Compliance Specialist

About the role

We're looking for someone with a curious mindset and a practical, solution-focused approach to join our team as a Compliance Specialist.

This role supports a key project to consolidate two investment order management systems—CRIMS (Charles River) and BRS Aladdin—into one platform. You'll be involved in coding and testing compliance rules as part of this transition.

You'll work closely with the project team, business stakeholders, and the global Investment Compliance team.

Your day to day will include:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive testing plan for BRS coding ensuring all required rules are efficiently and thorough lift from one platform to another.
• Engage closely with the Investment Compliance team to understand workflows, requirements and uplift knowledge of the BRS Aladdin platform.
• Ensure all IMA requirements are correctly coded within the new platform.
• Comply with all relevant company policies and procedures.

Please note: This is a 9 month FTC starting in December.

About you

Your experience & skills

• Proven experience coding and testing compliance rules in BRS Aladdin, with a solid understanding of its compliance functionality.
• Ability to interpret Investment Management Agreements (IMAs) and translate them into coded rules within order management systems.
• Exposure to regulatory frameworks such as UCITS, and an understanding of how to apply them in rule coding.
• Experience working in a global financial services environment, with an appreciation for cross-regional collaboration.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with a willingness to support team members and share coding knowledge.
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated, with a high level of accuracy and accountability for output quality.
• Comfortable making sound decisions under pressure and resolving issues or roadblocks independently.

About us

Powering possibilities

At First Sentier Group, we believe it is our responsibility to help clients achieve the financial freedom they desire, unlocking a world of possibilities.

We support our distinct affiliate investment teams to deliver meaningful investment outcomes. By combining their specialist investment knowledge with our global support, we create an innovative and agile operating model designed to effectively respond to our clients' needs.

We pride ourselves on our client-centric approach, ensuring we are all working towards achieving our clients' goals and enhancing their possibilities for the future, while continually striving for better.

Better strategies. Better service. Better possibilities

Our success relies on our ability to deliver outstanding client outcomes, supported by our culture and an efficient, sustainable and scalable business. We are committed to investing in our people to ensure we attract, develop and retain the talent to deliver these outcomes, guided by our vision, purpose and values.

• Care:
  we care about our clients, society and each other.
• Collaboration:
  we collaborate to deliver the best solutions.
• Openness:
  we are open with each other, and to different ways of thinking.
• Dedication:
  we are dedicated to being experts in our respective fields.

Why work with us

Our industry-leading benefits

Working at First Sentier Group gives you access to a growing, values-led organisation with competitive pay and industry-leading benefits including:

• Flexible working and a gender-neutral parental leave programme that provides 26 weeks' paid leave in every region
• Global collaboration, international mobility and the opportunity to build your career in different markets
• Employee-driven charitable foundation allows our people to give back in their local communities through donation-matching and paid volunteering days
• Access to learning and development opportunities including in-house training and external programs

Corporate Sustainability & B Corp

We are committed to ensuring that as a firm, we are contributing to building a sustainable economy and society by improving our environmental, social and governance standards and holding our own business to the same standards that we expect of the companies that we invest our clients' capital in; and by doing so, reinforcing our position as responsible investors. Find out more at this page: Corporate Sustainability

In 2022, First Sentier Group became a globally certified B Corp. B Corp Certification provides a framework that we can use to effectively assess our operations against high standards from an environmental, social and governance point of view, as well as to identify areas where we can enhance and improve. Based on the B Impact Assessment, First Sentier Group earned an overall score of 107.2, as of November, 2022. Find out more at this page: B Corp Certification

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)

At First Sentier Group, we value the different experience, ideas and perspectives that our people bring to the work they do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture where diversity can thrive. We believe this leads to better outcomes for our people and our clients, and it's the right thing to do.

We provide equal employment opportunities to applicants regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, family status, or any other category protected by law.

Application & Interview Process

• The format of the interviews will be explained throughout the recruitment process.
• If you require any workplace adjustments throughout the recruitment process or as part of the role, please let us know so we can support you.