Senior Compliance Business Partner

Requirements

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent. Likely that the job holder will also have a relevant professional qualification - for example either in legal, accountancy or business profession
• Significant London Insurance Market knowledge
• Excellent regulatory and corporate governance knowledge/understanding required including experience of leading a compliance team
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with proven ability to engage effectively with senior management and direct reports to promote an effective and business focused compliance culture
• Engaging leadership style, with a proven ability to lead and motivate others.
• Ability to work, both individually and as a team, under pressure to tight timelines and without direct supervision
• Proactive and a self-starter
• Demonstrates high integrity at all times
• Organised and methodical
• Excellent analytical problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing
• Strong commercial awareness, and able to demonstrate a pragmatic and proactive approach to managing compliance
• Commercial awareness - a commercial and pragmatic approach to managing compliance risks.
• Commitment to continuous professional development, and maintaining excellent understanding of regulatory developments.
• Must be committed to maintaining a robust compliance culture and high ethical standards.
• Fluent business English essential.
• IT literate - knowledge of Microsoft office packages needed.

Benefits

Additional Information

The Group Compliance Function aim is to proactively support Willis Towers Watson to generate sustainable value, helping the company to deliver good client outcomes, manage its conduct, protect against regulatory risk, and to maintain strong regulatory relationships. We aim to be a trusted partner to the business. We lead the management and co-ordination of Willis Towers Watson Group Compliance policies and procedures, identifying applicable regulatory requirements and implementing relevant processes to enable standards to be met. We also provide guidance and training. The Compliance team leads the management and co-ordination of the requirements of our global Regulators. Reporting to the Willis Limited Chief Compliance Officer, and a key member of the Willis Limited Compliance Leadership Team, the Senior Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring the operation of an efficient and effective second line function. This is a Certification Function role under the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) Senior Manager and Certification Regime. Candidates are required to be assessed under the Fitness and Proprietary standards. This assessment will be carried out through self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, reference checks, credit checks and other background checks. If hired for this role, you will also be required to complete an annual declaration regarding your Fitness and Propriety. This role will additionally be subject to the FCA's Conduct Rules.

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