About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

We are currently seeking a compliance professional primarily to manage the firm’s financial crime-related screening program (“Screening Program”) and providing compliance support to our global sanctions program. The Screening Program, a critical part of our global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and sanctions programs, includes the initial and ongoing screening of clients, service providers, employees and portfolio investments for sanctions, PEPs and financial crime related negative media. The role will also be responsible for supervising a small team of individuals at our outsourced screening services provider, including training and advisory support.

Based in Boston, the role will work closely with the Global Financial Crime Compliance team, a small collaborative team of compliance professionals who are located in Boston and London. The position will also work closely with global compliance, risk, and legal teams, with a particular focus on partnering with Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) across our international offices—including Boston, London, Luxembourg, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan—to support and strengthen regional compliance frameworks.

The role will interact regularly with key stakeholders in the business, particularly our client facing and operational teams. The ability to influence key stakeholders will be a key to success in the role.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Design and manage enterprise-level compliance frameworks and processes, with a primary focus on the global screening program.

• Lead initiatives to enhance enterprise-wide technology solutions supporting the global screening program.

• Act as a subject matter expert to business units and regional compliance teams on all aspects of the global screening program.

• Develop and oversee management information and reporting frameworks related to screening and sanctions.

• Coordinate escalation protocols and business response frameworks for screening and sanctions-related issues.

• Continuously assess and enhance the operational effectiveness and control environment for screening and sanctions management.

• Create and maintain global policies, standards, tools, and templates to support regional compliance teams.

• Design and implement firmwide training programs as needed, and support localized training efforts.

• Respond to internal and external inquiries regarding the global screening program.

Qualifications

The critical qualifications for the role include:

• At least five (5) years of relevant experience at investment management and/or financial services firms, with at least three (3) years’ experience with sanctions and screening programs.

• Ability to effectively communicate with business teams, influencing outcomes and mitigating regulatory risk

• Demonstrated career progression and commitment to professional development

• Commercial and growth mindset, geared at finding solutions that balance business and regulatory needs

• Proven ability to work with technology or implement and enhance processes.

• Prior experience working with service providers on outsourced functions is a plus.

• A technical aptitude using data mining and analytic tools such as Python, Tableau, Alteryx, and/or PowerBI as well as experience applying technology solutions to improve outcomes will be viewed positively.

• Ability to work under pressure, both independently and as part of a team

• Ability to think strategically and have vision while also focusing on the details and execution

• Self-motivated and works well independently; capable of taking initiative without prompting

• Sound understanding of global anti-money laundering regulations.

• Strong academic background, university degree and / or professional qualifications such as an Compliance or Anti-Money Laundering certification (such as ICA, ACAMs or equivalent) or IT-related qualifications advantageous

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:

This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.