Director, Compliance Advisory

SS&C Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a Director, Compliance Advisory to provide strategic leadership in regulatory advisory services across various business lines. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in the UK financial services sector, with proven ability to influence senior management and excellent communication skills. This role requires a strong knowledge of regulation and product across asset management, wealth management, or life and pensions. A hybrid working model is offered.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Professional Development Reimbursement

Competitive holiday scheme

Wellbeing benefits

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in UK regulated financial services.
• Proven strategic insight and regulatory knowledge.
• Experience with asset management, wealth management, or life and pensions.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for regulatory advisory services.
• Deliver technical regulatory advice and updates to management.
• Manage and develop the Compliance Advisory team.
• Engage with clients on regulatory technical matters.
• Coordinate with industry associations.

Skills

Regulatory technical advice

Influencing and advising at senior level

Client engagement on compliance matters

Excellent written and verbal communication

Leading and mentoring compliance teams

Job description

Job Description

Director, Compliance Advisory

Locations: London or Basildon | Hybrid working is on offer.

Get To Know Us

SS&C is leading the way. We continue to look for todays and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation to name a few.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do

• Provide strategic leadership for the provision of regulatory advisory services across all GIDS business lines in the UK.
• Responsible for the provision of regulatory technical advice and updates (including from the FCA, HMRC and The Pensions Regulator) to all levels of management and business areas, including across asset management, wealth, platforms and life and pensions business lines.
• This includes responsibility for the provision of regulatory technical advice for new business initiatives, including new client take ons, new products and new services.
• Responsible for the identification of regulatory change items impacting all business lines and supporting the change management team to implement in line with regulatory rules.
• To manage, develop and motivate the Compliance Advisory team to ensure staff provide technical support appropriately and within expected timeframes, fostering a continuous learning environment.
• Lead client engagement on regulatory technical matters, building strong collaborative relationships across the client base.
• Provide Compliance Advisory reporting for internal governance committees including Boards, Executive and Risk Committees.
• Represent the Company on regulatory technical matters in industry, including coordinating responses to regulatory consultation papers and engaging with industry associations (IA, TISA, Platforms Association and PIMFA), including ensuring appropriate attendance at industry forum technical meetings.
• Promote and support the risk, compliance and governance culture, driving ownership into the business, collaborating with other areas of the Risk & Compliance department as necessary.

What You Will Bring

• Minimum 10 years’ experience of providing regulatory technical advice in a UK regulated financial services environment.
• Proven ability to influence, advise and challenge at a senior level with strategic insight and knowledge.
• Excellent regulatory and product knowledge across at least two of the following sectors: asset management, wealth management, platforms and/or life and pensions.
• Significant experience of client engagement on compliance matters.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for translating complex regulations into clear guidance.
• Strong experience of leading, mentoring, and developing compliance teams.
• Prior experience of engagement with relevant industry associations.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

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SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.