EMEA Regulatory Compensation Lead

As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world.

We have an outstanding benefits package which includes:

• Company-provided healthcare
• A generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements
• Generous pension provisions
• Income protection
• Health and wellness benefits
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life insurance

What we are looking for:

As the EMEA Regulatory Compensation Lead you will lead the design, governance and regulatory oversight of compensation across EMEA, ensuring full compliance with complex and evolving remuneration regulations (e.g. UCITS V, AIFMD, MIFIDPRU, CRD). Act as the subject matter expert and trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including Boards and Compensation Committees, on the interpretation and application of regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.

Operating with minimal day-to-day oversight, the role partners closely with Compliance, Legal, HR Business Partners, Finance, and the broader Compensation team to deliver accurate reporting, sound compensation recommendations, and well-documented, repeatable processes across EMEA entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Interpret and operationalize complex EMEA remuneration regulations (UCITS V, AIFMD, MIFIDPRU, CRD V) into practical compensation frameworks across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
• Own governance of EMEA remuneration frameworks, including:
• Oversight of Material Risk Taker (MRT) identification
• Design and application of deferral, malus and claw back rules
• Alignment to risk-adjusted performance frameworks
• Lead end-to-end regulatory remuneration disclosures ensuring accuracy, audit readiness and alignment across jurisdictions.
• Collaborate closely with HR Leadership, Legal, Risk, Finance, Internal Audit and Compliance teams and other internal stakeholders to ensure compliant compensation structures and strategies.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to senior management, including all relevant legal entity Boards on regulatory compensation matters.
• Act as Secretary and key advisor to the EMEA Compensation Committee, ensuring robust governance, high-quality material and clear articulation of regulatory implications in decision making.
• Lead regulatory horizon scanning across EMEA, monitoring and interpreting new and evolving remuneration regulations.
• Conduct gap analyses and translate requirements into actionable changes to compensation policy, governance frameworks and reward design.
• Navigate and harmonise differing regulatory expectations across key jurisdictions (e.g. UK, Luxembourg, Ireland, Germany, France), balancing local compliance with global consistency.
• Support and act as central point of contact for annual Internal Audit and Compliance reviews to ensure compliance and identify areas for improvement.
• Act as central point of contact for Compensation Team on annual External Audit process.
• Take global leadership on coordinating annual equal pay reviews and analysis as well as gender pay gap reporting in collaboration with HR Analytics team.
• Play central part during annual compensation review cycle to ensure compensation proposals comply with applicable rules and decisions are based on expected performance management metrics.
• In collaboration with Risk, conduct annual risk reviews for regulated roles and relevant incentive plans.
• Take thematic leadership and act as SME across the entire HR function and beyond.

What you can bring:

• Significant experience interpreting and applying EMEA financial services remuneration regulation within asset management, banking, or regulatory advisory environments.
• Direct experience with MRT identification, variable pay structures, and risk-adjusted compensation frameworks.
• Proven track record interacting with regulators, audit functions, or governance committees.
• Experience operating across multiple EMEA jurisdictions with differing regulatory expectations.
• Deep technical expertise in EMEA remuneration regulation, including UCITS V, AIFMD, MIFIDPRU, and CRD.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks (Compensation Committees, Board oversight, audit expectations).
• Ability to interpret regulatory text and translate into practical compensation design.

This role offers:

• Direct exposure to senior leadership, Boards and Compensation Committees.
• Ownership of high-profile regulatory governance topics.
• Opportunity to shape remuneration strategy across a complex EMEA footprint.

Disability Confident Scheme

Applicants who opt in to the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the ‘minimum criteria’ for the role will be offered an interview. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates who make an application. By opting-in to this scheme, applicants will be disclosing that they have a disability solely for the purpose of the Disability Confident Scheme.

The Disability Confident Scheme only guarantees an interview – it does not automatically mean that applicants interviewed will gain employment with Invesco at that time.

To apply through the Disability Confident Scheme, you’ll need to firstly ensure you have applied for the role via our external careers page. Following this, you’ll need to email us at EMEA-TalentAcquisition@invesco.com confirming your wish to opt-in, alongside your contact details and the title of the role you wish to apply for.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! We want all of our candidates to shine during the application and selection process, so if you need any adjustments to be made, please send an e-mail to emea-talentacquisition@invesco.com. Please include your name, the job you are interested in, and the type of adjustment you need (for example; breaks during your interview, remote interviews, additional time for assessments or other required adjustments).

We promote a working environment that welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams, celebrates difference and encourages everyone to be themselves at work.

Our commitment to the community and environmental, social and governance investing:

We partner with charitable organisations globally to make an impact in the communities where we live and work. Our people are encouraged to support the charities they feel most passionate about. We are also committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. We serve our clients in this space as a trusted partner both on specific responsible investment product strategies as well as part of our commitment to deliver a superior investment experience.

Recruitment Agencies:

Invesco has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Invesco will not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact hiring managers directly.

Regulatory:

This position may fall in-scope of one or multiple regimes/directives.