Regulatory Assurance Manager

Job profile for Regulatory Assurance Manager

Brighton with Hybrid working

28/10/2025

Regulatory Assurance Manager

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary

£35,598 per annum, dependent on skills and experience

Contractual hours

35

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Audit / Compliance / Risk

Date posted

06/10/2025

Job reference

REQ000207

Job description

Role title: Regulatory Assurance Manager

TPR grade & pay group: Lead Associate – R&O

Directorate: COO Group

Starting salary: From £35,598 per annum, dependent on skills and experience

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Brighton/hybrid 6 days per month in the office

The role and responsibilities

As Regulatory Assurance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in delivering assurance and objective opinions on the quality of regulatory interventions and decision-making across the organisation. You will apply your technical expertise in regulation and advanced investigation skills to review complex interventions, identify trends and risks, and provide clear, actionable recommendations to senior management. This role requires high-quality reporting and communication, with a focus on supporting risk mitigation and continuous improvement at all levels, including the Senior Leadership Team, Executive Committee, Board, and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.

Role Criteria

• Established technical knowledge of pension and/or financial regulation.
• Highly skilled in investigations, quality assurance, auditing, or risk management.
• Proven ability to plan and manage end-to-end investigations or assurance reviews.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess effectiveness, risk, and strategic approaches.
• Experience in developing and delivering clear, concise reports and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to interrogate data, identify trends, and assess risks in regulatory activity.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, across all organisational levels.
• Proactive, flexible, and confident in challenging decision-making to drive continuous improvement

The Team

Risk and Assurance consists of two teams - Enterprise Risk and Regulatory Assurance.

We deliver assurance that our activities are properly executed and that supporting processes are robust and fit for purpose, identifying opportunities to drive improvements.

We oversee the risk framework that enables TPR to track and mitigate internal and external risks that, should they occur, will affect our strategy, operations and reputation.

TPR offers:

• Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
• A values-led, inclusive environment.
• Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
• A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Women's).

Reward and benefits

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

Our culture

TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government's workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section.

We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.

About The Pensions Regulator

With a career at TPR, you'll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe.

Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We're committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.

Applications

To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.

We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.

Selection and interview

If you are shortlisted for interview, we'll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we're committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the criteria outlined in the 'what you will bring' section will be offered an interview.

Diversity and inclusion

TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.

Further information

Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees.

If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email

Regulatory Assurance Manager