We are hiring a Compliance Associate who will provide Regulatory and Compliance advice, guidance and training to LGIM’s businesses, specifically about LGIM’s range of UK and EU UCITS Funds, Alternative Investment Funds and Unit Linked Life Funds. 

• Preparing compliance advice and guidance on new projects, products, propositions, services and other initiatives to ensure the delivery of fair customer outcomes, and appropriate risk mitigation in line with the LGIM risk appetite.

• Providing timely advice about disclosure and reporting for EU and UK UCITS, AIF and Unit Linked Life Fund products.

• Providing advice and guidance to the business on regulatory change, including preparing responses and inputting to regulatory proposals to ensure early awareness of initiatives and effective identification and management of new and changing regulatory risks.  High level of business engagement required.

• Assisting the business to meet personal accountability and integrity obligations consistent with the high standards expected in this industry..

• Developing and maintaining effective and close working relationships with the relevant business areas and other group risk and compliance teams to ensure effective co-ordination of work.

• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of regulatory requirements, industry best practice and developments. This will include for emerging issues such as ESG, data protection and Duty of Care.

• Working with other compliance team members and business colleagues to promote a good compliance culture.

• Working with the Head of Product Provider Oversight and other compliance colleagues to successfully manage LGIM’s compliance function, by proactively developing effective and efficient methods and tools to manage compliance work and supporting/covering fellow team members on an ad hoc basis.

• Some understanding of rules applying to UCITS, AIFs and Unit Linked Life Funds in the EU and UK.
• Ability to analyse and advise on emerging regulatory risks and how they might impact our business e.g. EU regulatory developments, changes in FCA and policy and industry best practice.
• Good regulatory knowledge and experience of FCA and CBI rules and practical application.
• Experience of interpreting and applying regulatory rules to practical scenarios and helping to devise compliant, commercially acceptable solutions.
• Ability to carry out well-structured investigations, monitoring or project work with clear objectives and findings.
• Some awareness of Legal & General’s business model and strategy.
• Experience in presenting reports using data insight tools.
• High energy and an ability to manage internal and external relationships and balance / prioritise work load.

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, at least 25 days’ holiday (with potential to rise to 26 days), private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.