Consultant; MS), Regulatory Filings

Consultant (MS), Regulatory Filings

The Opportunity:

The individual in this position works with and supports supervisors, relationship managers, account owners, and engagement leads for certain ACA managed services offerings for Form PF and CPO-PQR filings. Consultants typically have supervisory, training, and/or subject matter expertise responsibilities in addition to their expertise and support on managed services engagements. Consultants are expected to maintain up-to-date knowledge regarding the regulations, best practices, and nuances associated with the products and services they engage in.

What you'll do:

• Own end-to-end preparation, validation and timely submission of Form PF and Form CPO-PQR filings in accordance with SEC and CFTC regulatory requirements
• Oversee and manage the team responsible for preparing and submitting Form PF and Form CPO-PQR filings, providing training, conducting performance reviews and carrying out regular quality checks to ensure accuracy, consistency and adherence to regulatory and internal standards
• Proactively engage with clients to gather requirements, explain processes and ensure smooth onboarding and ongoing service experience
• Oversee ongoing client relationships, communicating findings, tracking budgets, reviewing invoices, answering questions, and ensuring client expectations and contractual obligations are met
• Assist clients in analyzing potential regulatory matters related to Form PF and Form CPO-PQR filings, providing tailored guidance
• Monitor evolving SEC, CFTC, and broader regulatory developments, interpret their impact on client obligations and proactively update clients and design and facilitate any internal process changing requirements
• Act as principal regulatory liaison for Form PF and Form CPO-PQR filings on behalf of clients, including interactions with regulators where required
• Review and interpret regulatory updates to Form PF and CPO-PQR rules and guidelines, assess their impact on client obligations and collaborate the internal teams to update methodologies, templates and timelines
• Work with colleagues to manage any applicable interface between regulatory reporting systems and internal/external data sources/feeds and systems connections including vendor integrations
• Provide expert guidance to internal stakeholders on Form PF and Form CPO-PQR requirements, translating technical rules into clear, practical processes
• Support and/or lead managed services projects with other supervisors, relationship managers, account owners, and project leads
• Train new staff on regulations, policies, and procedures in one-on-one and small group settings
• Participate in training and career development via assigned courses/curriculums, supervisor instruction, and other training opportunities
• Develop and maintain internal knowledge resources
• Manage and support thought leadership and other initiatives to promote ACA's sales and marketing efforts
• Perform other ad-hoc work/special projects as necessary to support ACA's various client and internal initiatives including, but not limited to:
  Analyst training Public speaking engagements Attend conferences and roundtable events Onsite client engagements

To qualify for the role, you will have:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting with demonstrable expertise in regulatory reporting and technical systems. Minimum of 3 years' industry experience in fund administration, asset management or regulatory reporting—encompassing oversight of Form PF or CPO-PQR filings, client engagement and management of technical interfaces. In-depth working knowledge of SEC and CFTC regulations

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Demonstrated professional integrity
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to engage confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including clients, regulators and internal technical teams
• Proactive, client-centric mindset; adept at building and maintaining robust relationships
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, small team environment
• Highly organized, able to prioritize multiple concurrent tasks in a fast-paced, evolving regulatory landscape
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working…