Investment Compliance Co-op
Boston-based investment management firm founded in 1991 that develops proprietary value-based investment strategies for hedge funds and institutional accounts.
About Weiss Asset Management
Weiss Asset Management LP is an active investment management firm focused on identifying undervalued assets through fundamental research, statistical analysis, and rigorous decision-making. Its website reports more than $4 billion in assets under management, 130+ employees, and coverage of 50+ markets.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will support investment and trading compliance activities, regulatory reporting, data-quality work, and system upgrades. You will test and document system changes, assist with reviews and certifications, automate recurring workflows, map security-data fields to compliance rules, and build familiarity with trading systems and the trade lifecycle.
Requirements
- Be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university degree program
- Work independently and stay organized across multiple workstreams
- Work with structured information, reconciliations, and system outputs
- Use basic automation and AI tools to streamline repeatable work
- Have SQL experience as a plus
Responsibilities
- Support trading and compliance system upgrades by writing and running test scripts, validating expected behavior, and documenting results
- Assist with personal trading reviews, regulatory disclosures, periodic certifications, and reconciliations
- Build, pilot, and test automations and internal tools for compliance reporting and recurring workflows
- Work with security and reference data and map key security fields to dependent compliance rules
- Develop familiarity with trading systems and the trade lifecycle
- Support diligence on third-party data, research, and technology providers
- Expand into additional Compliance areas and related hedge-fund support functions