First Line Risk and Compliance Manager

Just Group plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking financial services company as a First Line Risk and Compliance Manager. You will play a key role in establishing effective risk management frameworks within a new business unit, helping customers navigate their retirement complexities. This role is pivotal for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while fostering a culture of security and peace of mind for clients. If you are passionate about making a difference in the retirement industry and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Be part of a mission-driven team that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to creating a fulfilling retirement for all.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

25 Days Annual Leave

Private Medical Cover

Income Protection

Generous Bonus Scheme

FREE Headspace App access

Employee Assistance Helpline

Career Progression Opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in risk management and compliance within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of FCA regulations and ability to manage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain effective risk management and compliance frameworks.
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure regulatory adherence.

Skills

Financial Conduct Authority regulations

Stakeholder management

Risk identification and management

Change influence

Customer orientation

Process implementation

Education

Experience in financial services

Risk management and compliance experience

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 First Line Risk and Compliance Manager 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

1. Strong knowledge and experience of Financial Conduct Authority regulations and compliance framework.
2. Ability to work under pressure, in a fast moving environment, to tight deadlines.
3. Ability to manage and influence complex stakeholders.
4. Ability to identify, mitigate and manage risk.
5. Ability to influence and drive change.
6. High level of customer orientation.
7. Desire to be a key player in building and developing a business.
8. Ability to implement robust processes and procedures to satisfy regulatory requirements.

Experience

1. Proven experience in risk management and compliance, within the financial services sector, ideally in a startup environment.
2. Experience of dealing with regulatory frameworks, their mechanics and implications.
3. Experience of the conduct and customer risk regime.
4. Experience with SMCR and dealing with the FCA and PRA.

Company Benefits

1. A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
2. Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday
3. Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case
4. A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme - paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets
5. Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company
6. FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)
7. A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal
8. 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.

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.

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.