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# Senior Compliance Officer, Regulatory Reporting at Bridgewater Associates

- **Company:** Bridgewater Associates
- **Location:** Westport, CT
- **Posted:** 2026-10-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-26
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/bridgewater89/jobs/8882443002

## Job description

## About Bridgewater

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting-edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment to excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.

Explore more information about Bridgewater on our website [here](https://www.bridgewater.com/).

Our Culture

Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and constantly improving because once you know what's true about your problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better. Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself. The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997 our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a [Philosophy Statement](https://www.bridgewater.com/culture/bridgewaters-original-philosophy)which remains our foundation. This later evolved into a set of 300+ Principles. In 2022, when Ray transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on [Meritocracy.](https://www.bridgewater.com/culture/bridgewaters-idea-meritocracy) Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that powers everything else.

Explore more information about Bridgewater’s culture on our website [here](https://www.bridgewater.com/principles-and-culture).

## About the Legal & Regulatory Group

The Legal & Regulatory Group is responsible for partnering with Bridgewater businesses to protect the legal and regulatory interests of the firm and its clients and managing legal and regulatory risk to ensure that employees act in accordance with the highest legal and ethical standards. Our group maintains in-house expertise in many areas, including corporate, investment management, private funds, intellectual property, employment and commercial law and compliance. The team works closely with a broad range of departments within the firm and manages relationships with external counsel and regulatory consultants.

## About Your Role

The Senior Compliance Officer ("Senior Compliance Officer") will be expected to be a leader within Bridgewater's compliance function on day one. Together with other members of the team, the Senior Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Bridgewater's regulatory obligations. While expected to contribute across all areas of the compliance program, the Senior Compliance Officer's primary responsibility will be owning Bridgewater's regulatory reporting and change management processes from start to finish.

This role is about doing as much as it is about thinking and advising.  The Senior Compliance Officer will be personally accountable for making sure the right filings are made accurately, excellently, and on time. Candidates should expect to spend meaningful time in the details of the filings themselves, not solely advising others on how to prepare them.

## Responsibilities Include

- Preparing, reviewing, and submitting Bridgewater's regulatory filings and reports, and personally driving each one through to completion, including gathering and validating underlying data and resolving issues as they arise
- Building and running the processes, controls, and methodology used to produce accurate filings and manage regulatory interactions
- Scanning the regulatory horizon for forthcoming changes and implementing them in how filings and interactions are actually executed
- Owning quality assurance so that every filing and interaction is accurate, complete, and timely
- Advising stakeholders on their regulatory obligations and the processes used to meet them

The Senior Compliance Officer will also be expected to work with the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), Deputy CCO, and other senior leaders on strategic initiatives and essential workstreams. For a high achiever, this strategic work is expected to grow over time, and ultimately the scope of the role will be limited only by the abilities and dedication of the person in it.

## Minimum Qualifications

- 7-10 years of legal and/or compliance experience with a focus on regulatory reporting for asset managers and private funds
- Ownership mindset and good judgment; the willingness and capability to work tirelessly with the intellect and judgment to make that needed only sparingly
- Familiarity with regulations applicable to alternative investment managers and private funds
- High intellectual horsepower, agility, logical reasoning, practicality and curiosity
- Comfort operating proactively and independently while simultaneously not being afraid to ask for help
- Basic comfort with data and able to work with spreadsheets/databases to identify patterns or anomalies
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment; comfortable juggling priorities and escalating when at risk of failure
- Strong project management and oversight capabilities; willingness to hold others accountable to deadlines and obligations
- Comfort learning and adopting new software/AI tools quickly, with genuine interest in how technology can improve compliance processes
- Strong interpersonal skills; professional, team-oriented with strong work ethic and a “can-do, will-do” attitude
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skill with a strong attention to detail

Physical Requirements

The onsite requirement for this role is four days per week at our Westport, CT campus, with occasional travel to our NYC campus as needed.

## Compensation

The wage range for this role is $260,000 - $480,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 65% - 75% of this wage range.

Why Choose Bridgewater?

