Compliance Senior Specialist

Overview

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

The purpose of a Compliance Specialist in client reporting is to ensure the organization adheres to all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards while maintaining transparency and trust with clients and regulatory bodies. They play a key role in preparing accurate and timely reports, mitigating compliance risks, and supporting the organization in avoiding legal or financial penalties. By ensuring compliance, they help safeguard the organization s reputation and foster strong client relationships.

This position also works with other colleagues within the Compliance team on preparing, reviewing, and submitting accurate reports to regulatory bodies within required deadlines.

• Assist the Compliance Reporting Team with periodic tasks that pertain to, but not limited to, the Company Client Reporting and Corporate Compliance Reporting.
• Understand assigned materials for use across their region to ensure compliance with all applicable local regulations as well as to ensure consistency with the prospectus, offering memorandum, IMA, or MFS policies, as applicable.
• Review numerous clients  investment guidelines and regulatory restrictions on trading systems and complete client reporting requests pursuant to them.
• Using analytical skills, research skills, and teamwork to gain knowledge of reporting requirements relating to investment and corporate compliance for both US and non-US jurisdictions.
• Respond to requests for assistance from the business and work with relevant colleagues within the wider Compliance team to provide required Compliance reporting support.
• Assist in any other reporting tasks (i.e. management reporting, regulatory reporting) and ad-hoc tasks and projects as required.

• 5+ years relevant experience from investment management, financial services, or industry related.
• Compliance experience.
• Knowledge of regulatory rules such as 40 Act.
• 1+ years of experience in using Systems/Data related to Compliance.
• 1+ years in Compliance Reporting functions.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, customer service, team-working and problem-solving skills. Must be able to write effectively, and present research, analysis, and conclusions.
• Proven experience with Compliance technology/systems.
• Client reporting/Corporate Compliance reporting functional knowledge.
• Proven ability to develop and foster strong interpersonal relationships and to maintain effective cross-functional teams throughout the organization.
• Strong attention to detail is essential.
• Good business judgment and the ability to handle challenges while maintaining a professional approach to problem solving.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft systems.

• Some experience in basic data analysis (Excel, Tableau, Power
  
  BI).
• Finance and Compliance functions knowledge.
• Good understanding of reporting and regulatory framework.
• Ability to analyze data and complex reporting requirements.

Base Salary Range: $60,500.00 - $87,500.00. This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

At MFS, we believe in fair and transparent compensation. For that reason, we’re including the salary range for this position. This range reflects our good-faith expectation for what we’ll pay depending on the candidate’s experience, training and education. In addition to the salary, we also offer significant and competitive incentive compensation based on both individual and company performance. Other components of our Total Rewards Package include:

• MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company-sponsored 401(k).
• Education Assistance: MFS…