Legal & Compliance Analyst

MKP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC • New York, NY

30d • Onsite

About The Position

MKP Capital Management is a global diversified alternative investment manager that operates with a long-term approach to investing since its founding in 1995. Our discretionary global macro strategy has an objective of producing high risk-adjusted returns over the long term. We believe that integrity, transparency, and accountability are fundamental and uncompromising components of our business model.

MKP is seeking a Legal & Compliance Analyst with a minimum of two years experience as a paralegal or within a compliance department at an investment management firm. This is a broad-based role providing critical support to the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)/General Counsel (GC) with implementing and monitoring the global compliance program and code of ethics and support various legal and regulatory matters. The successful candidate will be curious, detail-oriented, proactive, self-motivated, and work well independently.

This role is in office Monday through Thursday.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of two years of proven experience in a paralegal or compliance role.
• Good knowledge of legal requirements and procedures.
• Outstanding verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Entrepreneurial, analytical, proactive, highly detail-oriented team player.
• Ability to maintain composure, exercise discretion, and make sound professional judgments in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

• Support the CCO/GC to maintain firm’s global legal & compliance program.
• Update, track, and assist with the firm’s compliance calendar deliverables and regulatory filing obligations (US, UK, and Singapore).
• Administer the firm’s Code of Ethics (govt official contact reporting, gifts, and entertainment, outside business activities/family member conflict disclosures, etc). and corresponding compliance platform.
• Assist with employee trade surveillance alerts and reporting.
• Understand and assist with communication and enforcement of compliance policies (e.g., code of ethics, trade allocation, pay to play/state lobbying laws, etc.) and the maintenance of various compliance monitoring logs.
• Prepare, monitor, and file regulatory filings relating to the firm’s various registrations; principally SEC, CFTC/NFA, FCA, MAS.
• Organize and assist the preparation of firm-wide monthly, quarterly, and annual committee meetings, board meetings and training sessions.
• Work alongside counterparty relationship management team to vet new brokers and assist with the preparation of new accounts documentation, KYC, AML, and other document requests and facilitate ongoing due diligence.
• Maintain all legal, compliance and trading counterparty administrative tasks such as document preparation/organization, global business insurance renewal, document filing, scanning, mailing, recording, and preparing distribution lists.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level