We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.
Position Overview
You will support StepStone’s Legal & Compliance Department in a variety of operational processes and projects, primarily focusing on the processing of amendment/legal action reviews proposed by StepStone client private markets fund managers. Technical and operational tools necessary to fulfill responsibilities will be supported by StepStone’s Portfolio Analytics & Reporting departments.
Essential Job Functions
Responsibilities:
You will assist in the firm’s contracts review and management process by:
- Reviewing and analyzing proposed amendments to private markets fund agreements of the firm’s clients
- Entering terms into and updating the firm’s proprietary database
- Coordinating with internal teams (SPAR, Research, Legal)
- Preparing client recommendation memos
- Participate in the formulation and implementation of process improvements and technology solutions to optimize efficiency, with an emphasis on Legal & Compliance operations functions
Personal Skills:
- Utilize effective time management skills to maintain a commitment to quality and attention to detail; ensure that all work is completed accurately and on time
- Professionally communicate with all levels of staff, internal and external
- Foster a sense of teamwork, assisting others when needed/required
- Flourish in a challenging, fast-paced, and professional environment with frequent shifts in priorities as business needs dictate
- Have a strong sense of integrity, behaving consistently with expressed values and ethical principles of StepStone
- Focus on specific goals and demonstrate a sense of personal growth, accountability and urgency for achieving results
Education and Work Experience Requirements:
- Four-year college degree
- Experience in financial services, operational due diligence or the legal field (law clerk, legal assistant or a paralegal) would be a plus
Salary Range is $27.50 per hour
About us
Working out of 26 offices in 15 countries, StepStone has a truly global viewpoint. As people are our biggest asset, we offer resources to help our employees reach their full potential. Our principles are based on integrity, transparency, respect and creativity, which together define how we do business.
Join us
When you choose to work at StepStone, you'll find a group of professionals who are passionate about anticipating changes, solving problems and working together to make it all happen. Our integrated global team shares insights into how managers think and operate, as well as how they might perform.
StepStone offers a competitive compensation package including salary and incentive compensation for all full time hires, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits which include comprehensive healthcare, strong retirement plan, a mental health well-being program, paid time off, student loan repayment program for our US office locations, and several wellness initiatives.
Disclaimer / Policy Statements
At StepStone, diversity, equity and inclusion are an integral part of our culture. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups representing our dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
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What We Do
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals.StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.
