Chief Compliance Officer – Global Alternative Investments

Arena Investors, LP (“Arena”) is a global investment management firm that seeks to generate attractive risk adjusted, consistent and uncorrelated returns by employing a fundamentals based, asset-oriented financing and investing strategy across the entire credit spectrum in areas where conventional sources of capital are scarce.

Arena specializes in off-the-run, stressed, distressed, illiquid and esoteric special situation transactions through originations and acquisitions of asset-oriented investments across a wide array of asset types (including but not limited to private direct corporate credit, commercial real estate bridge lending, and commercial and consumer assets).

Arena is looking for a Global Chief Compliance Officer, preferably for our Jacksonville, Florida office, but open to a remote location for the right candidate.

Responsibilities: Support front, middle and back office personnel on a wide variety of regulatory and contractual compliance issues primarily in compliance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Qualifications: The individual will have demonstrated an ability to work in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment with an ability to troubleshoot, find creative and practical solutions, and learn new skills
– all with good communication skills and professional bedside manner.

– 15 years of regulatory compliance experience at an SEC-registered investment adviser
– Experience with: private credit as well as public credit strategies (structured PIPES) short-selling rules, 13d type filings, a plus applying marketing rules for private placements under the ’33 and 40 Acts, as well as FINRA rules performance presentation standards (GIPS and non-GIPS composite construction), other SEC guidance on performance presentation and disclosures regulatory filings with the SEC, OSC, FCA, Cayman Tax Authority, and others AML/KYC checks, including oversight of third-party administrators investment guideline systems such as Bloomberg AIM and client mandate monitoring, in general trading desk compliance including review of investment allocations surveillance including email and review of electronic communications using applications such as Bloomberg Vault, Global Relay or other annual compliance reviews and/or supervising third-parties conducting same control implementation for potential MNPI whether from sources such as expert networks, Board seats, committee participation, and investee borrowers under an NDA Company offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

For confidential consideration, please email resume and cover letter.

Contact: HRarenaco.com