Top Operations Associate Jobs in Boston, MA

Provides finance operations consulting and transformation services to CFOs, controllers, and treasurers. Responsibilities include optimizing finance structures and processes, improving controls and back-office operations, analyzing financial data, developing models and forecasts, reviewing financial statements, implementing technology and internal controls, managing client projects, and mentoring junior staff. The role focuses on finance transformation, operational excellence, and strategic decision support.

Manage the Mastercard Economics Institute’s operational cadence, including calendars, meetings, research delivery protocols, finance and budget processes, stakeholder coordination, vendor relationships, and operating-procedure improvements. The role supports meeting content, tracks organizational requirements, identifies operational blockers, and routes issues for resolution across global teams.

Supports clients with tax reporting strategies, compliance, process transformation, and financial data analysis. Responsibilities include interpreting tax laws and accounting guidance, preparing documentation, tracking workstreams, reconciling data, developing recommendations, collaborating with client teams, and mentoring junior staff.

Own the company’s day-to-day office and administrative operations, including visitors, deliveries, supplies, vendors, records, events, onboarding, offboarding, invoices, expenses, and calendars. Coordinate facilities and vendor needs, support the relocation to a new Allston facility, and build scalable processes for office operations. The role requires strong organization, communication, initiative, and hands-on support in an onsite environment.

Analyzes operational challenges, market trends, and performance data to develop strategic recommendations for clients. Manages consulting workstreams, supports operations strategy initiatives, reviews deliverables, builds client relationships, and mentors junior team members. The role requires translating complex business issues into practical actions that improve efficiency and growth.

Founding lab operations role owning daily lab function, equipment, inventory, procurement, safety, and compliance in a new BSL-2 Cambridge lab. Balance hands-on bench work (mammalian cell culture, cryobanking, lentivirus preps, reagent prep) with building operational systems, SOPs, vendor management, and audit-ready documentation. Design and improve processes, monitor core instruments and freezers, and support procurement and budgeting.

Executes equity trades, reconciles trading and custodial records, maintains security models, and ensures regulatory compliance. Supports portfolio managers through rebalancing, tax-loss harvesting, market-driven trades, and customized options strategies. Communicates trade and market updates, participates in investment meetings, and develops reports using investment platforms including Koyfin, Black Diamond, and RedBlack.

Supports client sales and service strategies through sales process analysis, sales effectiveness recommendations, customer experience improvements, and revenue growth initiatives. Responsibilities include interpreting client data, developing operating model recommendations, coordinating consulting workstreams, preparing presentations and action plans, troubleshooting sales channels, managing client relationships, and guiding junior team members.

Process and manage customer lottery ticket orders and redemptions at a local fulfillment center, maintain real-time order statuses, operate printing/scanning equipment, organize workflows to meet daily objectives, support operational projects, and ensure accuracy and strong customer service.

Supports payer operations modernization and transformation initiatives for health services clients. Analyzes operational challenges, performance metrics, and business data; develops process improvement deliverables and operating model recommendations; coordinates project workstreams; manages timelines and issue logs; presents client recommendations; and mentors junior team members. The role applies consulting methods, digital tooling, AI collaboration, and analytical thinking to improve workflows and service delivery.

Manage fulfillment and inventory by picking, packing, and shipping orders while ensuring quality control and maintaining workspace organization.

Process returned devices for refurbishment through charging, cleaning, preparation, packaging, ERP receiving, sorting, and inventory tasks. Support process improvements for the Tive Green program and coordinate with team members while following written procedures. The role requires lifting up to 30 pounds and may involve spreadsheets, data entry, Google Workspace, and production control systems.

Leads clinical operations strategy and execution for global pharmaceutical development programs. Oversees clinical study planning, CRO and vendor performance, budgets, risk mitigation, regulatory inspection readiness, and cross-functional program governance. Represents Clinical Operations on global program and clinical sub teams, supports regulatory activities and business development evaluations, and drives process improvements. Requires extensive pharmaceutical or CRO experience, clinical study management expertise, global regulatory knowledge, and strong matrix leadership.

