Compliance Officer

Informa Plc; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading compliance-focused organization in Abingdon seeks a Compliance Officer to support and implement compliance strategies. The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Compliance Manager to advise on compliance matters and ensure adherence to corporate policies. The role involves collaborating with international teams and requires strong skills in compliance knowledge, problem-solving, and communication. This position offers a balanced working model with flexibility and support for professional development.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Flexible working model

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable interest in compliance.
• Experience with compliance-related reporting.
• Knowledge in anti-bribery, sanctions, and other compliance areas.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with compliance teams and support training.
• Manage compliance inquiries and provide timely advice.
• Conduct due diligence and monitor compliance metrics.

Skills

Compliance knowledge

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Relationship building

Education

Recognised Compliance and/or legal qualifications

Job description

Overview

This role will report to the Senior Compliance Manager at Taylor and Francis (T&F), to help develop and implement key areas of Informa’s overall compliance strategy.

The role will provide advice and knowledgeable compliance support for global T&F colleagues, as well as supporting training and engagement and using tracking, monitoring analysis and reporting of key data points to ensure that Taylor & Francis’s Compliance programme successfully manages the division’s exposure to regulatory risk, as part of Informa’s wider Compliance programme. The T&F Compliance programme includes sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, whistleblowing, modern slavery, anti-sexual harassment and third party risk, amongst other areas.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating effectively with the T&F Senior Compliance Manager, the wider Informa Group Compliance team and other global teams and colleagues as needed
• Helping the business to operate in compliance with sanctions, anti-bribery and other laws and regulations supported by the Compliance team, by responding to questions and providing clear, accurate, current and appropriate advice in a timely manner
• Managing responses to the T&F Compliance team inbox, escalating issues to Compliance Manager or other teams as required.
• Carrying out screening for sanctions, reviewing screening results and resolving more complex escalations
• Supporting the T&F Senior Compliance Manager in the delivery of risk-based due diligence on third parties. This may include assisting with due diligence reviews of third parties, identifying, tracking and monitoring related mitigation activities, the assessment and tracking of the effectiveness of existing third-party management processes, and overall analysis to ensure that our due diligence is commensurate with the level of risks identified.
• Working alongside the Senior Compliance Manager to engage with T&F colleagues on the importance of regulatory compliance and to communicate the details of applicable laws and regulations, and our related policies and processes. This may include writing communications, managing our internal online content, developing and delivering scheduled training, developing or updating guidance, and ensuring that T&F Compliance’s engagement and training materials remain current and readily available
• Ensuring that T&F’s divisional policies and related guidance, including the Divisional (Financial) Authority Framework and Sanctions guidance are up to date
• Monitoring compliance with Informa’s Gifts & Entertainment policy, through reviewing records on our finance and other reporting systems, following up on non-compliance with policy, and analysing data to identify potential risk areas
• Maintaining records of activities (such as training, due diligence or monitoring activity) so that records are available to internal audit teams and regulators if needed
• Managing T&F Compliance’s KPIs and metrics in line with Global Compliance requirements, including tracking against targets and analysing data to identify areas of risk or opportunity
• Developing and presenting reports and dashboards to senior stakeholders on compliance metrics, programme status and areas of risk or opportunity, ensuring visibility of the compliance programme’s progress and effectiveness
• Assisting with external and internal audits as appropriate
• Working with T&F’s process improvement teams to map compliance processes as needed and identify opportunities to streamline and improve
• Providing reports on the T&F Compliance team’s progress and activities as required by the Business and the T&F Compliance Manager
• Attending/participating in webinars and conferences, including specialist groups for the publishing industry, e.g. Publishers Association, Navex Global, Trace to ensure you remain up to date with regulatory changes, industry initiatives, and best practice to help inform and drive divisional compliance initiatives.

Qualifications

Whilst previous compliance experience isn’t essential, as some of these skills can be trained, we would be keen to find a candidate with a demonstrable interest in Compliance and some of the following:

• A keen interest in and good knowledge of key compliance areas such as ABC, Modern Slavery, Whistleblowing and Sanctions and other compliance obligations
• Experience of working with screening programmes for Sanctions and/or third party Due Diligence
• Experience of collaborating effectively with international colleagues
• Experience in producing qualitative and quantitative reports and presenting the findings
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, and experience in communicating at all levels of an organisation
• Recognised Compliance and/or legal qualifications, demonstrating commitment to this field.

Skills and Behaviours Required

• Able to take initiative and prioritise
• Strong relationship building skills and ability to interact credibly and genuinely with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation
• Complex problem solving with the ability to understand the challenge, identify root causes and be able to provide insight and recommendations
• Ability to interpret. Applying policy to business can be complex: the ability to understand where and how to comply with the spirit, as well as the letter of the rule is important
• Attention to detail. Many regulations require detailed analysis: it’s important to attend to the details while maintaining a view of the big picture
• Attention to the big picture. Compliance Officers must understand the bigger picture and what the regulators are trying to accomplish with the regulation.

Additional Information

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That\'s why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our offices to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time in our office in Milton Park, Abingdon.

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.

If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner. Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/taylor-&-francis-group/life/79e0c27c-afdf-4bbb-84e6-5f8ed5e10bb8/