Senior Analyst, Investment Compliance at T. Rowe Price | London | Rezi

Senior Analyst, Investment Compliance at T. Rowe Price

Senior Analyst, Investment Compliance

T. Rowe Price · London

5 days ago

Senior Analyst, Investment Compliance

T. Rowe Price · London

6 days ago
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About the Role

This position is responsible for onboarding new accounts and products, overseeing amendments to existing accounts, and programming compliance monitoring systems. The role involves pre-trade, post-trade, and portfolio monitoring, alert investigation, reporting, and stakeholder notification. The analyst will consult with investment personnel and other parties, assess the impacts of regulatory changes, and manage assigned projects.

Responsibilities

  • Support the implementation of client and regulatory investment restrictions by analyzing guideline requirements, assessing coding feasibility, and translating requirements into effective compliance monitoring rules
  • Partner with internal stakeholders, including investment, legal, client service, and operations teams, to clarify guideline intent and ensure rule coding aligns with portfolio strategy and regulatory obligations
  • Evaluate compliance system capabilities, data availability, and operational impacts to determine appropriate coding solutions
  • Manage implementation pipelines, meet inception deadlines, and escalate risks, roadblocks, or ambiguities that could impact delivery or monitoring effectiveness
  • Perform testing and validation of new or updated restrictions to ensure rules function as intended and support accurate monitoring
  • Monitor pre-trade, post-trade, batch, and manual compliance controls to assess permissibility, identify potential issues, and support timely resolution
  • Perform test trade reviews for deals, corporate actions, and in-kind transitions to validate compliance with account restrictions
  • Escalate potential compliance violations, operational risks, or unresolved issues to management and participate in resolution efforts as needed
  • Support the client reporting process by contributing to accurate compliance review and reporting activities
  • Continuously seeks opportunities to enhance efficiency by identifying process improvement opportunities
  • Works to reduce risk by looking for opportunities to make the compliance monitoring process more accurate, concise, and efficient
  • Recommends and implements solutions to automate manual rules, integrate new compliance functionality and leverage data because of system upgrades
  • Develops deep expertise in the Charles River system, or other investment compliance monitoring system(s), and proactively shares knowledge to significantly increase depth of knowledge within the Monitoring team
  • Critically evaluates existing policies and procedures, and practices and proposes innovative solutions to enhance effectiveness and address emerging challenges
  • Actively monitors compliance alerts to identify trends and areas for improvement in the rule library ensuring it remains relevant and effective
  • Takes ownership of medium-sized projects of moderate complexity to achieve project goals and deliver impactful outcomes
  • Evaluates the implications of regulatory changes, new investment strategies, products and derivative instruments on compliance processes and contributes to the development of impactful solutions
  • Develops user-friendly documentation, procedures and process controls to ensure clarity, consistency and transparency

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
  • 5+ years of total relevant work experience
  • Experience using AI-enabled tools, automation, or data-driven techniques to improve manual monitoring, exception review, rule extraction, or rule-building processes within an investment compliance or control environment.
  • Demonstrable experience identifying opportunities to apply AI, automation, or workflow enhancement tools to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and strengthen oversight across monitoring and rule coding activities.
  • Practical understanding of how AI or emerging technologies can be used responsibly to enhance investment compliance processes, including alert review, rule interpretation, documentation analysis, and control effectiveness.
  • Experience with Trading/IBOR/OMS systems, experience with CRD, Aladdin, or comparable compliance platform a plus.
  • Practical understanding of investment products and security types, including equities, fixed income, and derivatives.
  • Strong understanding of EMEA regulatory frameworks such as UCITS (Luxembourg, UK OEIC, Ireland ICAV and German jurisdictions), AIFMD. Other regulatory frameworks would be beneficial.
  • Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills, preferably within investment compliance, investment operations, or a related financial services function.
  • High attention to detail with a demonstrated commitment to accuracy, quality, and sound judgment.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt in a dynamic, trading-oriented environment.
  • Experience with leveraging AI solutions for process augmentation and automation.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across investment, trading, legal, operations, and client-facing teams.
  • Strong client service mindset and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and contribute effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Skills

  • Charles River (CRD)
  • AI-enabled tools
  • Automation
  • Data-driven techniques
  • Investment compliance
  • Trading/IBOR/OMS systems
  • Aladdin
  • Investment products
  • Equities
  • Fixed income
  • Derivatives
  • EMEA regulatory frameworks
  • UCITS
  • AIFMD
  • Analytical skills
  • Research skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organizational skills
  • Written communication skills
  • Verbal communication skills
  • Client service mindset
  • Interpersonal skills

Location

  • Hybrid

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 5+ years

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree

About the Company

  • Investment Compliance is a global team responsible for ensuring compliance with a diverse set of requirements, including regulatory, prospectus, client-directed, internal investment, and operational restrictions for portfolios managed by T. Rowe Price.