Provides operations consulting services to asset and wealth management clients. Analyzes processes, performance data, risks, and operating models; develops recommendations; supports workstreams from planning through execution; prepares client deliverables; coordinates milestones; reviews work for quality; and contributes to operations transformation across procurement, logistics, manufacturing, and service operations. Mentors junior team members and helps manage client relationships and changing priorities.

Supports operations consulting engagements for asset and wealth management clients. Analyzes business needs, workflows, operating models, and performance data to identify process improvements. Assists with operational strategies, service delivery models, metrics, research, documentation, and presentations. Collaborates with consultants and client stakeholders, tracks deliverables, adapts to changing priorities, and develops practical recommendations using analytics and digital tools.

Supports AI data center projects through procurement, contract administration, and financial analysis. Evaluates vendor proposals, analyzes budgets and variances, negotiates commercial terms, reviews contracts and change orders, resolves procurement and payment discrepancies, maintains project records, supports audits, and improves commercial processes. Partners with Legal, project teams, and vendors to manage risks and support project delivery.

Supports cross-functional business operations across client onboarding, product delivery, compliance, reporting, and administration. Builds dashboards, troubleshoots client technical issues, and transforms recurring workflows into AI agents and automations. Contributes to strategic projects involving technology investments and operational scaling. The role suits an early-career professional with strong analytical, communication, client-facing, and AI-tool experience who is comfortable working independently in a remote, fast-growing startup.

Supports primary market research fieldwork by recruiting respondents, maintaining research databases, coordinating qualitative interviews, managing survey logistics, testing surveys, coordinating vendors, handling translations and transcripts, and fulfilling participant honoraria. Serves as a liaison between research participants and consulting teams while supporting quantitative and qualitative research processes in a fast-paced consulting environment.

Performs reconciliations, NAV validation, cash monitoring, valuation issue resolution, reporting, and data integrity controls for investment accounts. Investigates discrepancies across custodians, administrators, and internal teams, communicates issues affecting investment decisions, and owns resolution through completion. The role also supports audits, system implementations, process improvements, and cross-functional operations initiatives.

Support consulting engagements focused on operations and supply chain improvement. Responsibilities include researching business operations, documenting processes, collecting and analyzing data, preparing presentations and project summaries, tracking tasks, and coordinating follow-up actions. The intern will learn consulting methods, identify process gaps, support cost reduction initiatives, and contribute to client and internal deliverables while developing communication, teamwork, and digital-tool skills.

Supports health-sector consulting projects through research, operational analysis, data review, documentation, meeting support, and process-improvement activities. The intern helps organize materials, track deliverables, identify workflow gaps, use digital and AI-enabled tools, and collaborate with client teams on operational transformation and implementation. The role is designed for an MBA candidate one year from graduation who is developing consulting methods and health-industry operations expertise.

Supports financial services consulting projects through research, process analysis, data gathering, process mapping, presentation development, project coordination, and operational documentation. The intern assists with evaluating operating models and process efficiency across banking, insurance, and asset management, uses digital and AI-enabled tools, tracks deliverables, and supports client-facing teams while developing consulting, communication, and commercial skills.

Remote administrative operations role for engineering graduates managing purchase workflows, invoices, bookkeeping (QuickBooks), scheduling, documentation (Google Workspace, DocuSign), vendor coordination, basic financial reporting, and supporting leadership with scientific writing, grants, patents, and presentations. Work U.S. business hours with cross-functional teams at a deep-tech startup.

Own cross-functional go-to-market strategy and operations initiatives from planning through adoption. Responsibilities include account targeting, territory and target-list development, funnel and process optimization, Salesforce and HubSpot workflows, AI-enabled automation, reporting, and pipeline performance improvement. The role also runs the weekly revenue leadership operating rhythm, prepares metrics and pre-reads, tracks decisions and owners, and drives execution across marketing, SDR, sales, and revenue teams.

Supports commercial operations for a renewable natural gas portfolio through financial and operating models, KPI dashboards, monthly reviews, environmental credit compliance, market analysis, growth initiatives, M&A diligence, and integration of acquired assets. The role also supports ERP implementation, revenue optimization, offtake strategy, process automation, leadership reporting, and coordination of analysts and cross-functional workstreams.