First Line Compliance & Risk Manager

Just Group plc; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading FTSE 250 Financial Services company as a Compliance & Risk Manager. This pivotal role supports a new business unit aimed at enhancing customer support for retirement solutions. You'll leverage your expertise in risk management and compliance to ensure regulatory adherence and help millions of customers during their retirement planning.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

25 Days Annual Leave plus Birthday Leave

Private Medical Cover

Income Protection

Generous Bonus Scheme

Career Progression Opportunities

Access to Headspace App

Employee Assistance Helpline

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in risk and compliance within financial services.
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks.
• Hands-on experience applying FCA regulations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain effective risk management frameworks.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Help customers navigate retirement complexities.

Skills

Understanding of FCA regulations

Pressure management

Stakeholder management

Risk identification

Regulatory change driving

Customer focus

Entrepreneurial mindset

Process implementation

Job description

At Just we encourage a flexible and agile working environment for the majority of our opportunities. Get in touch with us to discuss in more detail.

Who are Just?

We're a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £4bn of assets.

We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.

That's who we are. We're a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.

Purpose

The Compliance & Risk Manager (first line) will be responsible for establishing, implementing and maintaining effective risk management and compliance frameworks within a newly created part of the business. This new business unit will help millions of customers with the complexities of their impending retirement life stages, which will include advised and non-advised financial support. This role will be pivotal to the success of this new business and will involve working closely with various different stakeholders to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong understanding of FCA regulations and UK compliance frameworks
• Ability to perform under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Skilled at managing and influencing complex stakeholders
• Proven risk identification, mitigation, and management capabilities
• Experience driving regulatory or business change
• High customer focus and service orientation
• Entrepreneurial mindset, eager to help build and grow a business
• Able to implement effective, compliant processes and controls

Experience

• Demonstrated experience in risk and compliance within financial services, preferably in a startup or scale-up environment
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks, with hands-on experience applying them in practice
• Proven track record working with conduct and customer risk regimes
• Knowledge of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) and direct experience engaging with the FCA
• Experience with DTC (Direct-to-Consumer) financial products is essential

Company Benefits

• A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday
• Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme - paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets
• Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company
• FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)
• A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

About Us

We're a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly.

How people work, save, and plan for the future is all changing. A new generation of retirees needs a new kind of retirement company. A company who will look for new ways of doing things - and will always put the customer first.

That's who we are. We're a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement. And with you on our team, we're going to make sure they get it.

We've built our sustainability strategy around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and have selected goals where we believe we can make the most difference. By aligning our activity with these global goals, we can make sure we play our part in addressing the wider issues facing the planet and leave a positive legacy to the world. You can read more about our sustainability strategy here.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are priorities for us. Having a diverse, talented workforce with colleagues of different backgrounds, world views and experiences is the right thing to do. It's also the most effective way to succeed, innovate and better serve our customers now and in the future. We are committed to our targets on gender and ethnicity and run a number of successful mentoring and sponsorship programmes for our colleagues from diverse backgrounds. We have multiple active employee network groups which champion issues including gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and neurodiversity. You can read more about our DE&I strategy and commitments here.

What's clear about working at Just is that we care. We care about our customers, our purpose, our environment, inclusivity, wellbeing and most importantly - each other. We look forward to welcoming you to the team soon.