Compliance Senior Specialist

MFS Investment Management • Boston, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures. Using discretion and judgment, this position is primarily responsible for the completion of day-to-day tasks and other projects involving the ongoing support of MFS’ global privacy program. The Compliance Sr. Specialist will also help to support the ongoing review of our U.S. Advisor and Funds compliance programs and additionally will work with other colleagues within the Compliance team by performing monitoring and testing activities as needed.

Requirements

• 2-5+ years relevant experience from investment management, financial services, or industry related.
• Compliance experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, customer-service, team-working and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to write effectively, and present research, analysis, and conclusions in a persuasive manner.
• Proven ability to develop and foster strong interpersonal relationships and to maintain effective cross-functional teams throughout the organization.
• Strong attention to detail is essential.
• Good business judgment and the ability to handle challenges while maintaining a professional approach to problem solving.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Privacy related knowledge a plus.
• PowerPoint skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review and maintain MFS’ privacy inventory
• Facilitate the ongoing review of MFS’ privacy notices
• Perform privacy breach assessments
• Facilitate review of and response to Data Subject Access Requests.
• Assist with the coordination of MFS U.S. Advisor and Funds annual compliance program review
• Work with members of the Compliance Department to perform monitoring and testing activities as needed, including writing of any relevant reports and evaluation of findings
• Prepare reports and presentations in support of various Corporate Compliance functions, like Committee reporting, trending, etc.
• Assume additional responsibilities as needed.

Benefits

• MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company -sponsored 401(k)
• Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider
• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually
• Education Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches
• Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves
• Choice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account
• Tax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)
• Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well-being apps

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees