Principal Consultant

Iron Road Partners

Location: Remote; New York Metro Area preferred

Iron Road Partners is a management consulting firm serving some of the largest and most sophisticated private capital and hedge fund managers in the world.

Our mission is to bring industry expertise and analytical rigor to regulatory consulting. We seek to be our clients’ partner in developing practical solutions to thorny regulatory issues, solving difficult operational problems and managing risk in complex, high pressure situations. Our recommendations and solutions are based on in depth analysis, supported by our consultants’ expertise and relied upon by our clients to make critical operational decisions. We value excellence, initiative, creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit and are looking for a Principal Consultant that would embrace those values and help us grow our firm.

You will be mentored by senior professionals but also entrusted with significant client responsibilities and afforded substantial autonomy to complete your work. Together with a firm Partner, you will be responsible for leading client engagements and mentoring junior professionals. You will work on site and remotely and have the opportunity to build your leadership, client management, and relationship skills.

Typical client projects include: (1) Regulatory risk assessments; (2) Policy and procedure design, re-design and implementation; (3) New product line development; (4) Examination support and preparation; (5) on-going compliance support; and (6) Post-exam remediation.

Responsibilities

- Managing clients and projects including defining scope, creating project plans, executing projects, analyzing results, designing solutions and preparing deliverables.

- Gaining an in depth understanding of clients’ businesses and regulatory risks and design solutions to mitigate risk while facilitating the client’s current business processes.

- Supporting clients in creation of policies, procedures, processes and disclosures designed to facilitate their business.

- Provide on-going compliance services to clients including support of compliance software platforms, completion of testing, annual compliance reviews, and preparation of annual regulatory filings.

- Play a key leadership role inside the firm in building infrastructure, hiring and mentoring staff.

- Participate in development of new business.

Skills and Experience

-Undergraduate degree required; MBA/JD/LLM or graduate degree preferred.

- 5-8 years of professional experience in compliance consulting, management consulting, fund investing, auditing, operational due diligence, or at a regulator.

- Strong knowledge of the financial markets, private capital markets, private funds, regulatory infrastructure and risk management.

- Entrepreneurial, self-driven attitude with the ability to work with minimal direction and structure.

- Client-service orientation with the ability to work on and lead teams.

- Strong interpersonal skills.

- Exceptional organizational skills demonstrated through work experience.

- Executive level presence and communication skills.

- Familiarity of Investment Advisers Act, Investment Company Act, Exchange Act and Securities Act a plus.

We offer a competitive compensation package which includes equity participation in our firm, health and dental benefits, 401k with matching, liberal leave and vacation policy and a progressive, inclusive and flexible work culture.

Iron Road Partners is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and will not discriminate on the basis of gender identification, race, religious affiliation, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.

Send resumes to: careers@ironroadpartners.com.