Compliance Officer - Trading

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 Compliance Officer is responsible for independent oversight and strategic development of our trading compliance program and provides real time compliance support to the Trading Department. The role is responsible for overseeing the firm's compliance framework related to critical business areas including best execution, fair allocation, trade errors and cross trades. The role ensures that trading activity is conducted fairly, transparently, and in the best interests of clients, in accordance with applicable regulations, fiduciary standards, and internal policies.

The trading compliance role will work side‑by‑side with similar investment compliance roles which ensure that MFS manages client accounts in a manner consistent with applicable legal, regulatory, and client‑imposed requirements. The Compliance Officer partners with senior management and collaborates with functional leaders and team members across Investments, Distribution, Investment Operations, Technology, Legal and Compliance.

• Manages and oversees complex, strategic projects and significant regulatory initiatives.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with business partners, industry peers, trade associations. Interact and communicate frequently with internal business partners and senior management across MFS to understand business needs and opportunities, to assess and articulate regulatory risks associated with existing and/or new activities, and to provide a framework to enable well informed business decisions relative to regulatory risks.
• Keeps current with evolving marketplace dynamics and global regulatory requirements, as well as emerging technology. Continually seek and implement new opportunities for improvement, efficiency and enhancement of the program.
• Establishes, implements and maintains global compliance policies and procedures appropriate to MFS and reflective of industry best practices, regulatory requirements/expectations, and emerging risk.

• 8-12+ years of compliance experience.
• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Thorough understanding of regulatory requirements relating to compliance business area for both US and internal jurisdictions.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team‑working and problem‑solving skills.
• Familiarity with trading practices across equities, fixed income and derivatives.
• Exercises strong judgement in situations requiring interpretation of regulatory intent, materiality, and fiduciary duty.
• Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to analyze operational effectiveness. Must effectively drive solutions throughout the organization and present ideas clearly.
• Ability to exercise judgment, pursue initiatives and implement changes necessary to align functional area with the strategic/long‑term goals of the Compliance Department.
• Thorough understanding of the business operations and practices, procedures, and controls specific to the business units supported is required as is the ability to apply same to compliance‑related dealings with the business units supported. Must be fully aware of best practices and evolving issues within scope of the position and able to relate same to MFS' operations and practices.
• Proven ability to develop and foster strong interpersonal relationships and to maintain effective cross‑functional teams throughout the organization. Demonstrated ability to effectively represent Compliance with industry peers and in client‑facing situations is required.

• Masters degree preferred
• Proficient in the use of compliance systems (for example, Charles River)

Base Salary Range: $ - $. This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

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