Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Gloucester

Job ref: 202940

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Compliance Officer to join our Gloucester office.

In this role you will work in the first line of defence within the UK General Insurance business unit (UKGI) to advise on legal and regulatory duties, understand and explain their impact on the business and implement effective controls.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation. 

Key responsibilities

• Provides subject matter expertise about the legal and regulatory universe in which UKGI operates.
  
• Identifies legal and regulatory developments affecting UKGI in conjunction with Line 2 colleagues and advises on the development of appropriate internal controls in response.
  
• Analyses actual and potential impacts on UKGI’s legal and regulatory duties and obligations, and recommends efficient, proportionate and effective approaches to UKGI management.
  
• Provides clear and practical explanation, advice and guidance.
  
• Drives, manages and reports on implementation progress within UKGI.
  
• Provides assurance and clear, concise and accurate reporting to the UKGI Leadership Team on compliance and conduct on a timely basis.
  
• Ensuring the effective operation of relevant governance and implementation groups e.g Customer and Conduct Council.
  
• Promotes clear and practical understanding of legal and regulatory duties and obligations, and actual and potential risks arising therefrom.
  
• Undertake and support root cause analysis of risk incidents and indicators, coordinating with other areas to triangulate across different sources of such information.
  
• Contributes towards ensuring that all colleagues in UKGI remain appropriately informed of their corporate and individual regulatory obligations.
  
• Liaises closely with Group Compliance and other SBU colleagues where relevant on UKGI matters to ensure mutual effectiveness.
  
• Assists UKGI teams and senior management in responding to assurance and monitoring reviews.
  
• Assists where advice is required on business development activities.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Proven experience in a role engaged in a legal and regulatory environment that involved translating rules and principles into practical outcomes for a business.
• Proven competence in general insurance in the UK.
• Proven experience of influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Attention to detail.
• Proactive thinking including anticipation and preparation for potential challenges and queries.
• Business writing and preparing regulatory reports summarising information from a variety of sources.
• Legal, compliance or risk professional qualification advantageous.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%
  
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• Up to £300 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK’s 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. 

Winner of the SoGlos Gloucestershire Business Awards ‘Large Business’ of the Year 2023