Senior Portfolio Compliance Lead: Automation & Trading

Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrowstreet Capital, a Boston-based systematic investment firm, seeks a senior compliance professional to lead the Portfolio Compliance team. You will oversee guideline compliance, collaborate with clients and internal teams, and drive technology-enabled enhancements across workflows.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, regulatory awareness, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on scalable automation and client-focused outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in the asset management industry, preferably at an established investment manager, with at least 5 years of experience in portfolio guideline compliance.
• Experience leading teams and large-scale projects, including projects related to third-party compliance systems.
• Demonstrated experience communicating and collaborating with clients on investment guideline related matters.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and prioritize under tight deadlines.
• Self-starter that works proactively and thinks both strategically and tactically.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, design and implement improvements to existing processes and procedures with a keen interest in the use of technology, including as it relates to leveraging AI.
• Ability to prioritize and effectively manage competing priorities and projects while maintaining a strong attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Effectively collaborates across teams/functions.
• Excellent communication skills – oral and written.
• Comfortable communicating and collaborating directly with clients.
• Experience managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team responsible for ensuring that proposed trades are in compliance with applicable investment guidelines set forth by client contracts, offering memorandums and applicable regulations.
• Partner with our portfolio management team, investment services team, client relationship team and legal teams to draft and negotiate investment guidelines with clients, taking into account client objectives, the firm’s investment process, operational capabilities and other internal requirements.
• Initiate and lead efforts to identify, test and implement systematic enhancements to existing workflows.
• Support new investment initiatives and compliance with regulatory changes by identifying, testing and implementing automated solutions to address new operational requirements.
• Analyze client guidelines and restrictions in support of new portfolio management initiatives.
• Oversee the proper set-up of client guidelines and client restrictions within the compliance system.
• Oversee the analysis and resolution daily portfolio compliance alerts and warning reports.
• Oversee portfolio rebalance sessions.
• Communicate with clients and internal senior audiences on investment guideline related matters.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team management

Project management

Client communication

Analytical thinking

AI and automation interest

Strategic thinking

Regulatory awareness

Job description

Arrowstreet Capital, a Boston-based systematic investment firm, seeks a senior compliance professional to lead the Portfolio Compliance team. You will oversee guideline compliance, collaborate with clients and internal teams, and drive technology-enabled enhancements across workflows.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, regulatory awareness, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on scalable automation and client-focused outcomes.