Associate,Compliance

About Future Standard

Future Standard (formerly FS Investments) is an alternative asset manager dedicated to delivering attractive returns across private equity, private credit and real estate. Following its 2023 acquisition of Portfolio Advisors, FS now manages over $86 billion for both institutional and wealth management clients around the world, drawing on 30 years of experience and operating across nine global offices. The firm’s investment professionals manage a wide range of differentiated strategies across private markets and collectively manage relationships with 300+ sponsors. Future Standard’s active partnership model creates a virtuous cycle of superior market insights and deal flow, which inform the underwriting process and help to generate strong returns.

About the Job

We are hiring a Compliance Associate for the fund and regulatory compliance function within our India GCC. The successful candidate will own the day-to-day execution of compliance for the firm's private credit and private equity strategies, while also contributing to the design and continuous improvement of the compliance framework itself. It is positioned for someone who wants to operate in a global compliance function with real ownership, exposure to US regulatory matters, and the opportunity to shape how the function is built within GCC from the ground up.

Location : Bengaluru, India

What you will be doing

• Support the firm's obligations under SEC and FINRA regulations as they apply to a registered investment adviser. Contribute to periodic regulatory filings and support policy maintenance and rule-change tracking

• Review of conflicts of interest across investments — both within individual funds and across the platform. Perform cross-fund allocation reviews, co-investment conflict analysis, and related-party transaction monitoring

• Serve as the India-side point of contact for regulatory monitoring and support the US team during examinations and inquiries

• Run the periodic vendor due diligence and ongoing monitoring programme — covering initial onboarding diligence, annual reassessments, and continuous monitoring of critical service providers

• Conduct reviews of trade blotters to identify unusual trading activity, escalate exceptions, and maintain the surveillance log ; Partner with the broader compliance team to refine surveillance thresholds and rules over time, and to evaluate technology-enabled surveillance capabilities

• Own periodic employee access reviews across the firm's critical systems coordinating with IT and business owners to validate user permissions, recertify access, and remediate exceptions in line with the access governance framework

Qualifications & Experience

• 5 to 8 years of compliance experience within asset management, alternative investments, or financial services

• Working knowledge of SEC and FINRA regulations as they apply to investment advisers either through direct experience in a US-regulated entity or through supporting a US-regulated affiliate from offshore

• Strong written communication and the discipline to own a periodic reporting cadence with multiple internal and external stakeholders

• Hands-on experience with compliance monitoring or surveillance platforms (NICE Actimize, ACA ComplianceAlpha, Bloomberg Vault, or similar)

• Experience supporting an SEC examination, internal audit of compliance, or regulator-facing review

• Preferred - Private equity or private credit compliance experience, including familiaritywith fund structures (LP/GP, parallel funds, feeder funds)

• Good to have - CAMS, CRCM, IACCP, or equivalent compliance certification

Future Standard is a global alternative asset manager serving institutional and private wealth clients, investing across private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure. With a 30+ year track record of value creation and $94 billion in assets under management, we back the business owners and financial sponsors that drive growth and innovation across the middle market, transforming untapped potential into durable value.

Total AUM estimated as of March 31, 2026.

Future Standard is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Future Standard does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or search firms. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement is property of Future Standard and no fee will be paid.