Senior Risk & Investment Compliance Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Providing full risk and investment compliance oversight eg. assessment and development of operational and market risk framework as well as investment compliance framework 
• Developing and establishing investment compliance framework and market risk framework
• Managing the exposure to and understanding of the cross-risk markets and associated investment/trading risks, building relevant processes as and when necessary
• Ensure compliance with fund prospectus, global exposure, leverage limits under EU regulation
• Work closely with Product Development teams to structure new fund strategies in line with local regulations
• Producing periodic Board and regulatory reports including risk exposures and compliance breaches

Qualifications

• 7 + years of relevant professional experience, gained within an Asset Management or Hedge Fund company
• Have a good academic background, a relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. Masters degree, CFA, FRM etc.) would be advantageous
• Be knowledgeable of investment risk and restrictions under UCITS and AIFMD, including understanding of ESMA guidelines
• Be able to work independently as well as part of a team in a busy environment, to identify, research, and resolve any exceptions
• Demonstrate good attention to detail, and the ability to document working procedures
• Have strong interpersonal skills, in order to interact effectively with colleagues and with senior management
• Good knowledge of post-trade compliance systems e.g. Charles River, Thinkfolio, Aladdin etc.
• Advanced Excel, VBA and SQL knowledge.