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# Fund Administration, Operations Analyst at Forge Global

- **Company:** Forge Global
- **Location:** New York New York, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/forgeglobal/jobs/6142215004

## Job description

At Forge, we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more.

With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible, and seamless for companies, their employees, and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth.

Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect.

Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams, and innovators in this way.

The Role:

A critical role on a central team at Forge, the Fund Administration Operations Analyst’s primary function would be to support all areas of Fund Administration on the Forge platform, taking holistic ownership of the fund lifecycle process.

Success in this role would require being adaptable to an evolving workplace, eager and willing to learn and determined to add value through high-quality work and thoughtful insights.

Location: This role requires 2-3 days a week in office in New York, NY.

Responsibilities:

- Develop a thorough understanding of workflows and existing processes to identify areas of improvement
- Work cross-functionally with Forge’s internal teams, including Marketplace Operations, Sales, Legal, Compliance and Product.
- Gain a deep knowledge of the operational needs and high-level objectives of each project.
- Conduct detailed analysis and valuation of secondary market securities.
- Execute liquidity distributions, ensuring accurate allocation and client satisfaction.
- Support tax reporting processes to ensure compliance with applicable deadlines.
- Perform data validation and quality checks on financial inputs to ensure accuracy; supporting integrity across reporting systems.
- Respond to client inquiries including trade, tax, reporting, and valuations.
- Maintain comprehensive, up-to-date internal documentation.
- Ability to identify key areas where there is opportunity to automate or improve workflows.

Requirements:

- 1-2 years of prior experience in a professional setting - operations, consulting, finance, accounting, fund management and/or law experience is ideal
- Superior critical thinking skills and demonstrated success working in an entrepreneurial environment is ideal.
- Excellent attention to detail and verbal/written communication skills.
- Comfort performing in fast, high-pressure situations
- Desire to create efficient, scalable and efficient process workflows from scratch
- Comfortable approaching issues at both a detailed and high level

For residents of New York, NY the annual salary range for this role is $65,000 - $75,000+ annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors

Upon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches as well as fingerprint and drug test.

Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

## About Forge Global

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Forge Global provides a technology-enabled marketplace and data solutions for trading private company securities, aiming to democratize access to the private growth equity asset class.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: FRGE) — wholly owned by Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) as of a 2025 acquisition agreement.
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (with significant offices in New York, New York and Denver, Colorado)
- **Founded**: 2018 (though the combined operational expertise and trading data span over 18 years, tracing back to earlier predecessors like SharesPost)
- **Founders**: Forge Global was formed via a merger; key historical figure is Kelly Rodriques (former CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services — Private Market Securities Trading, Secondary Market Brokerage, Financial Data & Analytics
- **Target customers**: B2B and B2C — Institutional investors (hedge funds, PE/VC funds, mutual funds, RIAs, family offices), accredited individual investors, private companies and their shareholders (employees, early investors).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Give a broader group of people the ability to buy and sell private shares in some of the world’s most innovative companies and help all who participate in the private market economy to accelerate destiny." [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/faqs/)

