Strategic Chief Risk & Compliance Officer (FCA Regulated)

LGPS Central; Rough Hills; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Awards & recognition

Job summary

LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is seeking a Chief Risk and Compliance Officer to lead enterprise risk, compliance, financial crime and assurance for a growing, regulated investment organisation. You will report to the CEO and work with the Board and governance committees to embed robust risk governance and a strong conduct culture.

Responsibilities include maintaining risk frameworks, delivering independent challenge, and guiding regulatory engagement while scaling the fiduciary management model and

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in risk, compliance or regulation within UK investment management, asset management or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of FCA regulation, SMCR, Conduct Rules and Board governance.

Responsibilities

• Developing and improving LGPS Central’s enterprise risk management framework.
• Maintaining the risk appetite framework and supporting Board oversight of principal and emerging risks.
• Ensuring strategic, operational, investment, regulatory and reputational risks are effectively managed.
• Providing independent challenge on strategic proposals, business decisions and organisational change.
• Strengthening scenario analysis, business continuity and organisational resilience.
• Ensuring material risks have clear controls, actions, owners and reporting arrangements.
• Overseeing compliance framework, monitoring programme and financial crime controls.
• Managing regulatory engagement, submissions, notifications and responses.
• Advising the Board and Executive Committee on regulatory developments and business impacts.
• Translating regulatory change into clear and proportionate organisational requirements.

Skills

Senior leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Strategic thinking

Board communication

Independent challenge

Education

Risk qualification

Compliance qualification

Job description

LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is seeking a Chief Risk and Compliance Officer to lead enterprise risk, compliance, financial crime and assurance for a growing, regulated investment organisation. You will report to the CEO and work with the Board and governance committees to embed robust risk governance and a strong conduct culture.

Responsibilities include maintaining risk frameworks, delivering independent challenge, and guiding regulatory engagement while scaling the fiduciary management model and