Legal & General

Senior Compliance Officer, L&G - Asset Management, America

Legal & General  •  Chicago, IL (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

L&G's Asset Management business is a major investor across public and private markets worldwide, with $1.533 trillion in AUM.* Our clients include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions, who invest alongside L&G’s own balance sheet.

Our ambition is to be a leading global investor, innovating to solve complex challenges for our clients using the power of L&G. This is rooted in our investment philosophy and processes, which are focused on creating value over the long term.

We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can generate value and drive positive change.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Compliance Officer to support the firm’s investment management compliance program with responsibility for compliance monitoring and testing, policy and procedure development, and regulatory reporting while assisting the broader Compliance Team with ongoing compliance projects.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on compliance professional who is comfortable both executing core compliance responsibilities and helping design and enhance a growing compliance framework across both public and private investment strategies. The individual should be intellectually curious, commercially aware and enjoy building programs rather than simply administering established processes.

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review and maintain compliance policies and procedures and support the annual 206(4)-7 annual compliance program review.
  • Develop, perform and document risk-based compliance monitoring and forensic testing including market abuse surveillance, best execution testing, fee and expense allocation testing, allocation analysis, cross trade oversight and other investment compliance matters.
  • Lead the continued build-out of the compliance program for the firm’s private markets and real assets activities including development of policies, procedures, monitoring and testing to address affiliated transactions, conflicts of interest, valuation and pricing, investment allocation and MNPI.
  • Assist with regulatory reporting and filings including Form ADV, Form PF, CPO-PR and CPO-PQR, CFTC Form 40, DOL forms, FINRA filings and Canadian regulatory filings.
  • Support SEC examinations and other regulatory inquiries, including coordinating document and information requests.
  • Support oversight of the firm’s Code of Ethics and personal trading program, including pre-clearance, holdings, certifications, exceptions and investigations.
  • Provide day-to-day compliance guidance to investment, trading, operations and other business teams.
  • Lead on preparation of annual compliance risk assessment, including identifying emerging compliance risks and enhancements to the firm’s compliance framework.
  • Assist the broader Compliance team with ongoing projects, as necessary, which may include regulatory engagement, email surveillance, marketing compliance, conflicts management, compliance training, and preparation of materials for compliance and governance committees.
  • Assist the GC/CCO in maintaining and ensuring a “culture of compliance” of all staff.

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 5 years of asset management industry compliance experience required with an SEC-registered investment adviser.
  • Knowledge of Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Investment Company Act, and CFTC/NFA rules and the compliance obligations applicable to registered investment advisers.
  • Strong policy and procedure drafting skills.
  • Experience with private credit, real estate, provide equity or other private-market strategies strongly preferred.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong judgment, attention to detail and ability to independently manage multiple priorities.
  • Ability to do risk-based compliance analysis, with a practical and commercial approach to problem solving, required
  • Collaborative, team-oriented work ethic and commitment to building an inclusive and diverse team culture required

Additional Information

The starting salary offer will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the applicant’s education, job-related experience, skills, and abilities, geographic location, and market factors. This position is also eligible to participate in the company’s annual discretionary bonus plan. Full time employees may be eligible for health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare, Dependent and Limited Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, an employee assistance program, and commuter and transit programs. Additional voluntary programs include: supplemental health benefits including accidental injury, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance and pet insurance.

EOE Statement

As an EOE employer, L&G Asset Management, America will extend equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, and/or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment. (2025)

Legal & General

About Legal & General

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

Our three divisions enable us to carefully invest capital over the long term in a responsible way that delivers returns to shareholders while doing good. Along with growing our pension risk transfer business, our strategy focuses on asset management as the cornerstone of our business, including by opening up private markets to more of our clients. Meanwhile, our retail business is focused on building lifelong relationships with customers as they save for retirement and protect themselves and their families.

What unites all three parts of our business is summed up in our purpose statement which sets out what we do, why we do it, and our belief in the power of capital. It builds on what’s inspired us since our beginnings in 1836, and challenges us to do more, with greater urgency, in more places, for more people and in more ways, for the long term.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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