Senior Compliance Specialist - Annuities

Miryco Consultants Ltd; Slough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Miryco Consultants Ltd, in partnership with a leading pensions specialist, seeks a senior Compliance Specialist to lead regulatory efforts for a retail life insurance annuities business in London.

The role requires hands-on regulatory experience within UK retail life insurance and close FCA engagement, with senior-level collaboration across legal, compliance and product teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience at a large UK insurer.
• Experience with retail annuities preferred.
• A collaborative, commercially minded working style.
• A proven track record for product development, technology-led innovation and distribution.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and regulatory expertise to support the launch and ongoing development of a retail individual annuities business.
• Play a key role in ensuring all aspects of the business are established on a strong regulatory foundation, with a focus on delivering good customer outcomes.
• Advise on product design, customer communications and experience, distribution agreements, and third-party contracts.
• Apply a strong legal and regulatory background alongside practical compliance experience within the UK retail life insurance sector.
• Bring recent experience of working with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), either directly, in a regulatory role, or through close supervisory engagement.
• Work within the Legal and Compliance function, reporting to senior legal or compliance leadership.
• Collaborate closely with senior management, business leaders, operations teams, proposition development, and external regulatory advisers.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

UK retail life insurance

FCA engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Miryco Consultants is working with a leading pensions specialist to add a Compliance Specialist to their team. This is a senior role for someone with excellent hands-on compliance experience in UK retail life insurance.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and regulatory expertise to support the launch and ongoing development of a retail individual annuities business.
• Play a key role in ensuring all aspects of the business are established on a strong regulatory foundation, with a focus on delivering good customer outcomes.
• Advise on product design, customer communications and experience, distribution agreements, and third-party contracts.
• Apply a strong legal and regulatory background alongside practical compliance experience within the UK retail life insurance sector.
• Bring recent experience of working with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), either directly, in a regulatory role, or through close supervisory engagement.
• Work within the Legal and Compliance function, reporting to senior legal or compliance leadership.
• Collaborate closely with senior management, business leaders, operations teams, proposition development, and external regulatory advisers.

Experience

• 7+ years experience at a large UK insurer.
• Experience with retail annuities preferred.
• A collaborative, commercially minded working style.
• A proven track record for product development, technology-led innovation and distribution.

Location: London

Please note, should you not be contacted within five working days of submitting your application, then unfortunately you have not been shortlisting for this position. We will, however, be in touch should there be any other opportunities of potential interest suiting to your skills.