Compliance Associate

Acumen is looking for a Compliance Associate to join our Legal team, based in New York. We’re seeking someone with a minimum of 3 years of experience in operations or paralegal roles, ideally in global organizations spanning non-profit, social enterprise, and for-profit sectors. The right candidate is skilled, creative, kind, pragmatic, respectful and can excel in a fast-paced environment. Acumen has a hybrid work model, with 3 days in the office.

About Acumen
We’re investors. A different kind of investor. We invest in people and companies working to solve problems for people living in poverty, investing in essential products and services that bring more opportunities, more choices to millions. To date, Acumen has positively impacted 501 million lives by investing $154M of patient capital in 167 innovative, early-stage companies in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States. Through Acumen Capital Partners, we are responsible for nearly $243 million in assets under management via our returnable pooled investment funds which have impacted 32 million people and offset 18 million tons of carbon. But investing clearly isn’t just about capital. It’s about investing in people. We’ve been investing in people for years through Acumen Academy. Connecting with over 1,600 emerging leaders in their own countries and engaging them in extended collective dialogue on what constitutes a “good society”, moral inquiry and skill building.

About the role
Acumen has an increasingly complex network of affiliates across 7 geographies and 30+ entities (with global and regional operations teams). The Compliance Associate will provide a wide range of support to the program, fundraising, and operations teams and will be responsible for the adherence to the requirements of various regulations and funders. Reporting to the Risk and Compliance Manager, the Compliance Associate’s accountabilities will include:

• Support of policy rollout and maintenance in collaboration with relevant program and operational functions, including collaborating with the Risk and Compliance Manager to design various team trainings and adapt organizational practices as needed.
• The following responsibilities are assigned with the expectation that the Compliance Associate will take individual ownership of the tasks within the first year of employment:
• Monitor the continuing compliance needs for Acumen’s various philanthropic entities, maintaining the organization’s entity tracker and filing schedule and supporting requisite filings and registrations.
• Support the compliance needs for Acumen’s various investment funds, leading the response to various diligence questionnaires, reports, filings and registrations.
• Track compliance with the organization’s records strategy, ensuring efficiency and completeness across Acumen’s various geographies and entities.
• In partnership with the organization’s Risk and Compliance Manager, support internal audit and review of Acumen’s required procedures across program and operational functions, including (but not limited to) adherence to the organization’s a) procurement policy, b) anti-money laundering policy, d) travel & security procedures, and e) data privacy policy.
• Support general initiatives and various needs of the Legal function.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in operations or paralegal roles, ideally in global organizations spanning non-profit, social enterprise, and for-profit sectors. 
• Strong organizational and diplomacy skills and the ability to work and deliver various, simultaneous projects independently, proactively and under pressure
• Strong curiosity and proven learning orientation especially towards process, systemization, and organizational efficiency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated track record of task ownership and end-to-end management on deliverables.
• Commitment to accuracy, attention to detail and follow-through
• Commitment to, and enthusiasm for, Acumen’s mission and business model, a sense of the sector’s inherent challenge
• Aptitude for and comfort navigating ambiguity, and striving to create clarity, with a constant emphasis on integrity and ethical behavior
• Ability to remain cool-headed in unexpected or emotionally charged situations, use education and pragmatism to stay the course on Acumen’s goals and withstand the tests of a rapidly changing environment with resilience, resolve, empathy, humor and kindness
• Amenability to working with a wide variety of stakeholders and across different time zones in an efficient manner
• Self reflective and aligned with Acumen values
• Must be authorized to work in the US
• Bilingual Spanish and/or French and English speakers preferred.  

Deadline
Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis. 

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The salary range for this role is $60,000 to $65,000 plus a performance-based bonus in New York. This range represents the present low and high end of pay range for this role. Actual compensation will vary based on various factors including but not limited to experience. Acumen has equal pay, so pay is determined through comparison to a cohort of employees in the market at the same level of accountability.