Regulatory Conduct Director

Pinsent Masons Llp; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal consultancy in the UK is seeking a Regulatory Conduct Director to lead their Conduct Risk service. The ideal candidate will provide senior advisory support to boards and regulators, manage complex regulatory programmes, and integrate legal expertise in delivering solutions. Strong experience in conduct risk, regulatory advisory, and governance frameworks is required. The role provides several benefits, including healthcare, generous leave, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Up to five days' paid carers' leave

25 days' annual leave

Contributory pension scheme

Private healthcare cover

Life assurance at four times your base salary

Interest-free loans for season tickets and gym membership

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in conduct risk and regulatory advisory.
• Deep understanding of FCA and PRA supervisory expectations.
• Experience overseeing s166 Skilled Person Reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead Conduct Risk service offering and integration with legal expertise.
• Provide advisory support to Boards and regulators.
• Manage complex regulatory programmes and teams.

Skills

Regulatory advisory

Conduct risk management

Governance

Customer outcomes frameworks

Team management

Bid preparation

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting a Regulatory Conduct Director to lead the Conduct Risk service offering within the firm's captive Financial Regulatory consulting function, ensuring integration of legal and regulatory expertise across major engagements. This includes Skilled Person Reviews (s166), remediation programmes, conduct-risk transformation, governance uplift, product governance, culture and behaviour reviews, and customer-outcome remediations. The Director advises Boards, senior executives and regulators, ensuring pragmatic, commercially sound solutions aligned to FCA/PRA frameworks. Working closely with the Head of Financial Regulatory Consulting, they support business development, global expansion, proposition shaping and drive cross-practice collaboration to build a market-leading advisory capability.

Vario is Pinsent Masons\' market-leading alternative legal services provider, offering a unique blend of Flexible Services, Consulting & Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS).

Responsibilities

• Regulatory/Remediation consulting service, integrating with legal teams for end-to-end delivery
• Provide senior advisory support to Boards, regulators and executives on conduct frameworks, governance, culture, and customer outcomes
• Oversee major regulatory programmes including s166 reviews, remediation initiatives, and regulatory investigations
• Ensure all engagements meet regulatory standards, including documentation standards, governance structures, evidencing, and audit readiness
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams delivering complex regulatory change
• Shape thought leadership on emerging conduct-risk and regulatory market trends
• Lead client-development activities and contribute to revenue growth
• Engaging in pricing, bid preparation and contract negotiations
• Collaborating with Vario services and FS Legal teams to ensure consistency in the global approach and to leverage our full capabilities
• Extensive experience in conduct risk, regulatory advisory, compliance, remediation, or regulatory transformation across FS consulting, regulated firms or regulatory bodies
• Deep understanding of FCA and PRA supervisory expectations, priorities and enforcement themes
• Proven experience overseeing s166 Skilled Person Reviews and major regulatory remediation programmes
• Demonstrated advisory experience with Boards, SMFs and senior leadership
• Strong background in governance, culture, product oversight, and customer-outcome frameworks
• Experience preparing regulatory-quality evidence and managing supervisory engagement
• Commercial experience contributing to the growth of a regulatory advisory practice

Benefits

• Up to five days\' paid carers\' leave to support your caring responsibilities
• 25 days\' annual leave, with the ability to purchase or carry over an additional five days
• A contributory pension scheme (up to 5%)
• Private healthcare cover
• Life assurance at four times your base salary
• Access to interest-free loans for season tickets, gym membership, and rental deposits
• Cycle to work scheme

Diversity and Inclusion

Our strength lies in our differences. We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It\'s with different perspectives that we\'ll find solutions to our clients\' most complex challenges. It\'s how we\'ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.