Compliance Internal Audit Senior Associate

Bain Capital Overview

With approximately $185 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit & Capital Markets, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,880+ employees in 24 offices on four continents. 

We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential. Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights.

Our people are the heart of our advantage. Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes. 

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Position Overview

Bain Capital’s Compliance Internal Audit function is responsible for assuring that the firm operates in a controlled environment with appropriate risk-management processes. The function evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of the firm’s internal controls using a risk-based methodology, and helps monitor the firm’s compliance with applicable global laws, regulations, and firm policies and procedures.

This position will sit within the Compliance Internal Audit function of the firm’s Compliance Department, reporting to the Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and eventually the Director of Compliance Internal Audit.  The position will be responsible for the following activities:  

• Help with the design and implementation of the firm’s global internal audit program
• Support the preparation of firm’s annual internal audit plan
• Work with business compliance teams to scope reviews and work plans to relevant risks areas
• Individually, and through the use of third parties, conduct audits and reviews of various business processes and their supporting control environments
• Develop testing matrices, prepare document requests, assess information provided, interview key stakeholders, document process flows, and prepare written findings
• Track and ensure resolution of audit findings
• Partner with other compliance teams to ensure broader adequacy of testing activities 
• Prepare and present reporting and evaluations to senior compliance team on an ongoing basis
• Prepare reporting and evaluations for senior firm business leaders, as well as certain corporate boards and risk bodies of the firm’s regulatory licensed entities
• Maintain and update internal audit procedures and calendar

General Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant financial services internal or external audit or risk assurance experience, either at a financial services firm or a reputable auditing firm
• Working knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to investment advisors
• Strong knowledge of auditing standards, procedures, and practices
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably with accounting, finance, or similar business concentration, and with a strong GPA
• CPA, CFA, CIA, or similar license/certification a plus
• Strong understanding of enterprise technologies, controls and generative AI is a plus
• Dedicated team player with a strong sense of ownership and problem solving skills
• Capacity to handle highly confidential and sensitive information
• Detail oriented, conscientious and energetic professional with the ability to think creatively
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and precision
• Strong interpersonal skills; capacity to coordinate and interact with internal/external parties across multiple levels
• Strong verbal and written communication skills