Chief Compliance Officer

Requirements

• Our CCO will be primarily responsible for administering, reviewing, and improving all the aspects of our compliance and controls frameworks.  Examples of his or her responsibilities would include the following:
• Reviewing, establishing, advancing, monitoring, and enforcing the firm’s compliance programs to reasonably ensure that the firm remains, at all times, in compliance with regulatory requirements, including applicable requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, the Commodity Exchange Act, and non-U.S. directives and laws.
• Advocating for a strong culture of compliance with senior management and employees and productively managing outside compliance partners and vendors.  
• Administering regulatory filings, including leading preparation and filing of Form ADV, Form PF, and exemptive and notice filings for our venture capital and hedge funds.
• Overseeing our fund administrators and reasonably ensuring that onboarding processes for our limited partners is performed in compliance with requirements and expectations, including anti-money laundering and sanctions requirements, accredited investor and qualified purchaser requirements, and audit requirements.
• Providing proactive compliance support and training and reasonably ensuring all regulatory and policy requirements are well understood, communicated, monitored, and enforced.
• Developing, reviewing, and testing internal controls to promote an effective controls environment.
• Performing risk assessments and prioritizing compliance activities in areas identified as having the highest levels of legal, regulatory, business, or reputational risk to the firm.
• Collaborating with the management team and outside service providers to develop policies, procedures, and controls or remediate findings in internal and external reviews, examinations, or audits.
• Managing regulatory change initiatives to implement new or changing regulatory requirements or expectations and serving as the primary liaison during examinations or other regulatory interactions.

Qualifications

• Our ideal CCO candidate would have some combination of the following: 
• Bachelor's Degree (Juris Doctor preferred but not required)
• Advanced knowledge of compliance frameworks and best practices and a minimum 5 years of compliance, legal, or operational experience relating to the financial services or blockchain industries.
• Advanced knowledge of (1) requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, the Commodity Exchange Act, or non-U.S. directives and laws or (2) of laws applicable to blockchain technologies or digital assets, required.
• Low-ego, open-minded, and entrepreneurial personality with excellent verbal and written communications skills sufficient to competently interact with all levels of firm.
• Ability to maintain grace under pressure and manage short deadlines and multiple projects in a high-growth, fast-paced, demanding environment.
• Ability to treat highly confidential information with appropriate discretion.
• Some fluency in venture capital and hedge fund structures, mechanics, or accounting and interest in blockchain technologies or digital assets preferred.