Mandatory Skills:

• Previous experience of advising on Policies and SOPs
• Ongoing advisory regulatory interpretation, covering trust-based Workplace Pensions/DC Pensions/Occupational Pensions
• Previous experience of contract-based pensions and other Retail Investments is desirable

Your Responsibilities:

As a Compliance Advisory Manager - Workplace Pensions you will:

• Help set all guidance & Policies beyond just regulatory needs
• Advise on proposed Operational Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) pre implementation and suggest amendments and/or enhanced controls where needed
• Deliver initial training as transformation commences
• Ensure aware of all regulatory changes that may affect the business, analyse as to effect and possible changes in Operations and ensure disseminated to Management as early as possible
• Where necessary during Consultation phase engage with Regulators and/or industry colleagues to ensure practical considerations take into account
• Assist in implementing any changes to SOPs required (and necessary training provided)
• Likewise engage with Regulators when business plans or regulatory permissions change
• Advise the business on regulatory interpretation as required on a day-to-day basis
• Ensure all required routine training available/delivered as transition phase commences and ongoing for onboarding employees or as annual mandatory training
• Advise on breaches and complaints management
• Liaise with/oversee offshore colleagues in same function (as to their obligation with local regulatory needs)

Desirable Skills & Knowledge:

• Expert regulatory knowledge and then how regulation applies across relevant business activities and oversight of such
• Ability to work without supervision and under pressure
• Efficient and well organised
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Credible and assertive manner
• Discretion, tact and resilience
• Professional manner with the ability to influence and persuade
• Must be a skilled communicator and able to deal with a wide variety of internal stakeholders and financial regulator