Senior Compliance Officer
Invesco
About Invesco
As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.
What’s in it for you?
Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:
Flexible paid time off
Hybrid work schedule
401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
Health & wellbeing benefits
Parental Leave benefits
Employee stock purchase plan
Job Description
About the Department/Team:
The Office of the CCO is an Advisory Compliance function that supports the Americas region with compliance strategic initiatives, sub-advised client oversight, and product risk. Our objective is to provide strategic advice, implement and synergize controls across the region and perform compliance oversight to protect Invesco from regulatory, reputational, and financial risk.
About the Role:
The Senior Compliance Officer position assists Invesco's Americas business operations with respect to compliance with applicable state, federal and self-regulatory agency requirements. This position will have the opportunity to support a variety of account types, including 1940 Act mutual funds, separate accounts, UCITS funds, 81-102 Accounts, collective trusts, commodity pools and other pooled vehicles. The Senior Compliance Officer position requires knowledge of a variety of equity, fixed income, and derivative security types. This person will assist in coordinating and creating consistency across the Americas region for centralized internal and external client reporting requests to meet compliance standards and requirements, Board reporting, trade surveillance, policy and procedure review, and other compliance department needs.
Responsibilities of the Role:
Assist in coordinating processes for efficiently delivering and tracking required client reporting on a monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc basis
Serve as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders to facilitate and complete a variety of requirements and requests
Prepare report materials for clients and internal Boards
Respond to sub-advisory, wrap and institutional client inquiries
Complete various aspects of trade review/analysis/oversight and other reviews for compliance with applicable regulations
Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies and procedures.
Assist with projects and initiatives involving technology, data analysis, surveillance and other Compliance initiatives for the Americas region.
Track and deliver projects with accuracy for completion of projects in advance of deadlines.
Interact with members of the global compliance team to assist with Compliance initiatives.
Present complex information in a professional and easy to understand manner.
Serve as a liaison between the business and Compliance for various compliance-related initiatives.
Requirements of the Role:
Minimum of 3 years of experience within the financial services industry required with at least 2 years of direct compliance experience.
Knowledge of securities regulation (Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Investment Company Act of 1940), as it relates to operations within the advisory compliance for mutual funds, institutional mandates and separate accounts preferred.
Working knowledge of investments, trading, back-office operations, financial services industry and securities laws/regulations is preferred.
Broad experience with the regulatory environment (SEC, CFTC/NFA, FINRA, and ERISA) is preferred.
Familiarity with trading systems and their compliance component such as Charles River, Bloomberg, Aladdin, or similar order management/compliance rules-based systems
A desire to learn, grow, and assume more responsibility, as appropriate.
Proficiency of the Microsoft Office suite of applications required.
Formal Education:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study required
License / Registration / Certification:
FINRA Series 7 preferred.
Certification in a related field of practice is a plus.
Full Time / Part Time
Full timeWorker Type
EmployeeJob Exempt (Yes / No)
YesWorkplace Model
At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office.
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.