Chief Compliance Officer - Keystone National Group

Chief Compliance Officer

Keystone National Group ("Keystone"), now part of Virtus Investment Partners, is a private credit investment manager specializing in asset-backed lending and asset-centric credit strategies. With approximately $2.5 billion in assets under management, Keystone brings deep domain expertise built on more than 20 years of investing experience across private credit and real estate. The firm has established a differentiated approach to private markets investing focused on disciplined underwriting, capital preservation, and attractive risk-adjusted outcomes.

Keystone's flagship strategy, the Keystone Private Income Fund (KPIF), is a multi-billion-dollar 1940 Act tender offer fund that provides individual investors access to private credit investments through an evergreen structure. As part of Virtus's multi-boutique model, Keystone maintains investment autonomy while benefiting from the scale, distribution capabilities, and institutional infrastructure of Virtus Investment Partners.

The firm is seeking a highly experienced Chief Compliance Officer to serve as a senior member of Keystone's executive leadership team and oversee all aspects of the firm's compliance program, regulatory governance framework, and risk oversight responsibilities.

The Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) will have primary responsibility for developing, administering, and enhancing Keystone National Group's compliance program across its registered investment adviser and registered investment company activities. This executive will serve as the designated Chief Compliance Officer of the adviser, overseeing Keystone's Regulation D private funds and 1940 Act products and will partner closely with executive leadership, portfolio management, legal counsel, operations, and Virtus corporate functions to ensure adherence to applicable regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

The successful candidate will bring significant experience supporting registered funds, including tender offer funds, interval funds, closed-end funds, and other alternative investment structures governed under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This individual will be expected to operate as both a strategic advisor and hands-on compliance leader capable of navigating a rapidly evolving regulatory environment.

Ideal

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required;
  Juris Doctor (JD), MBA, or other advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of compliance, legal, regulatory, or governance experience within the asset management industry.
• Strong understanding of private credit, alternative investments, asset-backed lending, valuation, liquidity, leverage, affiliated transactions, and related investment structures.
• Deep expertise with the Investment Company Act of 1940, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, SEC regulatory requirements, and compliance best practices applicable to registered investment advisers and registered investment companies.
• Significant experience serving as a senior compliance leader or Chief Compliance Officer for a registered fund complex, alternative asset manager, or registered investment adviser.
• Demonstrated experience supporting tender offer funds, interval funds, closed-end funds, evergreen private market vehicles, semi-liquid structures, mutual funds, ETFs, or other registered investment vehicles.
• Experience interacting with fund boards, independent trustees, regulators, external counsel, and fund service providers.
• Proven ability to lead, enhance, and scale compliance programs in a complex, evolving regulatory environment.
• Strong leadership experience within a multi-affiliate, matrixed, or institutional asset management organization.
• Familiarity with compliance technology, surveillance systems, testing programs, and regulatory reporting frameworks.

Compensation:

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $200,000 to $250,000, plus eligibility for annual incentive compensation. Relocation assistance will be provided, if needed.

The actual starting salary will vary based on education, experience, skills, geographic location, internal equity, and alignment with market data.