## Products & Services
- **Forge Marketplace**: An SEC-registered broker-dealer (Forge Securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC) facilitating secondary trading of private company stock. Connects buyers and sellers to provide pre-IPO liquidity. Standard direct transaction minimum is $100,000, but indications of interest are accepted from $5,000. Transaction fees typically 2-4%. [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/faqs/)
- **Forge Data / Forge Intelligence**: A comprehensive data solution offering same-day pricing information for private company investors. Includes live market data (trade prices, bids/asks, volume), company financing and valuation history, proprietary analytics (exit scenario planning, sector insights), and sentiment indicators. [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/faqs/)
- **Forge Trust**: A service for private companies to manage shareholder equity and facilitate structured liquidity programs for stakeholders.
- **Forge Funds**: Alternative investment structures (e.g., fund vehicles) that allow investors to gain exposure to private securities with potentially lower notional amounts than direct transactions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: As part of a definitive agreement announced in 2025, Forge Global Holdings, Inc. is to be acquired by Charles Schwab Corporation, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Its standalone market cap prior to trading was variable; the acquisition price was not publicly detailed in a single headline number but the deal reflects a strategic premium by Schwab.
- **Key Metric**: As of December 31, 2025, Forge had facilitated more than 27,000 transactions in over 650 private growth companies, with over 850,000 buyers and sellers on its platform. [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/faqs/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company: Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW). Historical institutional investors include a range of VC and strategic investors prior to the merger.
- **Growth Signals**: Acquisition by Charles Schwab (a major financial services firm) is the strongest signal of market validation and scale. This integrates Forge's private market capabilities into Schwab's massive client base, exponentially expanding its addressable market. Continued expansion of data products (Forge Intelligence) and platform features.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale and Liquidity**: One of the largest and most active secondary market platforms for private growth companies, with a history of over 27,000 trades across 650+ companies.
- **Proprietary Data Network**: Access to same-day pricing and transaction data creates a powerful data moat, feeding analytics that no other broker-dealer can easily replicate.
- **Institutional-Grade Infrastructure**: End-to-end solutions covering trading, custody (Forge Trust), and data — a full-service stack for the private market lifecycle.
- **Brand Trust & Distribution via Schwab**: Becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Charles Schwab provides immediate credibility, regulatory scale, and access to millions of retail and institutional clients.
- **18 Years of Combined Operational Experience**: Deep expertise in navigating the unique legal, regulatory, and logistical complexities of private securities transactions.

## Strategic Focus
- **Integration with Charles Schwab**: The immediate priority is the closing of the acquisition and the integration of Forge's platform into the broader Schwab ecosystem to deliver private market access to a wider audience.
- **Expanding Data and Analytics**: Doubling down on Forge Intelligence as a standalone revenue stream and a value-add for both institutional and retail clients within Schwab.
- **Lowering Barriers to Entry**: Continuing to find ways to offer lower minimums (e.g., via Forge Funds) and streamline the user experience for accredited investors to participate in the private market.
- **Geographic and Client Base Expansion**: Using Schwab's reach to serve a far larger pool of investors and companies than previously possible.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Impact**: Employees work at the intersection of finance and technology, helping to unlock liquidity and opportunity for innovators and investors in the private market. [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/careers/)
- **Culture of "Humble, Accountable, Bold"**: The company emphasizes a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where team members are expected to be humble and respectful, take ownership of their work, and challenge the status quo. [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/people-and-culture/)
- **Generous Benefits**: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision; 401k plan; life insurance; HSA/FSA; pre-tax transit/parking; new parent leave; generous time off; equity offered to all qualifying employees. [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/careers/)
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid in-office presence is encouraged with weekly in-office lunches and healthy snacks. Offices in San Francisco, New York, and Denver.
- **Career Growth**: The company "grows with you" through education, training, mentorship, and internal mobility. Employee resource groups, team lunches, and community service events are part of the culture. [forgeglobal.com](https://forgeglobal.com/people-and-culture/)
- **Engineering & Data Focus**: A strong emphasis on building robust, scalable systems (e.g., Director of Platform & Reliability Engineering, Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead) roles). Data is a core part of the product and strategy — roles like Vice President of Data Product Strategy and Senior Data Analyst are prominent on the careers page.

## Sources
1. [forgeglobal.com - Company Overview](https://forgeglobal.com/)
2. [forgeglobal.com - Careers Page](https://forgeglobal.com/careers/)
3. [forgeglobal.com - People & Culture](https://forgeglobal.com/people-and-culture/)
4. [forgeglobal.com - Investor Relations](https://ir.forgeglobal.com/overview/default.aspx)
5. [forgeglobal.com - FAQs](https://forgeglobal.com/faqs/)

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