- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Legal
- Seniority
- Senior
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Pinpoint
Description
Senior Compliance Analyst
Application Deadline: 1 November 2026
Department: Compliance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London UK
Description
The role of the Senior Compliance Analyst supports the Regulatory Affairs & Conduct pillar in delivering compliance oversight and regulatory initiatives, with a key focus on regulatory change, Appointed Representatives (ARs) and SMCR regimes, KRI/MI reporting, e-learning and training.
The successful candidate will act as a key point of contact for first-line queries, help embed good regulatory outcomes, and ensure robust administration and reporting across the pillar’s activities. Cross-functional collaboration across all compliance pillars and the wider Insurance Services division is expected to ensure seamless delivery of shared compliance initiatives.
The successful candidate will act as a key point of contact for first-line queries, help embed good regulatory outcomes, and ensure robust administration and reporting across the pillar’s activities. Cross-functional collaboration across all compliance pillars and the wider Insurance Services division is expected to ensure seamless delivery of shared compliance initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure timesheets are accurately and diligently completed within the required timeframe. Manager’s only – in addition, ensure timesheets are authorised within the required timeframe.
- Support the onboarding, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring of ARs, including preparing FCA notifications and assisting with annual AR reviews and thematic checks.
- 2 Support the submission and ongoing compliance of the Appointed Representative (AR) framework and applications with the FCA for SMCR, maintaining accurate AR and SM registers and documentation.
- Assist the Senior Compliance Manager in delivering other activities in relation to SM&CR, and conflicts of interest management.
- Administer the compliance e-learning programme, including overseeing content updates, deployment, completions tracking (with support), and management information reporting.
- Collate and validate data for key risk indicators (KRIs) and management information (MI) from across the pillars, producing regular dashboards and reports for governance forums.
- Collate information required for submitting regulatory reports.
- Assist with horizon scanning, regulatory change logs, and the implementation of regulatory updates, as delegated by the Senior Compliance Manager.
- Respond to compliance queries from the business, escalating complex matters as needed and assist with policy reviews and updates.
- Act as the designated compliance client-lead for an allocated portfolio of clients: meet regularly with client contacts, manage expectations, escalate issues as appropriate, and provide feedback and insights to the wider compliance team to support continuous improvement and client satisfaction.
- Work collaboratively with other Compliance pillar leads and teams to ensure seamless delivery of cross-functional compliance initiatives and projects, fostering a culture of shared responsibility and mutual support across the Compliance function. Contribute to divisional compliance initiatives and support the development of a shared resource model across the wider Davies Insurance Solutions compliance division.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Experience in compliance within an FCA-regulated environment (insurance/Lloyd’s preferred).
- Working knowledge of SM&CR and AR regimes.
- Progress toward a relevant professional qualification (e.g., ICA, CISI, CII) desirable.
- Working knowledge of territorial licencing requirements a plus.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and adaptable to changing requirements.
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across teams.
- Competent user of Microsoft Applications (including Co-Pilot, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), with an aptitude for leveraging technology and AI to improve compliance processes.
Why Asta?
At Asta, you’ll enjoy a market-leading benefits package that puts your wellbeing, career development and financial future first. We combine flexible working, strong family-friendly policies and exceptional rewards to create a supportive, inclusive and high-performing workplace.
Our benefits include:
Work-life balance you can rely on
Work-life balance you can rely on
- 35-hour working week with hybrid and flexible working
- Generous holiday allowance that increases with service
Your health & wellbeing covered
- Private medical insurance with virtual GP access
- Annual health screening, dental cover and eye care
- Subsidised gym or sports club membership
Support for you and your family
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay
Rewarding your contribution
- Highly competitive pension with up to 13% employer contribution
- Life assurance and income protection
- Discretionary annual bonus scheme
- Interest-free season ticket loan and salary sacrifice schemes
Skills
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