Risk and Compliance Manager

The Role

As a key member of Fastmarkets Legal Risk and Compliance (LRC) team you will play an active role in implementing and embedding the firms risk and compliance framework. Acting as the compliance subject matter expert you will work collaboratively with the LRC team and the Head of Risk and Compliance to identify and assess risk and compliance vulnerabilities across the business. You will lead and participate in internal control assurance activities ensuring that Fastmarkets processes and controls are aligned with internal policies procedures and regulatory requirements (including IOSCO/BMR). Your contribution will be instrumental in shaping advancing and operationalising the risk and compliance programme across the organisation.

The LRC function led by the General Counsel and reporting to the CEO is recognised as a strategic business partner essential to delivering Fastmarkets objectives. This role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and provides valuable insight into risk and compliance issues impacting the organisation in todays evolving business environment.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Implement and monitor Fastmarkets compliance programme ensuring ongoing adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the collaboration with business functions to implement and integrate the organisations risk framework across all relevant areas
• Conduct compliance reviews investigations and assurance activities to verify process integrity and regulatory compliance.
• Provide tailored compliance support and advisory services across the organisation.
• Assist in updating policies and procedures to reflect evolving regulatory standards.
• Respond to risk and compliance queries from all business areas.
• Perform trade-sanctions screening in accordance with Fastmarkets trade-sanctions policy.
• Collaborate with business functions to develop implement and update compliance policies.
• Lead or contribute to compliance-related projects and initiatives offering expert guidance as needed.
• Promote and embed the code of business conduct and risk management practices throughout the business.
• Identify assess document and regularly review operational risks in partnership with business functions.
• Register risk events and manage the delivery of risk incident reports.
• Develop and review key risk indicators in collaboration with relevant teams.
• Organise and facilitate risk and compliance assurance meetings with stakeholders.
• Identify areas of compliance vulnerability and risk implement corrective actions and provide guidance to prevent recurrence.
• Work closely with senior management and business units to enhance visibility of risk exposures and ensure alignment with the organisations risk appetite.
• Drive the continuous improvement of risk procedures processes and tools to support proactive risk management.
• Deliver actionable insights on emerging risk areas to inform executive decision-making.
• Oversee and manage the insurance programme across Fastmarkets.
• Support business functions in evaluating potential threats and implementing business continuity policies and procedures for disruptive events.

KEY INTERFACES

• Senior leadership team
• Legal Risk and Compliance
• Editorial
• Commercial
• Technology and Information Security
• Finance
• HR
• Events

Qualifications :

We recruit talented dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences all united by a belief in our mission to provide the worlds leading and most trusted price reporting events and intelligence service for the markets we serve. Were proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded curious resilient solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality then read on...

KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• Bachelors degree in business accounting law or a related finance discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in a risk or compliance role ideally gained in a regulated environment.
• Proven ability to implement and manage compliance programmes across an organisation.
• Exceptional communication skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrated commercial awareness and a hands-on approach to execution.
• Independent self-motivated and able to prioritise tasks effectively under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable working both autonomously and collaboratively within a small team.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with experience engaging senior stakeholders on complex issues.
• Strong written skills with the ability to produce clear concise and high-quality documentation.
• Experience managing risk and control activities with a solid understanding of operational risks.
• Numerate and proficient in computer applications including Excel.
• Preferred knowledge of IOSCO and BMR regulations.

If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information :

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities experiences and insights that gives us that warm open and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and theyre embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance
   
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
   
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
   
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
   
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
   
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect perspectives and experiences.

Youve read a little about us now its over to you!

If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day.

Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time