Financial Services Consulting Senior Manager

Weaver•New York, NY

12h•$155,000 - $265,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Weaver seeks a Senior Manager or Director to help launch and lead our growing Financial Services Consulting practice. This person will have the opportunity to be an integral part of expanding Weaver's service offerings to investment advisers, asset managers, fund sponsors, broker-dealers and other financial services organizations navigating an increasingly complex regulatory, operational and data landscape. Our Financial Services team provides services specifically developed to meet the evolving needs of our investment management clients and helps them navigate their ever-changing regulatory, technology, data and reporting requirements. The ideal candidate is a dynamic consulting or industry professional with a passion for the financial services and investment management sectors. We are looking for someone with significant experience advising registered investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity, private credit, registered investment companies and other alternative investment vehicles across regulatory compliance, data and analytics, and operational transformation. This role combines regulatory advisory experience spanning the SEC, CFTC, NFA, the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act and other relevant U.S. financial services regulatory regimes with balanced data-enabled advisory delivery across data governance, regulatory reporting, analytics, dashboards, tooling and transformation. This role will provide an opportunity to lead client-facing engagements, build and mentor a high-performing team, drive practice growth and offer your valuable expertise to a variety of clients. Some travel is expected with this role.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics or a related field
8+ years of industry or consulting experience advising investment advisers, asset managers, fund sponsors or other financial services organizations, with progressive leadership responsibility
Demonstrated expertise across multiple financial services regulatory regimes, including the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, SEC rules (including the Marketing Rule, Custody Rule, Form ADV, Form PF and Forms 13F/13H), CFTC and NFA requirements, and other applicable U.S. regulatory frameworks
Experience advising across the full spectrum of investment fund types, including hedge funds, private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate funds, registered investment companies (mutual funds, ETFs, BDCs), funds of funds and other alternative investment vehicles
Working knowledge of complex fund structures, including master-feeder, multi-class, parallel and offshore vehicles (including Cayman-domiciled funds)
Practical understanding of compliance program design and execution, including Form ADV preparation, written policies and procedures (Rule 206(4)-7), marketing and advertising reviews, electronic communications surveillance, Code of Ethics monitoring and annual compliance reviews
Experience supporting clients through regulatory examinations and inquiries from the SEC, FINRA, NFA and other regulatory bodies
Familiarity with core investment and trading platforms, including transaction capture and order management systems, IBOR and ABOR architectures, portfolio accounting, reconciliation workflows, and downstream data flows supporting risk, compliance, regulatory reporting, and investor reporting.
Balanced data and analytics capability spanning: Data governance frameworks supporting regulatory and investor reporting, Regulatory reporting design and automation (e.g., Form PF, Schedule of Investments, AIFMD-aligned reporting), Analytics and dashboards supporting compliance monitoring, exposure, performance and risk, Technology and tooling assessment for compliance, risk and operations platforms including familiarity with emerging AI tools, Data transformation initiatives supporting target operating model design and post-merger integration
Demonstrated ability to lead client-facing advisory engagements from sales through delivery, including scoping, work plan development, team leadership, deliverable quality and executive presentation
Strong people leadership skills: hiring, developing, mentoring and retaining high-performing advisory professionals
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate complex regulatory and data topics into actionable insight for C-suite, GP/LP audiences, boards and audit/compliance committees

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MBA, MS) preferred
Relevant professional certifications preferred, including CPA, CFA, CAIA, FRM, CIPM or IACCP
Practice-building experience preferred

Responsibilities

Lead client-facing engagements
Build and mentor a high-performing team
Drive practice growth
Offer valuable expertise to a variety of clients
Sales through delivery, including scoping, work plan development, team leadership, deliverable quality and executive presentation
Developing service offerings, thought leadership, go-to-market materials, alliances and client pipelines
Hiring, developing, mentoring and retaining high-performing advisory professionals