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 for 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.
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. The 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 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. 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.
About the Operations Department:
The goal of the Operations Department is to enable Bridgewater's ongoing investment engine and client requirements by proactively driving solutions through effective management of people, process, and partners in a principled way. Overall responsibilities include:
- On & off-boarding support and maintenance of investor accounts, fund launches, trading and settlement counterparties, as well as new markets & instruments
- Trade life cycle and portfolio control support (e.g. trade confirmation, collateral, reconciliation, etc.)
- Investor and Fund services (e.g. capital flows, various investor reporting, etc.)
- Accounting books and records and associated reporting (e.g. NAV)
- Tax, Audit & regulatory/compliance support for BW, its funds and clients
- Driving industry leading back-office solutions and engaging in thought leadership and strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to shape key outcomes (e.g., BW Front Office, vendors)
Bridgewater has grown rapidly in recent years, transforming from an investment boutique to a leading global institutional asset manager. To manage this excellently, Bridgewater has placed explicit focus on evolving our world-class investment and support infrastructure inclusive of utilizing external partners for key processes. Since Operations processes are mission-critical, the department has evolved the way in which it meets its goals and responsibilities. Bridgewater now operates a unique and innovative "tri-party model" that enables us to remain responsible for investment management and oversight of our back office, while also taking advantage of the independent processes and technology of two strategic partners who are industry leaders in this space.
About the Role:
The Counterparty Onboarding Specialist is directly involved in top priority investment initiatives of the Firm and is a key component of the Operations teams that enable new funds and mandates, markets, and instruments. This position presents a unique opportunity to orchestrate the end-to-end counterparty onboarding process and is a dynamic role that engages with various internal stakeholders including Portfolio Managers, Traders, Attorneys, Credit officers, Operations, and Tax professionals.
You will drive the following responsibilities:
- Enabling the launch of new funds and mandates, markets, and instruments by executing the process of establishing credit lines and accounts with counterparties in close coordination with key stakeholders across the firm.
- Supporting ongoing reporting and account maintenance as required with counterparties (e.g. AUM, tax forms, AML/KYC, etc.)
- Capturing, maintaining, and reporting accurate critical counterparty reference data to key internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Portfolio managers, attorneys, regulators, etc.)
We are looking for candidates with the following minimum qualifications:
- Direct experience onboarding and/or maintaining accounts and credit lines at top-tier firms (e.g. investment manager/hedge fund, broker-dealer, prime brokers/FCMs, custodian bank, etc.).
- Able to work effectively with varied stakeholders (e.g. Front Office, Legal, Credit, Operations, etc.) and comfortable working against deadlines (e.g. launching a new fund on a particular date).
- Organized, reliable, and detail oriented.
- Strong communication skills and a team player.
- Able to perceive, trouble-shoot and escalate problems both within the day-to-day deliverables as well as in the overall processes.
- Candidate should enjoy a mix of day-to-day/regular responsibilities along with participation in broader initiatives and process improvement projects.
Physical Requirements
This role will follow a hybrid schedule, with an onsite requirement of four days per week at our Westport CT campus.
Wage Range
The wage range for this role is $110,000 - $175,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary target bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80% - 90% 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 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.
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
