Operational Risk & Controls Manager - Acquisitions

Origin Staffing; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Retirement plan

Office perks

Career growth

Job summary

Origin Staffing seeks an Operational Risk & Controls Manager to join a leading global alternative investments platform in Boston. You will own complex operational processes, strengthen control environments, and partner with across finance, legal, compliance, auditors, custodians, fund administrators, and other third-party providers.

The role involves managing audits, supporting fund launches and wind-downs, and driving remediation and improvements across custody, vendor oversight, and

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in financial services, especially alternative investments, fund operations, risk, controls or audit.
• Strong project management, judgment and communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple complex workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Manage audit cycles from planning through reporting.
• Support fund launches and wind-downs; oversee custody and vendor processes.
• Drive control remediation and process improvement initiatives end-to-end.
• Collaborate with finance, legal, compliance, auditors, custodians and fund administrators.

Skills

Operational risk

Internal controls

Audit

Fund operations

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We are working on a search for an Operational Risk & Controls Manager to join the complex investments platform of a leading global alternative investment firm in Boston. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys owning complex operational processes, strengthening control environments, and partnering across finance, legal, compliance, auditors, custodians, fund administrators, and other third-party providers. It’s an ideal next step for someone with fund admin or Big 4 audit experience who wants to move beyond reporting and take on broader ownership within a top-tier investment environment.

The team is looking for someone experienced and polished, but still hands-on enough to manage audit cycles, support fund launches and wind-downs, oversee custody and vendor processes, and drive control remediation and process improvement initiatives from start to finish. Strong candidates will likely come from alternative asset management, fund administration, operational risk, internal controls, audit, or a similar financial services environment.

Highlights

• Boston-based hybrid role with 3 days in office and 2 days remote.
• Manager-level opportunity supporting a global complex investments platform.
• Compensation includes a competitive base salary, 20% annual bonus target, and profit sharing
• Broad ownership across fund audits, operational controls, custody processes, vendor oversight, business continuity, fund launches, wind-downs, and special projects.
• Strong fit for someone with 6+ years of experience across alternative investments, fund operations, risk, controls, audit, custody, or fund administration.
• Ideal profile has strong project management skills, sound judgment, excellent communication, and the ability to independently manage multiple complex workstreams.
• Additional upside includes excellent healthcare and retirement benefits, generous family support programs, office perks, internal mobility, and long-term career growth.