Group Conduct Officer

We are recruiting for a Group Conduct Officer to join our Compliance team. This role can be based from any of our PIB offices across the UK and will involve working with a wide range of senior stakeholders across the partnered businesses and working withother areas of GRC such as Group Risk & Assurance and as such travel to a range of UK destinations will be required.
The role sits within GRC (2LOD) in the Compliance team and reports to the Group Head of Compliance who reports to the Group CRO. This role partners with our Specialty Division, which primarily consists of broking businesses that deal directly with commercialcustomers, however there are some areas of personal lines, some wholesale cases as well as other niche areas. This Division has had the largest number of acquisitions within PIB Group and continues to grow.

**Responsibilities**:

- providing guidance and advice on existing and future regulation and PIB’s regulatory policies and frameworks
- delivering briefings and training on key regulatory topics and issues
- guidance and advice on improvement actions, potential breaches and root cause analysis
- reviewing compliance and business performance MI to aid challenge
- ensuring a regulatory perspective is brought to key business forums, initiatives and projects
- providing a key input to the firm’s assessment of regulatory risks as part of its ERM framework
- supporting business SMFs and Certified individuals as part of SMCR
- guidance and advice following reviews of the business from internal or external sources
- support and guide the businesses with integration related activities.

**Experience**:

- Have excellent communication (verbal and written) and be an effective 'regulatory translator’ i.e. take complex regulation and make it accessible, understandable and relevant to the business so they have clarity on what is required, and what they need todo
- Be solution orientated
- Have attention to detail but have the ability to take a high-level view
- Deliver engaging, practically orientated compliance training
- Have excellent stakeholder management skills and be able to build and maintain strong relationships with the business, while also maintaining an appropriate level of professional distance
- Be able to act as a 'critical friend’ to the business, delivering constructive challenge and identifying solutions to address issues that are identified
- Have a strong understanding of the UK’s regulatory regime as it applies to general insurance activities; and
- Travel to a range of UK destinations.

**Ideal person profile**
- Is a confident, persuasive and articulate communicator and capable of robust dialogue;
- Proven track record in working with the business to implement regulatory improvement and change;
- Strong technical, practical and working knowledge of FCA GI regulation including the IDD, ideally with experience of sales to both commercial and consumer customers primarily on a direct basis. Knowledge of other relevant regulation/legislation such asGDPR and financial sanctions are required, and a basic understanding of risk management principles would be beneficial;
- Likely to be educated to degree level and ACII or compliance qualification would be an advantage; and,

**Further information**
As well as a competitive salary we offer the following benefits
- Competitive holiday allowance with the annual option to buy additional days
- Death in Service benefit of x4 salary
- Company pension scheme
- Very generous maternity and paternity leave packages
- A flexible benefits package which allows you to add additional benefits to your overall package
- Our benefits portal offers discounts on technology & electronics, cinemas, restaurants, days out, mortgage advice, travel and many more
- Referral schemes
- Discounted rates on PIB products

We offer a first-class employee benefits and welfare package to support our employees with financial management, cycle to work scheme, counselling support, health screening, will writing, menopause support, books, stopping smoking and much more
We also offer a wide range of discounts including a kids pass - giving you discount to over 4500 attractions and activities, discounts at hairdressers and beauticians, climate change projects with lots of other options to choose
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
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