Compliance Analyst

Benefit Street Partners (BSP) is part of Franklin Templeton, a forward-thinking asset manager that has built its success through powerful partnerships. We leverage cutting-edge strategies and deep insights to unlock opportunities for long-term wealth creation. Our talented, global teams bring expertise that is both broad and unique.

Benefit Street Partners operates independently as an investment group. It is an alternative credit pioneer that seeks to deliver attractive returns through its relationships, specialist expertise, and global reach. We focus exclusively on credit, building deep expertise across direct lending, structured credit, liquid credit, special situations, infrastructure debt, and real estate.

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About the Department:

As a Compliance Testing and Monitoring Specialist, you will join the Core Monitoring and Testing team within Risk and Compliance. You will help us assess whether key controls are working as intended, identify potential compliance risks, and support timely escalation and remediation.

Our Testing and Monitoring team provides independent, risk-based assurance over key processes, systems, and controls. We work closely with colleagues across the business, operations, technology, and Compliance to understand risks, assess controls, and make practical improvements.

What Will You Do?

• Carry out compliance surveillance and monitoring across trading, investment activity, and business conduct.
• Perform risk-based testing of trade execution, allocations, conflicts of interest, and related controls.
• Review exceptions, supporting evidence, and relevant market or transaction data; investigate potential control gaps and raise issues promptly when needed.
• Help monitor regulatory obligations, employee conduct requirements, communications, and the handling of confidential information.
• Keep complete, accurate, and review-ready testing workpapers, findings, and management information.
• Work closely with front-office, operations, technology, and Compliance colleagues to clarify issues and support remediation.
• Contribute ideas and practical support to the design, improvement, validation, and oversight of data-led and automated monitoring processes.
• Spot trends, emerging risks, and opportunities to strengthen the control environment.
• Support periodic compliance reviews and follow up on agreed actions.

What Will You Bring?

• Experience in compliance monitoring, surveillance, internal audit, risk, or financial-services controls.
• Understanding of financial markets, investment products, and trade lifecycle processes.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to review large data sets and identify exceptions or unusual patterns.
• Confidence to exercise sound judgment, investigate issues, and communicate findings clearly.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis capability; experience with automation or technology-enabled controls is desirable.
• A strong sense of integrity, respect for confidentiality, and excellent organization and attention to detail.

Qualifications and Experience:

• CA, CMA, CA Inter, or a relevant bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in compliance monitoring, investment compliance, trade surveillance, internal audit, risk, or financial-services operations.
• Comfort working independently under general supervision, with initiative and sound judgment.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build strong working relationships across the business.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, accurate, and review-ready documentation.

How Will You Work?

• Curiosity, analytical thinking, and a thoughtful approach to investigation.
• Sound judgment and professional skepticism.
• Care, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Clear, respectful stakeholder management.
• The ability to work independently while contributing positively to a global team.
• A practical, continuous-improvement mindset.

Work Shift Timings - 2:00 PM -11:00 PM

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

Artificial intelligence or automated tools may be used to assist in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.