Senior Compliance Officer - CRD

Acadian Asset Management is a global, systematic investment manager at the forefront of data-driven investing since 1986. Headquartered in Boston, with locations in Singapore, London, and Sydney, we manage over $120 billion on behalf of leading institutions worldwide—including pension funds, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. We harness advanced technology, rich datasets, and multidisciplinary expertise to help clients navigate complex markets and uncover insights that may be overlooked by traditional approaches.

What sets Acadian apart is our people. We foster a collaborative, intellectually curious environment where ideas are tested, diverse perspectives are welcomed, and innovation thrives. We’re united by a shared purpose: delivering effective client outcomes and supporting one another in work that’s both challenging and rewarding. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment, strong benefits, and a casual but focused office culture—all designed to support the meaningful, collaborative work that defines Acadian.

 

Position Overview:

The role of the Portfolio Compliance Officer will be a member of the Compliance team.  This individual will work directly with the Portfolio Construction and Trading teams to resolve daily trading related issues.  Responsibilities will include daily monitoring of all trade activity for compliance with investment management agreements, prospectus, regulatory and other firm-level investment guidelines applicable to portfolios.  The individual will be responsible for implementing controls and processes to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory and portfolio guidelines primarily by extracting, analyzing, coding and monitoring client, regulatory and internal investment guidelines utilizing Charles River and other internal resources.

Acadian supports a hybrid work environment; employees are on-site in the Boston office 3 days a week.

 What You’ll Do:

• Conduct daily, pre-trade and post-trade monitoring for primarily equity portfolio investment activities relative to internal and external investment guidelines and regulatory limits.
• Ensure trades are in compliance with relevant portfolio limitations prior to trade execution.
• Respond to time-of-trade alerts quickly and accurately in an effort to meet internal client expectations.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies and procedures, operational practices and investment compliance guidelines, ensuring proper control activities and framework are in place
• Conduct, update and maintain rule coding in the Charles River compliance system
• Work with technology staff to ensure proper data alignment required to support trading compliance monitoring

We’re Looking for Teammates With:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or economics
• 8+ years of investment portfolio compliance experience in the financial services industry
• Strong experience coding and monitoring investment guidelines within Charles River
• Experience reviewing and interpreting the terms and conditions of Investment Management Agreements, Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information, and Regulatory guidelines (UCITS, etc.)
• Experience with equity and alternative investments
• Comfortable communicating with senior leadership and resolving issues
• Ability to work effectively both remotely and while sitting within a trading team

 

The base salary range for this role is $150,000 – $180,000 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and relevant experience. In addition to base pay, this position may be eligible for discretionary incentive compensation and includes participation in Acadian’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes health, retirement, and wellness offerings.