Regulatory Conduct Director

Regulatory Conduct Director

Manchester or London

Vario is Pinsent Masons market-leading alternative legal services provider offering a unique blend of Flexible Services Consulting & Technology Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS).

We are recruiting a Regulatory Conduct Director to lead the Conduct Risk service offering within the firms captive Financial Regulatory consulting function ensuring integration of legal and regulatory expertise across major engagements. This includes Skilled Person Reviews (s166) remediation programmes conductrisk transformation governance uplift product governance culture and behaviour reviews and customeroutcome remediations.

The Director advises Boards senior executives and regulators ensuring pragmatic commercially sound solutions aligned to FCA/PRA frameworks.

Working closely with the Head of Financial Regulatory Consulting they support business development global expansion proposition shaping and drive crosspractice collaboration to build a marketleading advisory capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Regulatory/Remediation consulting service integrating with legal teams for endtoend delivery
• Provide senior advisory support to Boards regulators and executives on conduct frameworks governance culture and customer outcomes
• Oversee major regulatory programmes including s166 reviews remediation initiatives and regulatory investigations
• Ensure all engagements meet regulatory standards including documentation standards governance structures evidencing and audit readiness
• Manage multidisciplinary teams delivering complex regulatory change
• Shape thought leadership on emerging conductrisk and regulatory market trends
• Lead clientdevelopment activities and contribute to revenue growth
• Engaging in pricing bid preparation and contract negotiations
• Collaborating with Vario services and FS Legal teams to ensure consistency in the global approach and to leverage our full capabilities

Requirements

• Extensive experience in conduct risk regulatory advisory compliance remediation or regulatory transformation across FS consulting regulated firms or regulatory bodies.
• Deep understanding of FCA and PRA supervisory expectations priorities and enforcement themes
• Proven experience overseeing s166 Skilled Person Reviews and major regulatory remediation programmes
• Demonstrated advisory experience with Boards SMFs and senior leadership
• Strong background in governance culture product oversight and customeroutcome frameworks
• Experience preparing regulatoryquality evidence and managing supervisory engagement
• Commercial experience contributing to the growth of a regulatory advisory practice

What We Offer

• Flexible agile working including the option to work from home subject to business needs
• Up to five days paid carers leave to support your caring responsibilities
• 25 days annual leave with the ability to purchase or carry over an additional five days
• A contributory pension scheme (up to 5%)
• Private healthcare cover
• Life assurance at four times your base salary
• Access to interest-free loans for season tickets gym membership and rental deposits
• Cycle to work scheme

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer a Valuable 500 member a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. Its with different perspectives that well find solutions to our clients most complex challenges. Its how well deliver outstanding results today and want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.

Our in-house recruiter Victoria Greaves would be happy to have an informal chat about this role provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format and/or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Victoria by emailing