Senior Investment Compliance Analyst

INTERNAL EMPLOYEES ONLY: This position is open only to the current employees of the Office of the New York City Comptroller.

About the role

The New York City Comptroller’s Office works to promote the financial health, integrity, and effectiveness of New York City government, in order to strengthen trust, secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers, and build a more just, equitable, and resilient city. Led by an independently elected citywide official, the comptroller’s office provides checks and balances needed to hold City government accountable for budgeting wisely, investing responsibly, operating efficiently, acting fairly, living up to its obligations and promises, and paying attention to the long-term challenges we face together. The Bureau of Asset Management is responsible for oversight of the investment portfolios of the five New York City pension systems. Through a culture of collaboration, individual development, and teamwork that leverages diverse talent and strives for continuous improvement, the goal of the Bureau of Asset Management is to achieve exceptional investment outcomes for all stakeholders; to deliver outstanding support to plan Trustees; and to serve as a responsible steward of the resources of plan beneficiaries and the City of New York. The compliance department works to ensure investments comply with all relevant City, State and Federal law, the Systems’ investment guidelines, and asset allocation decisions made by the Systems and their Trustees.

Responsibilities

• Working with BAM Investment Strategy and the Office of the General Counsel, perform comprehensive compliance-related operational due diligence and disclosure form review on all new and existing public and private market manager recommendations and investments;
• Managing the compliance review to resolve portfolio trades and investments that do not comply with investment policy statements and investment guidelines for both externally managed accounts and internally managed, short-term accounts;
• Serving as the BAM Compliance liaison for all matters relating to the Systems’ Custodian;
• Monitoring, resolving, and reporting trade errors in the Systems’ portfolios;
• Overseeing the Annual Compliance and Ethics Questionnaire, including drafting the annual questionnaire, and managing the distribution and processing of its results;
• Creating comprehensive metrics for all compliance functions for the BAM senior team;
• Conducting special projects as required by the Chief Compliance Officer.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, business administration, economics, finance, law, mathematics, and/or statistics and one year of satisfactory full-time experience in investment activities of a governmental agency, financial institution, or brokerage firm; or a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time experience in investment activities of a governmental agency, financial institution or brokerage firm.

Special Note: To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one additional year of full-time experience in investment activities of a governmental agency, financial institution or brokerage firm.

Special Note: To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III individuals must have