Our client is one of the world's leading and most renowned Asset and Investment Management organisations. The opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Business Analyst to support the delivery of internally and externally driven change and regulatory initiatives, across Legal and Compliance.

This role will someone with at least 5 years direct relevant experience in Compliance, Legal, Audit, Change Management and/or Technology disciplines, preferably obtained within either the asset management or investment banking sectors

THE ROLE: Compliance Business Analyst

•Supporting the delivery of internally and externally driven change and regulatory initiatives, across Legal and Compliance, whilst applying strong project/change management disciplines to ensure consistently high standards of implementation and adoption of best practices;

•In partnership with Business partners, identifying the scope and impact of regulatory changes on Business processes;

•Advising Business partners on the design and embedment of required control frameworks to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance;

•In partnership with L&C colleagues, support the generation and maintenance of documented interpretive guidance and Compliance policies;

•Working with L&C colleagues in designing and executing risk-based post implementation verification testing of the outputs from Business processes, to ensure consistency with regulatory requirements and expectations;

•The ongoing support for process improvements and process efficiencies across EMEA Compliance, whilst leveraging technology aligned to the strategic technology roadmap of the firm.

SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Compliance Business Analyst

- At least 5 years direct relevant experience in Compliance, Legal, Audit, Change Management and/or Technology disciplines, preferably obtained within either the asset management or investment banking sectors

- Strong knowledge and understanding of the current UK (and preferably EU) regulatory landscape

- Must have a proven track record for the design, management and delivery of strategic, complex regulatory change programmes

- Strong organizational and planning skills, including the identification and management of cross-regulatory programme dependencies

- The candidate must be able to autonomously drive regulatory change end to end and influence across all levels to secure the right regulatory outcome for its clients

- The candidate must be adept at providing thought leadership to the detailed elements of regulatory design, including rules interpretation and operational control

- The candidate must have strong senior stakeholder engagement and influencing skills and have the ability to navigate complex matrices of accountability and stakeholders through multiple programme phases

- Candidate should have strong communication skills with experience of managing different viewpoints to reach a consensus as well as being able to articulate complex regulatory strategies and issues

- Must have a strong appreciation of operational risk and control frameworks