Acumen is hiring a
Compliance Associate

Summary

Join our Legal team as a Compliance Associate and contribute to ensuring adherence to various regulations and funders' requirements. We're seeking someone with a minimum of 3 years of experience in operations or paralegal roles, ideally in global organizations spanning non-profit, social enterprise, and for-profit sectors.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in operations or paralegal roles, ideally in global organizations spanning non-profit, social enterprise, and for-profit sectors
• Strong organizational and diplomacy skills
• Ability to work and deliver various, simultaneous projects independently, proactively and under pressure
• Strong curiosity and proven learning orientation especially towards process, systemization, and organizational efficiency
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated track record of task ownership and end-to-end management on deliverables
• Commitment to accuracy, attention to detail and follow-through
• Commitment to, and enthusiasm for, Acumen's mission and business model, a sense of the sector's inherent challenge
• Aptitude for and comfort navigating ambiguity, and striving to create clarity, with a constant emphasis on integrity and ethical behavior
• Ability to remain cool-headed in unexpected or emotionally charged situations
• Amenability to working with a wide variety of stakeholders and across different time zones in an efficient manner
• Self reflective and aligned with Acumen values
• Must be authorized to work in the US

Responsibilities

• Monitor the continuing compliance needs for Acumen's various philanthropic entities
• Maintain the organization's entity tracker and filing schedule
• Support requisite filings and registrations
• Support the compliance needs for Acumen's various investment funds
• Lead the response to various diligence questionnaires, reports, filings and registrations
• Track compliance with the organization's records strategy
• Support internal audit and review of Acumen's required procedures across program and operational functions
• Support general initiatives and various needs of the Legal function

Benefits

$60,000 to $65,000 salary range plus a performance-based bonus