Senior Group Compliance Executive

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Group Compliance department. As a member of the team, you will be passionate about supporting compliance teams across all of Admiral Group’s businesses, helping to maintain our impeccable brand and reputation. 

This role is suitable for internal colleagues or external applicants who are expanding their working knowledge of Compliance within a Senior executive role. We are open to receiving applications from graduates, staff from within our support functions (including existing senior staff or those aspiring to become senior), and highly organised and experienced ops-level staff.   

As a member of the Regulatory development team, you will predominantly be preparing regular communications on regulatory developments, engaging senior stakeholders and providing assurance across the Group in this area. You will also aid with the utilisation of a Reg tech solution. We’re looking for someone who can flex their skills across a range of activities, and working closely with Regulatory Communications teams, supporting where required.

In Group Compliance, we all look to support and collaborate as much as possible, fostering a culture of openness and a desire to enable skills/knowledge development across our teams and more broadly, the Group Risk, Compliance and Privacy function. The team plays a pivotal role in preparing regular communications on regulatory developments, engaging senior stakeholders and providing assurance across the Group in this area.

Group compliance and the wider function, champion development and the successful applicant will have the opportunity to make use of training and talent pipelines as they develop in this area.

Please get in touch if you would like to gain experience working with all Group entities across the UK, EU and USA; exposure to the Group’s senior management team; interacting with key stakeholders across the Admiral Group. 

Main Duties 

• Carry out Regulatory horizon scanning to identify emerging regulation communicating with relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare communications in a clear, consistent, and accurate manner.
• Aid the Regulatory Development Manager in the development of assurance of regulatory developments and Regulatory change management within all entities.
• Facilitate response activities for publications and developments where required.
• Develop and maintain key stakeholder relationships across the Group.
• Aid in the on-boarding, embedding and utilisation of a Reg tech solution.
• Communicate with the regulator on behalf of entities where required for clarification or to raise issues.
• Prepare reporting packs and briefing for several Board/committees.
• Provide effective contribution and appropriate challenge on various project steering meetings, working groups and committees.
• Support of the Regulatory Communications team where appropriate.

Key Skills, Qualifications & Experience

•  Proactive and able to manage multiple workstreams.
• Autonomous and self-reliance including ownership of problems through to completion or resolution.
• Objective, timely and confident decision-making skills.
• Inquisitive, forward looking with a high level of attention to detail and confidence to challenge. 
• Clear, precise written communication skills.
• Commercially aware, working in a fast paced, broad, and changing environment. 
• Experience with relationship and stakeholder management with various business areas and partners.
• Ability to see beyond an immediate requirement to underlying issues or potential interactions and effects and to deal with those issues constructively.
• Experience of governance / compliance / regulatory work is desirable but not essential. 
• Experience coaching or mentoring team members is desireable. 

Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.

This is a hybrid role with the requirement to attend our Cardiff office twice a month with the potential to increase. 

Our Commitment to You

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Salary, Benefits, and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

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