Aladdin Investment Compliance Specialist
Annual
At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.
Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.
We partner with M&G to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.
On behalf of M&G, AMS are looking for an Aladdin Investment Compliance Specialist based in London for a 6 month contract on a hybrid working model.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer workplace accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
Purpose of the role:
An Aladdin Investment Compliance Specialist is required to support the implementation of a new operating model. This role requires technical rule logic and compliance knowledge, working closely with the Coding team to rationalise, analyse and optimise Aladdin rules within Aladdin's compliance ecosystem.
What you'll do:
- Extract, analyse, rationalise and standardise Aladdin compliance rules across portfolios.
- Apply technical rule-logic skills using BQL (BlackRock Query Language) to interrogate data, analyse rule behaviour and support the accurate configuration of compliance rules.
- Work closely with the Coding team to ensure accurate rule implementation and alignment with compliance logic.
- Support the full investment compliance life cycle including pre and post trade compliance (financial background is required).
- Assist with onboarding new compliance portfolios into Aladdin, ensuring correct rule configuration and compliance readiness.
- Translate compliance requirements into clear technical specifications.
- Contribute to integration and business change activities linked to the new operating model.
The skills you'll need:
- Experience with, and strong understanding of Aladdin, it's compliance engine and full investment compliance life cycle.
- Ability to use BQL for querying data, understanding coding logic and rule structures, interrogate data, analyse rule behaviour and support configuration of compliance rules.
- Hold experience in investment compliance, including pre-trade and post-trade compliance.
- A financial background is essential for this role.
- Ability to collaborate with both the technical coders and the compliance team.
- Application Studio X experience is desirable.
Next steps
We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.