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you with opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits. Explore more information about Bridgewater’s benefits on our website [here.](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/benefits)

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer

## About Bridgewater Associates

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Bridgewater Associates is a global macro investment firm that develops a fundamental, cause-and-effect understanding of markets and economies, translating that understanding into systematic, data-driven investment insights and solutions for the world’s leading institutional investors.
- **Entity Type**: Private (employee-owned / privately held)
- **Headquarters**: Westport, Connecticut, USA (additional offices in New York City, Shanghai, and Singapore)
- **Founded**: 1975
- **Founders**: Ray Dalio (founder; transitioned leadership in 2022)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial services – global macro investment management
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, endowments, foundations)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To develop a fundamental, cause-and-effect understanding of how markets and economies work—and translate that understanding into insights, returns, and solutions that help the world’s leading institutional investors solve their most important investment challenges.” [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/)

## Products & Services
Bridgewater does not offer off‑the‑shelf consumer products but provides institutional investment solutions:
- **Global Macro Investment Strategies**: Systematic, research‑driven portfolios that seek to capture return streams across global asset classes based on underlying economic drivers.
- **Portfolio Construction & Risk Management**: Customized solutions using Bridgewater’s proprietary risk‑parity and alpha‑overlay frameworks.
- **Research & Advisory**: Investment insights and market analysis delivered to clients through regular publications and direct client engagement.
- **Systematic Investment Platform**: A codified, repeatable process that integrates human judgment with machine intelligence to test and refine investment decisions continuously. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (privately held). Industry estimates place Assets Under Management (AUM) well over $100 billion, but no official figure is disclosed in the provided sources.
- **Key Metric**: AUM is the primary metric; exact amount is not publicly disclosed.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The firm serves the world’s largest institutional investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, and endowments. Specific client names are confidential.
- **Growth Signals**: Bridgewater has publicly emphasized the integration of AI and machine intelligence into its systematic investment process, positioning itself at the forefront of technology‑driven investing. The firm continues to hire across investment, technology, and client‑facing roles, and maintains offices in multiple global financial hubs. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Idea Meritocracy**: A culture where the best ideas win regardless of hierarchy, enforced through radical truth and transparency. This accelerates learning and decision‑making. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/culture)
- **Systematic Research Engine**: Over five decades of codifying economic cause‑and‑effect relationships into a systematic, repeatable investment process that is continuously tested against reality.
- **Integration of AI**: Machine intelligence is embedded across the research and investment platform, allowing the firm to test hypotheses at scale and improve decision‑making while retaining human oversight. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/faqs)
- **Long‑Term Track Record**: A history of delivering differentiated returns for institutional clients, built on a unique culture and proprietary research.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepening AI Integration**: Continuing to embed artificial intelligence and machine learning into investment research, portfolio construction, and operational processes.
- **Talent & Culture Evolution**: Evolving the culture (e.g., revisiting principles after founder transition in 2022) while maintaining the core idea‑meritocracy values that drive performance.
- **Global Expansion**: Growing client relationships and investment capabilities across key markets (U.S., China, Singapore) through a multi‑office footprint.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Demanding, high‑performance environment focused on intellectual honesty, open debate, and continuous improvement. Employees are expected to challenge assumptions and take high ownership. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/culture)
- **Learning Curve**: Described as “the steepest possible learning curve” due to transparency, feedback loops, and exposure to complex investment problems.
- **Work Policy**: Most employees are required to be onsite a minimum of four days per week (Monday–Thursday) with the option to work remotely on Friday. Some roles may have additional onsite requirements. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/faqs)
- **Locations**: Primary campus in Westport, CT; additional offices in New York City, Shanghai, and Singapore.
- **Benefits**: Competitive benefits supporting health, savings, family, and life (specific details not enumerated in provided sources). [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/faqs)
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Emphasized as part of building an idea meritocracy; the firm hires from a wide range of backgrounds. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater)

## Sources
1. [bridgewater.com](https://www.bridgewater.com/) – Company overview, mission, investment approach
2. [bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater) – Careers overview, culture, diversity
3. [bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/faqs](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/faqs) – FAQs on work policy, culture, technology, hiring
4. [bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/job-openings](https://www.bridgewater.com/working-at-bridgewater/job-openings) – Current job openings
5. [bridgewater.com/culture](https://www.bridgewater.com/culture) – Culture description (idea meritocracy, radical truth)

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