Banking and Financial Services Jobs in Santa Monica, CA

Executive Business Partner | Founder’s Office

Our client, a globally recognized alternative investment and advisory firm, is seeking a highly capable Executive Business Partner to support the Founder and Managing Partner. This is a uniquely dynamic role designed for someone who is deeply organized, intellectually curious, and excited to operate in a fast-moving, ideas-driven environment. You will be immersed in global investing, early-stage venture, and high-level investor relationships, playing a central role in how the Founder prioritizes, communicates, and executes across the firm.

We are looking for someone with a rigorous academic foundation, strong reasoning skills, and the ability to quickly synthesize complex information and context.

What you’ll do:

Strategic Execution

• Serve as a true thought partner and operational right hand to the Founder
• Translate priorities into clear next steps, ensuring high-impact initiatives move forward efficiently
• Track key decisions, action items, and follow-through across the business

Investor Relations

• Help manage and grow relationships with institutional investors and partners
• Prepare for investor meetings, coordinate follow-ups, and maintain momentum across pipelines
• Support ongoing communication with a sophisticated global investor base

Content, Materials & Communications

• Draft and refine investment materials, presentations, memos, and communications
• Synthesize research, notes, and discussions into clear, polished outputs
• Ensure every external touchpoint is thoughtful, accurate, and well-positioned

Project & Information Management

• Drive progress on firmwide initiatives and cross-functional projects
• Bring structure and clarity to complex workflows and timelines
• Anticipate needs ahead of key meetings, travel, and global events

Events & External Engagement

• Support planning and execution of global conferences and investor gatherings
• Help ensure these moments deepen relationships and generate meaningful business outcomes

What we’re looking for

• A top-tier undergraduate degree with strong academic performance
• 3+ years of experience in a high-performance, intellectually rigorous environment (consulting, research, startups, policy, VC, media, or similar)
• Exceptionally strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to quickly grasp new industries, ideas, and investment concepts
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills
• High level of discretion, judgment, and professionalism
• Comfort operating in an investor-facing, relationship-driven environment
• A proactive, low-ego mindset with a willingness to take ownership of both strategic and executional work

Why this role

• Exposure to world-class investors, founders, and global thinkers
• A front-row seat to venture investing, macro strategy, and capital formation
• Meaningful ownership and the ability to shape how the Founder operates day to day
• A collaborative, intellectually engaged team environment
• Competitive compensation, full benefits, and a beautiful Westside office

Compensation: $100K–$150K + bonus + full benefits

If you are looking for a role with smart leadership, a collaborative culture, and exceptional growth potential, this is an amazing opportunity to grow your career.

BlockTrust is a fast-growing, AI-powered cryptocurrency investment platform built to help clients invest with confidence. Backed by award-winning trading technology and institutional-grade security, we provide a seamless experience for investors seeking smarter, actively managed crypto solutions.

We are expanding our Investor Relations team and looking for a driven, organized, and client-focused professional to support our rapidly growing client base.

Overview

The Investor Relations Assistant will serve as the primary point of contact for existing BlockTrust clients. This role is focused on relationship management, client satisfaction, and ensuring a smooth experience from onboarding to ongoing communication. You will assist clients with account setup, answer routine account questions, and support both onboarding and off-boarding processes.

Key Responsibilities

Client Onboarding & Off-Boarding

• Guide clients through opening and funding brokerage accounts
• Assist with required forms, documentation, and compliance steps
• Manage smooth off-boarding when clients request transfers or closure

Client Support & Communication

• Act as the first point of contact for client inquiries via phone and email
• Answer basic questions about account status, statements, and platform features
• Provide timely updates, escalate issues when necessary, and ensure high-quality customer service
• Assist clients with additional funding/wire transfers etc.

Account Management Support

• Help clients navigate the BlockTrust platform and brokerage portals
• Coordinate with internal teams to resolve account issues
• Maintain accurate records of client interactions and follow-up items

Relationship Building

• Foster trust and rapport with clients by delivering responsive, proactive communication
• Identify opportunities to improve the client experience and streamline processes

We are looking for remote participants to review financial advice related to budgeting, saving money, and improving spending habits.

In this role you will explore different strategies people use to manage their finances and identify which ideas are the most helpful in real life.

Tasks include reviewing simple financial tips, evaluating money-saving strategies, and providing feedback on budgeting approaches.

The role is remote and open to anyone with an interest in personal finance or household budgeting.

Come make an impact in the Public Sector! Join our team to do meaningful work and support high-impact government missions.

GP Strategies Government Solutions, Inc. Government Training Solutions | GP Strategies, a wholly owned subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, focuses on helping every public sector team unlock its full potential through people performance solutions.

Our work directly supports mission critical government agencies, including:

• Air Force

• Army

• Department of Defense (DoD)

• Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

• Department of Homeland Security

• NASA

• National Highway Institute (NHI) | Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

• State & Local Governments

Our Mission is meaningful and powerful: to deliver innovative people performance through off the shelf and custom learning, mission specialists, and technology solutions, building deep partnerships with customers to help them achieve measurable mission and company performance improvements.

GP Strategies Corporation, the corporate parent of GP Strategies Government Solutions, is a global leader in talent transformation, dedicated to empowering organizations to unlock their full potential. We help businesses enhance workforce performance and achieve strategic goals through innovative, technology-enabled learning solutions. For over 50 years, with a proven track record of supporting over 6,000 global organizations worldwide, we combine human expertise with AI-driven insights to deliver customized strategies that upskill talent, drive technology adoption, and optimize critical processes.

GP Strategies has an opening for an Electrical/Mechanical Instructor to support a large aerospace client in El Segundo, CA. This is a full-time, benefitted onsite position.

