience using customer relationship management systems, portfolio or trust investment accounting platforms, client portals, reconciliation tools, or data warehouses

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $134,500-$265,100.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

How this job compares

Set against the 617 open Risk Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$135–265K/yr
  • Illinois median$135–169K/yr34 salary ranges
  • US median$121–181K/yr472 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $200K, is 35% above the Illinois median midpoint ($148K) — in the top quarter of Risk Manager salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 36 open Risk Manager jobs in Illinois and 617 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Risk Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (553 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 362 of the 617 open Risk Manager jobs (59%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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