Legal & Compliance - Strategic Partners - Compliance Officer, VP

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram.

The Legal & Compliance department seeks a highly skilled and experienced mid-level compliance professional to support the complex and growing needs of the Blackstone Strategic Partners business unit.  Strategic Partners is Blackstone’s dedicated secondary and GP stakes investment platform, with professionals located in New York, London, San Francisco, Paris, Los Angeles, Singapore and Nashville. Strategic Partners is an innovative and premier secondary and GP stakes investor with broad transaction capabilities on a global scale with a focus on private equity secondaries, infrastructure secondaries, real estate secondaries, GP-led secondaries and GP stakes investments. This individual will play a key role in advising on regulatory and compliance matters and should have deep expertise in private equity, fund management, and regulatory frameworks, with a proven ability to navigate complex compliance challenges involving unique deal structures and potential conflicts of interest. The position requires strategic thinking, strong communication skills, and effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Primary job responsibilities include the following:

• Providing broad support to the Strategic Partners compliance program and interacting with key stakeholders across both the business unit and Blackstone Legal & Compliance more broadly

• Assisting in all compliance and regulatory matters: SEC registration, ERISA, and federal, state and international securities laws (including the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934)

• Preparing regular reports to the investment team and senior management regarding compliance matters

• Coordinating various SEC and foreign regulatory filings

• Reviewing marketing and client materials, including pitchbooks, regular limited partner reporting, and due diligence materials

• Working with other members of the compliance team to ensure that compliance documents, including Registered Investment Adviser Policies and Procedures, Form ADV Parts 1 and 2, and Form PF are current, and to identify and address areas where policies and procedures need to be developed or amended

• Assisting with ongoing assessments, the annual 206(4)-7 compliance review, internal audit reviews and ongoing or ad hoc reviews

• Working with in-house and external counsel to monitor, and then implement responses to, regulatory developments that impact the business

• Working with the Blackstone central compliance team regarding firm-wide compliance issues and projects, as well as special compliance/internal audit-related projects as necessary

• Assisting in the development of training materials

Qualifications:           

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. The successful candidate should meet the following qualifications:

• 6+ years’ directly related experience in a legal or compliance role in a private equity fund environment or a law firm private funds practice

• Substantial knowledge of relevant rules and regulations and the day-to-day compliance affairs of private funds

• An undergraduate degree is required, and a law degree is preferred

• Exposure to a wide variety of transactions and sophisticated products

• Effectively anticipates potential issues inherent in serving large, multi-dimensional client relationships

• Demonstrated project management skill