About the Legal & Regulatory Group: The Legal & Regulatory Group is responsible for partnering with Bridgewater businesses to protect the legal and regulatory interests of the firm and its clients and managing legal and regulatory risk to ensure that employees act in accordance with the highest legal and ethical standards. Our group maintains in-house expertise in many areas, including corporate, investment management, private funds, intellectual property, employment and commercial law and compliance. The team works closely with a broad range of departments within the firm and manages relationships with external counsel and regulatory consultants.
About Your Role The Compliance Officer will be expected to contribute on day one. Together with other members of the team, the Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Bridgewater's regulatory obligations. While expected to contribute across all areas of the compliance program, core responsibilities will involve serving as the primary advisory and operational partner to at least two practice areas within Bridgewater's Compliance Team, which include Client Service and Marketing and Conduct Risk and Control. Specific assignment will depend on the Compliance Team's needs as well as the Compliance Officer's aptitude and interest.
In addition, the Compliance Officer will also be expected to work with the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), Deputy CCO, and other senior leaders on strategic initiatives and essential workstreams. For a high achiever, this strategic work is expected to increase over time and ultimately the scope of the role will be limited only by the abilities and dedication of the person inhabiting it. Potential strategic initiatives include marshalling AI to enhance the Compliance Department's effectiveness and make existing controls more efficient.
You will drive the following responsibilities: - Advising on regulatory frameworks for where, how, and to whom Bridgewater products and services can be marketed
- Review of marketing materials and overseeing the use of AI for such processes
- Management of state lobbyist filings, approvals for outbound gifts and entertainment and political contributions, and bad actor checks.
- Advising front office staff, including department heads, on regulatory matters
- Overseeing vendors and consultants with both substantive and operational roles to ensure quality outcomes
- Navigating and advising on medium level compliance, client service, and investment complexities
We are looking for candidates with the following minimum qualifications: To thrive in our unique culture, one must demonstrate humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas/approaches. Members of our community need to be hard working and willing to run through walls for the firm and the team, confident in their ability to figure things out and humble enough to ask for help when needed, and goal-oriented. Like all Bridgewater employees, the Analyst will be expected to be honest, exceptionally direct, excited about providing and receiving feedback, constantly striving for improvement and committed to the pursuit of excellence.
In addition to the ability to live these core values, ideal candidates will possess many of the following experience and attributes:
- 3-5 years at a law firm and/or in-house legal or compliance team with a focus on financial services regulation
- High intellectual horsepower, agility, logical reasoning, practicality and curiosity
- Comfort operating proactively and independently while simultaneously not being afraid to ask for help when required
- Strong project management and oversight capabilities; willingness to hold others accountable to deadlines and obligations
- Strong interpersonal skills; professional, team-oriented with strong work ethic and a "can-do, will-do" attitude
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Familiarity with regulations applicable to alternative investment managers and private funds preferred, but not required for the right candidate
Physical Requirements The onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our Westport, CT headquarters campus.
Compensation The wage range for this role is $160,000-$245,000 of base salary and discretionary bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 70-90% of this wage range.
Why Choose Bridgewater? It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.
One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits.
Explore more information about Bridgewater's benefits on our website here.
Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.
This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
