Job Title: Risk & Compliance Officer
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £50,000-60,000 annual salary plus package
Location: Brighton/Home based (at least 2 days in the Brighton office per week, plus home working)
The Role:
The Risk and Compliance Officer will undertake the key responsibilities of the Risk and Compliance Officer role in an effective and customer-centric way enabling the UK Risk & Compliance team to achieve its vision and goals.
Compliance - to provide advice, guidance, support and challenge to the business on all compliance/regulatory matters. To assess regulatory publications (FCA and PRA), identify their impact and work with the business to implement effective solutions. To undertake monitoring and testing activity, to include complex business processes.
Risk - to facilitate the identification, measurement, management and monitoring of operational risks within the business. To help embed a risk management culture in the business and manage the day to day risk management processes and procedures.
This role will be split; 2/3 Compliance and 1/3 Risk activities.
Experience Required:
- Circa 5+ years experience within a Compliance role
- A vested interest or exposure to Operational Risk
- Insurance industry experience is a MUST
- Good working knowledge of the UK regulatory regime, ideally FCA, PRA and data protection and preferably money laundering
- Ability and willingness to effectively challenge the business, where appropriate, to ensure they undertake appropriate action to achieve the business's objectives whilst being compliant and managing risk effectively
- Ability to build relationships with staff at all levels in the business, including senior management, showing empathy and be able to influence and gain commitment
- Ability to review and implement necessary policies, processes and procedures
- Ability to manage own workload, including working to tight deadlines and delivering on concurrent tasks
- Proven ability to research and provide effective solutions to issues
- Self-motivated, proactive, flexible and pragmatic
- Competent speaking in public to conduct training sessions
If the above role is of interest and you fit the following criteria, please apply online for consideration. Please note that sponsorship unfortunately cannot be offered for this role, and professionals must be able to commute to the Brighton office at least 2x days per week.
