Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent 

Location: Gloucester (hybrid)

Job Ref: 204210

About the role

Ecclesiastical Planning Services, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Compliance and Risk Analyst to join our Gloucester office.

The Compliance and Risk Analyst will support the Head of Compliance & Risk (SMF16) and the Compliance & Risk Manager (Compliance & Risk Management) with the ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of the regulated environment within EPSL.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing 

• Supporting Compliance & Risk Management with the ongoing maintenance of FCA regulation of the funeral plan market
  
• Providing clear and practical explanation, advice, and guidance on regulatory compliance matters to the wider business
• Feeding analytical findings back into the creation of Risk & Compliance specific training modules and present these to the first line
• Supporting Compliance & Risk Management in conducting oversight and monitoring work, as per the EPSL Annual Oversight and Assurance plan. This includes ensuring results are accurately recorded and relevant feedback is delivered to the first line in a timely manner
• Supporting Compliance & Risk Management with producing accurate and prompt reporting when required. Championing Consumer Duty across EPSL and its network to deliver great customer outcomes

What you'll need to have 

• Familiar with FCA regulation, including Business Principles and Consumer Duty
• Experience in regulatory linked areas such as complaints handling, incident reporting and quality assurance - Essential
• Experience of first and second line risk environments, including championing a positive risk management culture - Essential
• Experience in leading on compliance monitoring activities and feeding results into regular, formal reporting - Essential
• Ability to build effective relationships and influence a wide variety of stakeholders internally & externally

What makes you stand out 

• Familiar with FPCOB
• A working understanding of Appointed Representatives
• Power BI experience

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and 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
  
• £200 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
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

About us

Ecclesiastical Planning Services (EPS) work with a UK-wide network of funeral directors to provide pre-paid funeral plans. Our business is based on trust, so we focus on personal service, offering guidance and support to funeral directors and families when they need it most.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. 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.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26