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CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you. CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

This is a full-time, in-office role based in downtown Minneapolis. Limited travel may be required for manager meetings, investment conferences, and due diligence visits.

The Due Diligence and Investment Analyst Senior serves as a key member of CLA Wealth Advisory's Portfolio Strategy team and is responsible for the research, evaluation, recommendation, and ongoing monitoring of investment managers and strategies utilized across the firm's public and private investment platforms.

This role leads comprehensive investment due diligence efforts across a variety of investment vehicles and structures. The individual will evaluate investment managers, analyze financial and operational risks, conduct manager meetings, assess organizational stability, and develop investment recommendations for presentation to the CLA Investment Committee. In addition to manager research responsibilities, this role contributes to the firm's investment research agenda, market insights, advisor education, and client-facing thought leadership, including the annual CLA Outlook and other investment presentations. This position is highly analytical and research-driven.

• Lead investment due diligence efforts for public and private market investment strategies utilized across the CLA investment platform.
• Conduct comprehensive qualitative and quantitative evaluations of investment managers, including investment philosophy, portfolio construction process, risk management framework, organizational structure, ownership, succession planning, and operational controls.
• Analyze manager financial statements, capital structure, revenue sources, profitability, and overall business stability.
• Evaluate and monitor investment vehicle structures, including separately managed accounts (SMAs), mutual funds, open-end funds, closed-end funds, interval funds, private funds and limited partnerships, and collective investment trusts (CITs).
• Lead manager meetings, due diligence calls, and on-site visits, documenting findings and identifying key investment and operational risks.
• Prepare formal due diligence reports and recommendation memorandums for presentation to the CLA Investment Committee.
• Present findings and investment recommendations directly to senior leadership and committee members.
• Perform ongoing monitoring of approved managers and strategies, identifying material organizational, operational, or investment-related developments.
• Maintain due diligence databases, manager scorecards, monitoring frameworks, and research files.
• Coordinate internal review processes with compliance, operations, trading, and portfolio implementation teams.
• Assist in the development of strategic asset allocation, capital market assumptions, and portfolio construction research.
• Conduct macroeconomic, capital markets, and investment research to support advisor education and client communications.
• Develop content and analysis supporting the annual CLA Outlook publication and other firmwide investment research initiatives.
• Develop executive-level presentations on investment research, market insights, manager evaluations, and portfolio strategy recommendations.
• Utilize advanced financial modeling and analytical techniques to support investment selection decisions.
• Ensure all activities comply with regulatory, fiduciary, and internal investment governance standards.
• Act as the subject matter expert for multiple account platform types, including 401(k)s, HSAs, trusts, corporations, and other retirement, individual, and institutional account structures.

Experience: Four or more years of relevant investment industry experience required. Experience preferred in: Investment due diligence, manager research, investment consulting, institutional research, or investment analyst experience. Evaluating both public and private market investment strategies. Conducting investment manager meetings and preparing investment recommendations for committee review. Within a registered investment advisory (RIA), institutional consulting firm, family office, wealth management platform, investment manager, law firm, or public accounting environment. In audit, transaction advisory, investment operations, legal review, or fund structuring.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.

• CFA Charterholder required.
• Series 7 License and Series 63, 65, or 66 Licenses required.

Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range. The compensation range for this position in Minneapolis is: $98,000 - $168,000.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

When you join CLA, you’ll have the opportunity to design your own inspired career. Career growth is about having new experiences and lots of exposure to different roles that stretch your comfort zone, expand your skills, and shape you as a leader. It’s not so much about climbing a ladder or acquiring new titles — it’s the discovery of your strengths and the outer reaches of your true potential. At CLA, you have the freedom to explore many opportunities, including your choice of industry specialization, service capability, career path, and mobility.

CLA exists to create opportunities for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. With nearly 9,000 people, more than 130 U.S. locations, and a global vision, we promise to know you and help you.

Investment advisory services are offered through CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC, an SEC‑registered investment advisor.

Wellness is shaped by our promise to know you and help you. We create opportunities for our people to live well and be happy by focusing on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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