Job Summary:

Conducts and performs training or solutions using the appropriate medium and method (classroom, computer-based training [CBT], simulations, on-the-job [OJT], coaching, job-aids) to satisfy business needs and requirements. Conducts training covering a broad range of mechanical and electrical subject matter.

Responsibilities:

• Assesses and tests the competence of employees/students in performing tasks requiring certification or qualification to comply with government and organizational standards and specifications.
• Expert in navigating technical documents related to manufacturing /repair documents and/or blueprints (detail, assembly, or installation drawings).
• Confers with management/client to understand work situation.
• Delivers training sessions covering specified areas of technical specialty.
• Evaluates training programs and reports on trainee progress.
• Maintains training programs and materials.
• Prepares training areas to be teach ready

Requirements:

• Electrical and Mechanical aircraft experience
• Experience as a classroom Instructor/Trainer
• Ability to travel 20%
• Ability to work different shifts, as needed (with advance notice)

Desired qualifications (not required):

• IPC-J-STD-001 (CIT), IPC-J-STD-001 Space Addendum (CIT), and IPC-STD-610 (CIT).
• NASA 8739.4, NASA 8739.X, NASA 8739.1

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

General physical requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on location of assignment.

Assignment Location – El Segundo, CA

• Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Fingering (typing), communicating, repetitive motions.
• Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
• Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

At GP Strategies Government Solutions culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies Government Solutions is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.

At TWG Group Holdings, LLC (“TWG Global”), we drive innovation and business transformation across a range of industries, including financial services(particularly capital markets and fixed income), insurance, technology, media, and sports, by leveraging data and AI as core assets. Our AI-first, cloud-native approach delivers real-time intelligence and interactive business applications, empowering informed decision-making for both customers and employees.

We prioritize responsible data and AI practices, ensuring ethical standards and regulatory compliance. Our decentralized structure enables each business unit to operate autonomously, supported by a central AI Solutions Group, while strategic partnerships with leading data and AI vendors fuel game-changing efforts in marketing, operations, and product development. Our solutions power trading desks, portfolio optimization, and risk analytics across fixed income, derivatives, and structured products.

You will collaborate with management to advance our data and analytics transformation, enhance productivity, and enable agile, data-driven decisions. By leveraging relationships with top tech startups and universities, you will help create competitive advantages and drive enterprise innovation.

At TWG Global, your contributions will support our goal of sustained growth and superior returns, as we deliver rare value and impact across our businesses.

As the Staff Machine Learning Engineer (VP) on the AI Science team, you will be responsible for architecting and deploying cutting‑edge ML systems that power core business functions across the enterprise. Reporting to the Executive Director of AI Science, you will play a critical role in driving the development of scalable ML infrastructure, production‑grade models, and reusable frameworks that deliver measurable business outcomes—ranging from cost optimization to top‑line growth. You will bridge quantitative research and technology, with deep understanding of fixed income markets and derivatives.

You will act as a technical thought leader and strategic partner in shaping the direction of the organization’s machine learning investments, fostering a culture of rigorous experimentation, reproducibility, and responsible AI.

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• Design and deploy ML systems that solve high‑impact business problems for critical workflows.
  
• Develop and implement advanced ML methods including time series forecasting, reinforcement learning, optimization algorithms, and probabilistic modeling.
  
• Lead the adoption of emerging ML techniques and tools (e.g., generative AI, LLM fine‑tuning, vector databases, RAG) through rapid prototyping.
  
• Partner with AI researchers and data scientists to translate experimental models into production‑ready systems, supporting scaling and generalizability across business domains.
  
• Own the development of foundational models and platform capabilities that serve as building blocks for downstream AI applications across the organization.
  
• Ensure ML models are designed with safety, fairness, and transparency in mind, and aligned with internal governance frameworks and external regulatory standards.
  
• Collaborate with cross‑functional leaders in engineering, product, and business teams to embed ML‑driven decision‑making into core processes and workflows.
  
• Continuously evaluate emerging ML techniques and tools, and champion their adoption through rigorous prototyping, benchmarking, and knowledge sharing.
  
• Define and manage metrics to evaluate model performance and business impact, ensuring ML projects meet both scientific and operational standards.
  
• Design ML‑driven pricing models for fixed income securities, derivatives, and structured products.
  
• Mentor other ML engineers and data scientists, fostering technical excellence and a culture of innovation and collaboration.
  

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• 8+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning systems in production environments, preferably in investment banking, fixed income trading, or hedge funds, ideally within enterprise or platform‑scale settings.
  
• Proven track record of leading ML projects from ideation to production, including cross‑functional collaboration and technical ownership.
  
• Deep expertise in supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning or statistical modeling.
  
• Experience with multimodal, generative AI, or large language models (e.g., LLMs, diffusion models) is a strong plus.
  
• Proficiency in Python, along with modern ML and data stack tools (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn, JAX, Ray, MLflow).
  
• Hands‑on experience with MLOps principles and frameworks (e.g., CI/CD pipelines for ML, model monitoring, reproducibility).
  
• Strong understanding of cloud‑based ML infrastructure (e.g., AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI, or similar).
  
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical details into strategic decisions.
  
• Strong foundation in fixed income analytics, derivatives pricing, and risk management.
  
• Commitment to responsible AI, including model fairness, transparency, and compliance with regulatory standards.
  
• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a closely related discipline.
  

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• Hands‑on experience with Palantir platforms (e.g., Foundry, AIP, Ontology) – including developing, deploying, and integrating machine learning solutions within Palantir’s data and AI ecosystem.
  
• CFA or FRM certification
  

This position is based out of our Santa Monica, CA office. Consideration for a different working location will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis.

The base pay for this position is $240,000–285,000. A bonus will be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

TWG is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.